Lean Flow Software for Manufacturing

Apriso revenues hold steady during this challenging business cycle, as the company recaps its accomplishments which includes release on lean flow software developed with Accenture and customer input. ...

... "Apriso launched FlexNet Lean Material Flow, a preconfigured solution for quick deployment to better synchronize material flows, lower costs and improve collaboration across operations. Developed in collaboration with Accenture, this solution leverages best practices gained over years of Lean manufacturing deployments. Valeo, a $12B industry leading global automotive supplier, played an important role in the design of this solution by identifying key Tier 1 automotive supplier requirements while ensuring the solution adhered to Lean principles. " ...

Via Apriso Corp: First Half 2009 Results

FlexNet Lean Material Flow Software Deploys Best Practice Integration

Apriso and Accenture collaborate to deliver a best practice lean software solution that enables material flow and business processes, such as operations synchronization, visibility and controls, quality management and traceability, error proofing, and ERP system integration. ...

... "This new FlexNet solution fills some of the white spaces or gaps around Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) applications in Lean manufacturing environments, benefiting manufacturers who seek to reduce waste and cut cycle times while improving quality in logistics operations, production and customer responsiveness. Valeo, a $12B industry leading global automotive supplier, played an important role in the design of this solution by identifying key Tier 1 automotive supplier requirements while ensuring the solution adhered to Lean principles. " ...

Via Apriso: Lean Solution

Lean SixSigma Medical Manufacturing

Apriso will discus lean case study on April 17 event. ...

... "Apriso's Industry Director for Life Sciences, Rick Gallisa, will demonstrate how software can be an enabler to implementing sustainable Lean/Six Sigma programs including e-Kanban across highly complex manufacturing environments found within the Medical Device industry. Apriso FlexNet provides complete visibility, traceability and control over manufacturing operations, providing a foundation to implement cost effective compliance within Lean manufacturing and Six Sigma initiatives. " ...

Via Apriso: Lean and Six Sigma Event for Medical Device Manufacturers

Quality Execution System Integrates into ERP

Apriso Corporation improves the functionality of their FlexNet Quality application – with a Quality program capable of performing purely as an execution application, or as a Quality Execution System. ...

... "This application enhancement provides manufacturers a viable alternative to purchasing third party Quality Management Systems (QMS), which can often be challenging to integrate with Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) applications because of overlapping business processes, incompatible quality plans and data collection activities. Apriso's FlexNet QES was designed instead to complement existing functionality within ERP systems provided by vendors such as SAP, Microsoft, Oracle or Infor Global Solutions. Few will argue the importance of an effective quality assurance program to achieve global manufacturing excellence - the challenge lies in how to effectively design, execute and administer such a program. One approach has been to purchase a third party QMS to provide planning, execution and reporting on overall product quality. The problem with this approach is that many existing quality management functions within ERP systems already perform most of these tasks, so any benefits from a QMS implementation are reduced through a duplication of efforts and data reconciliation issues.

Quality Execution Systems recognize that ERP applications are designed as centralized data repositories, providing a global view of corporate performance, customer interactions, and order status while supporting Quality Assurance (QA) planning efforts best performed at the corporate level. Best-in-class manufacturers have demonstrated that quality execution is best performed as an embedded process - not as loosely linked activities - within production, maintenance and warehouse operations. " ...

Via Apriso: Quality Execution System

Manufacturing Integration: Apriso Achieves Netweaver Interoperability ...

Apriso achieves SAP Netweaver interoperability and demonstrates plant-to-business integration using S95 standards. ...

... "In addition, FlexNet has also attained Powered by SAP NetWeaver, Interoperability Certification. The designation is awarded to partners certified for using SAP NetWeaver XI to build content packages based on industry standards that properly connect to the mySAP ERP solution and other SAP software applications. Apriso used the ISA-S95 standard to build a manufacturing scenario for production scheduling and performance monitoring. Apriso was invited by SAP to join the new industry standards initiative, comprised of pilot partners that are near completion for the Powered by SAP NetWeaver, Interoperability Certification. A long-standing SAP Software Partner, Apriso also holds Certified for SAP NetWeaver status by achieving the CA-XML interface certification. Apriso has been working with SAP for many years and previously achieved interface certifications in the areas of production, warehouse management, plant maintenance, and human resources. Apriso customers run their businesses on enterprise software from a range of vendors. The FlexNet platform has been built from the ground up to be ERP-centric, ensuring efficient operations within a distributed enterprise and the extended supply network. Users have always been able to deploy FlexNet with confidence, knowing that it fully leverages the advantages of the mySAP Business Suite family of business solutions and other SAP solutions. " ...

Manufacturing Integration: Apriso Achieves Netweaver Interoperability: Via Apriso Corporation: Apriso Among Small Group of Pilot Partners Comprising SAP’s Industry Standards Certification Initiative ...

Software Supports Manufacturing Agility ...

Newest release of manufacturing execution software (MES) supports agile and adaptable manufacturing models where market requirements are in a constant state of change. ...

... "FlexNet is a highly pliable execution software that can be deployed stand-alone or to extend the value of an organization's ERP, CRM, PLM or other business systems. The software is both a broad strategic operations execution platform that ties together the diverse activities of a manufacturer's operations, as well as a modular suite of applications that can be deployed as needed to provide a tightly coordinated manufacturing solution. Built for Adaptability, Agility: FlexNet 9.3 has been built for adaptive manufacturing, an emerging strategy driven by operations execution systems that provide the flexibility, visibility and integration required to support constantly changing business requirements. The results are optimal efficiency, quality and responsiveness, which can translate into higher profitability and customer satisfaction. " ...

Software Supports Manufacturing Agility: Via Apriso Corporation: APRISO CORPORATION ANNOUNCES FLEXNET VERSION 9.3: Newest Version of Widely Used Software Provides Greater Manufacturing Agility, Adaptability ...

Additional resources on manufacturing agility:

Via Control Engineering - Role of Controls in Product Lifecycle Management: "Moreover, as an enabler for working collaboratively in the early stages of product development, digital manufacturing enables design and automation engineers to work together to quickly develop designs that can be manufactured most readily and economically within the available production facilities. Such integrated systems also support greater manufacturing agility, giving companies greater flexibility in changing operations according to shifting demands of competition and customer preference."

OUTLOOK 2005: Integration & Data Master: Via Managing Automation: "The goal for every commercial offering is to simplify the integration effort, lower cost and enable business and manufacturing agility. And everywhere you turn a vendor has an integrated solution sell for you. "

Via NEMI: GenRad Product Commercializes Technologies from NEMI’s Plug And Play Factory Project: "The adoption of NEMI's FIS standards could greatly reduce the amount of time it takes to integrate new equipment and software systems into the manufacturing supply chain. This capability is critical for maintaining manufacturing agility as well as for increasing the efficiency of shop floor operations, stated John Cartwright, co-chair of the NEMI FIS TIG and manager of Factory Information Systems at Intel."

Kaizen-Enabled Supply Chain Software Solutions through Partnership ...

APRISO AND NEORIS PARTNERSHIP DELIVERS RESULTS IN LATIN AMERICA ...

... "Apriso and Neoris have signed a partnership agreement appointing Neoris as Apriso's FlexNet application implementation partner in Mexico and throughout Latin America. Neoris will offer Apriso's FlexNet as the first commercial off-the-shelf software (COTS) solution in their portfolio of Supply Chain Operations solutions. FlexNet combines the essential aspects of advanced warehouse systems with the critical functions of advanced manufacturing systems, so manufacturers can synchronize material flows with their production schedules. The agreement also selects Neoris as a premier Apriso Implementation & Services Partner, which will be engaged in FlexNet implementation projects throughout the region. " ...

Apriso is the pioneer of a new class of enterprise software that for the first time enables global corporations to define, operate, and monitor supply, production and distribution processes in real time, without limits. Using an event-driven, distributed services model, Apriso’s software provides such fine-grained visibility and control of both execution processes and key performance indicators that it is an ideal platform for accomplishing the most pressing business initiatives of today: compliance, product genealogy, in-line production sequencing, real-time, RFID-based asset management, lean supply, successive refinement (kaizen), six-sigma quality levels, demand-driven supply (the “Dell” model), and the adaptive enterprise. Apriso’s software, known as FlexNet®, integrates quickly, easily and naturally into an enterprise’s existing software infrastructure, and effectively extends the scope of systems such as enterprise resource planning (ERP) into the furthest reaches of the extended production and supply network, as required. But unlike existing systems, which are based upon a top-down, plan-driven operations orientation, Apriso’s event-driven, process-based architecture accommodates any operational model that is based upon real-time collaboration between execution processes, real-time visibility into performance, or the requirement to define, refine, or immediately control workflows throughout the enterprise, and across borders. Apriso was founded in 1992 and now operates in nine countries across the Americas, Europe and Asia-Pacific. World headquarters are in Long Beach, California. Apriso’s rapidly-growing customer base of more than 140 customers and over 350 installations worldwide includes such high-profile, global companies as General Motors, Lear, Honeywell, Microsoft, Merck, Lockheed Martin, ITT, Baker Hughes, International Paper, Rubbermaid, Matsushita Avionics Systems, Saint-Gobain, Pechiney, and British American Tobacco. In addition, Apriso has partnered with leading technology companies, such as Microsoft, IBM, Oracle, and SAP.

Neoris is the 4th largest IT consulting firm and 5th largest custom application development firm in Latin America, according to IDC. In addition to Latin America, Neoris has a strong presence in the US and Europe, offering systems integration, custom application development, IT consulting and software deployment. As a digital enabler, Neoris transforms the way companies conduct business by using digital technologies to capture profits. Clients include Lockheed Martin, GlaxoSmithKline, OfficeMax, Pemex, Cisco, Petrozuata, Luchetti and Verizon. Neoris is a privately owned company headquartered in Miami, Florida with over 1,000 employees in the US, Europe and Latin America.

Six Sigma Automotive Suppliers Make Progress ...

Six Sigma Automotive Suppliers: We must be proud of the new breed ...

From ic Birmingham.co.uk, UK ... "Technology has also been another key driver, with suppliers clearly recognising the need to embrace six-sigma, high voltage systems and the latest ...

Accelerated six sigma applications by automotive suppliers ...

Best Practice in Tier 1 Automotive Manufacturing: File Format: PDF/Adobe Acrobat ... In 1986, 30,000 automotive suppliers competed in a $250 ... of data a month enables six sigma and continuous ... Automation suppliers generally lack solutions that can ...

Autoliv - Quality: Applying the corporate-wide Six Sigma initiative, which was started in 2001 ... the car manufacturers, quality is a competitive tool for many automotive suppliers. ...

Automotive industry trends demand Lean Manufacturing and Six Sigma: File Format: PDF/Adobe Acrobat ... Automotive suppliers need to move quickly to insure survival. ... DeKoker strongly advises that firms focus on Lean Manufacturing and Six Sigma. ...

Six Sigma workshops to aid West Midlands firms: automotive companies based upon a series of Six Sigma key objectives and selected projects. This will be targeted to up to 10 SME automotive suppliers in the ...

Chinese Automotive Boom: in Shanghai and spent a year teaching Six Sigma methods to Chinese automotive officials. ... Suppliers, including a growing number of American companies, are ...

Six Sigma to save Ford $300 million: Vitec courts minority suppliers Compiled by Senior Editor ... Compiled by the staff of WARD'S AUTOMOTIVE REPORTS. Six Sigma to save Ford $300 million Compiled by ...

Six Sigma Initiative: Ansell Seeks to ''Institutionalize Operational Excellence'' with ...
Business Wire (press release), CA - 51 minutes ago
... The initiative is designed to institutionalize ultra-high quality standards commonly known as six sigma, as well as cost-effective compliance, across all of ...

... Ansell Limited (ASX:ANN.ax), a global leader in healthcare barrier protection, and Apriso Corporation, the pioneer in real-time, event-driven enterprise execution software, announced today a major, worldwide quality and compliance initiative for Ansell, based upon Apriso FlexNet suite of applications. The initiative is designed to institutionalize ultra-high quality standards commonly known as "six sigma", as well as cost-effective compliance, across all of Ansell's operations and markets. ...

Ansell Limited is a global leader in healthcare barrier protective products. With operations in the Americas, Europe and Asia, Ansell employs more than 11,000 people worldwide and holds leading positions in the natural latex and synthetic polymer glove and condom markets. Ansell operates in three main business segments: Occupational Healthcare, supplying hand protection to the industrial market; Professional Healthcare, supplying surgical and examination gloves to healthcare professionals.

Apriso is the pioneer of a significant, new class of enterprise software that for the first time enables global corporations to define, operate, and monitor supply, production and distribution processes in real time, without limits. Using an event-driven, distributed services model, Apriso's software provides such fine-grained visibility and control of both execution processes and key performance indicators that it is an ideal platform for accomplishing the most pressing business initiatives of today: compliance, product genealogy, in-line production sequencing, real-time, RFID-based asset management, lean supply, successive refinement (kaizen), six-sigma quality levels, demand-driven supply (the "Dell" model), and the adaptive enterprise. Apriso's software, known as FlexNet(R), integrates quickly, easily and naturally into an enterprise's existing software infrastructure, and effectively extends the scope of systems such as enterprise resource planning (ERP) into the furthest reaches of the extended production and supply network, as required. But unlike these systems, which are based upon a top-down, plan-driven operations orientation, Apriso's event-driven, process-based architecture accommodates any operational model that is based upon real-time collaboration between execution processes, real-time visibility into performance, or the requirement to define, refine, or immediately control workflows throughout the enterprise, and across borders. Apriso was founded in 1992, and now operates in 11 countries across the Americas, Europe and Asia-Pacific. World headquarters are in Long Beach, California. Apriso's rapidly-growing customer base of more than 140 customers and over 400 installations worldwide includes such high-profile, global companies as General Motors, Lear, Honeywell, Microsoft, Merck, Lockheed Martin, ITT, Baker Hughes, Halliburton, International Paper, Rubbermaid, Matsushita Avionics Systems, Saint-Gobain, Pechiney, and British American Tobacco.

Lean Six Sigma MES Software: Apriso Enterprise Software Solutions Earn SAP NetWeaver ...

From Business Wire (press release), CA  ... product genealogy, in-line production sequencing, real-time, RFID-based asset management, lean supply, successive refinement (kaizen), six-sigma quality levels ...

... Apriso Corporation announced today that its application software products are now "Certified for SAP NetWeaver" under the SAP NetWeaver(TM) Partner Initiative. The company also announced that it will demonstrate a closed-loop integration of its FlexNet(TM) real-time, event-driven supply chain execution software with SAP(R) solutions on October 11th and 12th, 2004 at the upcoming 2004 APICS(R) International Conference and Exposition in San Diego, Calif. NetWeaver is SAP's Web services-based platform that allows the seamless integration of various components of an enterprise's software infrastructure with widely-used SAP solutions such as mySAP(TM) ERP. ...

Apriso is the pioneer of a significant, new class of enterprise software that for the first time enables global corporations to define, operate, and monitor supply, production and distribution processes in real time, without limits. Using an event-driven, distributed services model, Apriso's software provides such fine-grained visibility and control of both execution processes and key performance indicators that it is an ideal platform for accomplishing the most pressing business initiatives of today: compliance, product genealogy, in-line production sequencing, real-time, RFID-based asset management, lean supply, successive refinement (kaizen), six-sigma quality levels, demand-driven supply (the "Dell" model), and the adaptive enterprise.

Apriso's software, known as FlexNet(R), integrates quickly, easily and naturally into an enterprise's existing software infrastructure, and effectively extends the scope of systems such as enterprise resource planning (ERP) into the furthest reaches of the extended production and supply network, as required. But unlike these systems, which are based upon a top-down, plan-driven operations orientation, Apriso's event-driven, process-based architecture accommodates any operational model that is based upon real-time collaboration between execution processes, real-time visibility into performance, or the requirement to define, refine, or immediately control workflows throughout the enterprise, and across borders.

Apriso was founded in 1992, and now operates in 11 countries across the Americas, Europe and Asia-Pacific. World headquarters are in Long Beach, Calif. Apriso's rapidly-growing customer base of more than 140 customers and over 400 installations worldwide includes such high-profile, global companies as General Motors, Lear, Honeywell, Microsoft, Merck, Lockheed Martin, ITT, Baker Hughes, Halliburton, International Paper, Rubbermaid, Matsushita Avionics Systems, Saint-Gobain, Pechiney, and British American Tobacco.

Real Time Six Sigma: Apriso Joins IBM's ISV Advantage Initiative to Bring Real-Time ...

From Market Wire (press release) ... suite that permits companies for the first time to institutionalize increasingly critical business initiatives such as lean supply, six-sigma quality, portable ...

Six Sigma Asset Management: Apriso and AeroScout Team Up to Create the First Global, Real- ...

From TMCnet ... product genealogy, in-line production sequencing, real-time, RFID-based asset management, lean supply, successive refinement (kaizen), six-sigma quality levels ...

FlexNet® 2003 is a new type of enterprise software that is focused entirely on an enterprise's global supply, production, and distribution processes. Unlike legacy enterprise software, which institutionalizes — in billions of lines of code — a plan-driven, top-down approach to business, the FlexNet brand provides a real-time, event-driven model that can be used to institutionalize strategic business initiatives such as "lean supply," six-sigma quality programs, portable or re-usable processes, and demand pull, as well as provide for 'relentless efficiency' in all of your operations, around the world.