Six Sigma Testing Framework

An RFID testing framework is discussed ...

Hospital Lean Thinking Enabled By RFID Technology

Hospital will digitize lean thinking through the use of RFID technology in healthcare processes. ...

... "HealthIT Cluster chief executive Andrea Pettet says the trial aims to use RFID tagging to ease overcrowding in emergency departments, using the principles of lean thinking. " ...

Via Stuff.co.nz: Hospital Patient Tracking

Hospital Operational Efficiency

Six Sigma Cycle Time Analysis

RFID benefits estimated with Six Sigma analysis. ...

... "CHEP estimates, using Six Sigma Kaizen analysis, found that 28 percent of end-to-end processing time could be saved per pallet delivery journey.
This equates to 49 minutes. " ...

Via Ferret: Australia RFID Pilot

Lean Manufacturing Guidelines

Kildeer uses radio frequency devices to streamline its manufacturing process. ...

... "Killdeer is in the process of overhauling its manufacturing processes, using Six Sigma and lean manufacturing practices as guidelines. " ...

Via RFID Journal: Killdeer Mountain Manufacturing

Kaizen Continuous Improvement Uses RFID in Manufacturing ...

Research indicates manufacturing companies leverage RFID technology to support continuous improvement methods, including streamlining their supply chains. ...

... "Topping the list is the trend toward lean manufacturing, a methodology that attempts to drive all waste out of manufacturing processes by employing such tactics as just-in-time inventory to ensure goods arrive for production when needed rather than ending up as inventory. " ...

Via RFID Journal: Forecast Indicates Strong RFID Demand by Heavy Manufacturing ...

Asset Location System: Lean Strategy ...

... "Production and Operations Managers are constantly faced with the ongoing challenges of increasing output and efficiency by tracking non-Capitalized Work in Process (WIP) to gain LEAN manufacturing strategy advantage. " ...

RFID Asset Location Systems ...

Six Sigma Manufacturing with RFID: Confererence Upcoming ...

Upcoming conference will link Six Sigma and RFID in manufacturing ...

... "RFID technology can increase productivity and reduce costs by enabling you to track inventory, reusable containers, work in process and finished products. The manufacturing track will cover: How to improve the tracking of work in process with RFID, Strategies for linking Six Sigma and RFID projects ... " ...

RFID Journal LIVE! 2006 - Manufacturing Track

Execution Key to Innovation

Book review explores the importance of execution in converting ideas into reality. ...

... "Govindarajan and Trimble remind readers that strategic innovation isn't the same as continuous process improvement (such as that of GE through Six Sigma), process revolution (as in Wal-Mart with the help of RFID tags), and product/service innovation (like what consumer product manufacturers and toy companies often do). " ...

Via The Hindu Business Line : Capacity for innovation is the product of creativity and execution ...

Six Sigma RFID Read Rates: Pharma Healthcare Performance ....

TagSys is achieving Six Sigma performance levels with its RFID tag read rates in the pharmaceutical and healthcare environments. ...

Six Sigma RFID Read Rates: Pharma Healthcare Performance: Via TAGSYS RFID: TAGSYS Receives Product Quality Innovation Award for its Complete Turnkey RFID Solutions in the Pharmaceuticals Market ...

... "TAGSYS is involved in the development of RFID standards with various regulatory organizations such as the International Standards Organization (ISO) and EPCglobal, remarks Gouthaman. The company's product range conforms to the ISO 18000 standard specifications and it has also successfully achieved Six Sigma levels of performance on its read rates for various pharmaceutical and healthcare applications. " ...

RFID Plant MES Software: 3M Lean Supply Chain

3M expands its HighJump software, used in RFID applications, for MES applications in its plants. ...

RFID Plant MES Software: 3M Lean Supply Chain: Via 3M: 3M Selects HighJump's Manufacturing Advantage Software to Standardize Plant Systems Worldwide ...

... "3M announced it will implement HighJump Software's manufacturing execution system (MES), Manufacturing Advantage, as part of its ongoing global initiative to standardize manufacturing systems. 3M will use the Manufacturing Advantage software at 70 locations worldwide to improve management of shop floor activities, thereby enabling more efficient production. 3M is continuously striving toward a demand-driven, lean supply chain where its industry-leading products are manufactured based on customer demand. To this aim, the HighJump MES system will help 3M build its products just in time, in the right quantities, and according to the highest standards for quality and turnaround. Since Manufacturing Advantage is part of HighJump's adaptable Advantage suite, 3M will be able to configure its applications quickly and cost-effectively. This will allow the company to carry out its goal of supporting a diverse set of plant-specific requirements without supporting a diverse set of systems. HighJump has already provided supply chain solutions for 3M in the areas of RFID compliance and data collection. The success of these projects influenced the MES selection. " ...

RFID ISO9001 Certification: Design Development Manufacturing ...

RFID ISO9001 Certification: Design Development Manufacturing: Via Sirit: Sirit Earns ISO 9001:2000 Registration ...

... "This important distinction confirms the Company's commitment to quality, and serves as acknowledgement of Sirit's customer-first focus. The scope of the registration includes design, development and manufacture of RFID technology and products. The ISO 9001:2000 standard, is an internationally recognized quality management system standard developed by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO). To be certified to the standard, companies must implement a quality management system (QMS) embracing the activities of the company from customer input, order entry ,design and development of products, the purchasing of materials and services and the delivery of products and services. Certification to ISO 9001:2000 reinforces to customers, through an independent third-party, that Sirit's operational processes are in accordance with the standard. " ...

Lean Six Sigma: RFID Technology Impact ...

Hallie Forcinio explores the application of RFID technology in manufacturing, highlighting the importance of aligning the technology with important plant floor initiatives such as lean manufacturing and Six Sigma. ...

Lean Six Sigma: RFID Technology Impact: Via Managing Automation: A New Force on the Factory Floor ...

... "When deploying RFID, it's essential to consider the meaningful information the technology provides, such as support for lean manufacturing or Six Sigma programs. " ...

RealTime Visibility Streamlines LeanManufacturing

Real-Time Visibility Streamlines Lean Manufacturing: WHERENET'S LOCATABLE ACTIVE RFID TECHNOLOGY APPROVED AS A GLOBAL STANDARD BY LEADING LUXURY AUTOMAKER: German Automobile Manufacturer to Double WhereNet Deployments in 2005 as Worldwide Rollout Continues; Vehicle Location System Enhances Flexibility and Expedites Production of Custom-Ordered, Premium-Brand Automobiles ...

... "While other industries are just starting to understand the ability of RFID to transform business processes, the automotive industry has been using active RFID applications for several years with great success, said Joshua Greenbaum, principal, Enterprise Applications Consulting. Whether included in new plants or integrated into established factories, WhereNet’s active RFID-based applications are being used by many of the world’s leading automotive manufacturers to enable more flexible business processes, support lean manufacturing initiatives, expedite throughput, and realize significant labor and inventory savings. " ...

RFID Company Lean Manufacturing Value ...

RFID Company Lean Manufacturing Value: Wherenet: WHERENET SALUTED AS A HOT COMPANY BY START MAGAZINE FOR THE SECOND STRAIGHT YEAR: Inbound Logistics and Supply & Demand Chain Executive Magazines Also Recognize WhereNet for Driving Innovation and a Strong Return on Investment for Global Customers Leveraging the Company’s Active RFID-Based Real-Time Locating System Technology ...

... "WhereNet stands out as a market leader because its active RFID technology has been commercially deployed and has delivered proven business value for more than five years, said John Buell, editor-in-chief of Start magazine. WhereNet's applications are transforming business processes and driving new lean manufacturing principles for leading manufacturers around the world. " ...

WhereNet is the first company to deliver a single wireless location and communication infrastructure that reliably and cost-effectively manages valuable mobile resources and delivers a complete return on investment within 6-12 months. Based on patented, standards-compliant technology resulting from a collective 100+ years of development, the WhereNet real-time solutions enable companies such as BMW, Ford Motor Company, and NYK Logistics to reduce inventory, lower operating costs, and improve operations. The company has received the Henry Ford Technology Award; was recognized for strong ROI by Computerworld; was ranked among the top 10 in the InfoWorld 100; and has been recognized as a wireless innovator by Forrester Research, Computerworld ROI, Frontline Solutions, Plant Engineering, and Supply Chain Systems magazines. Headquartered in Santa Clara, California, with offices throughout the United States and Europe, WhereNet is funded by Crosspoint Venture Partners, Foundation Capital, Bay Partners, Crescendo Ventures, and Sun Microsystems.

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.

Supply Chain of the Future at Upcoming Manufacturing Conference ...

RFID Supply Chain of the Future: Provia's Chief Operations Officer Will Address How RFID Will Be a ...

RFID-enabled supply chain of the future will be discussed at upcoming manufacturing conference ...

From PR Newswire (press release) ... of order-to-delivery supply chain execution software, announced that John Pulling, the company's COO, has been chosen to present two sessions on RFID for the ...

... Provia Software, a leading provider of order-to-delivery supply chain execution software, announced that John Pulling, the company's COO, has been chosen to present two sessions on RFID for the Enterprise IT track at the National Manufacturing Week Conference, taking place next week in Chicago. Pulling will address the pain points for manufacturers and suppliers that RFID will help to overcome. Pulling will be presenting a session on RFID and the Supply Chain on Monday, March 7 at 10:30 a.m. CST. In this presentation, he will address how supply chain tracking technology has evolved, taking a close look at why and how RFID has become a key factor in optimizing the supply chain of the future. ...

With over 500 global installations, Provia Software delivers The Power of Delivery(TM) for such customers as Menlo Worldwide, Spencer Gifts, VersaCold, Gillette, Total Logistic Control, TaylorMade-adidas Golf, and Lanier Worldwide. Provia's supply chain execution products include RFID-enabled warehousing, transportation, order and yard management products seamlessly integrated together with web-based visibility tools to create a real-time, end to end supply chain execution solution that creates a competitive advantage for clients and their customers.

Lean Manufacturing Drives Change to Improve Efficiency ...

Lean Manufacturing Drives Change to Improve Efficiency: HEI Earns Supplier Excellence Award

HEI began a manufacturing transformation which leverages the lean manufacturing methodology, which focuses on eliminating waste and drives significant efficiencies ...

From PR Newswire (press release) ... HEI began implementing changes to its manufacturing processes through lean manufacturing, a methodology that focuses on improving efficiency and eliminating ...

... HEI, Inc. (Nasdaq: HEII) has received the first Supplier Excellence Award from ETHICON Inc., in recognition of its work as a manufacturer and supplier for the ETHICON GYNECARE THERMACHOICE Uterine Balloon Therapy System and Motor Drive Unit. HEI exceeded the ETHICON award criteria, which require meeting the ETHICON standards three out of four quarters in a calendar year. In 2004, HEI met the ETHICON guidelines in all four quarters. ...

HEI, Inc. designs, develops and manufactures microelectronics, subsystems, systems, connectivity and software solutions for OEMs engaged in the medical equipment and medical device, hearing, communications and RFID industries. HEI provides its customers with a single point of contact that can take an idea from inception to a fully functional, cost effective and manufacturability product utilizing innovative design solutions and by the application of state-of-the-art materials, processes and manufacturing capabilities.

Supply Chain Visibility: US Army RFID Enables Tsunami Disaster Relief ... New Pic ...

Supply Chain Visibility ...

From The United States Army Home Page ...

... "As part of the delivery process, the 599th DDST will provide disaster-relief troops and their commanders with 100 percent in-transit visibility through the use of radio frequency identification tags." ...

Lean Manufacturing EPC: Brooks Software Joins EPCglobal US to Develop and Promote RFID ...

From Yahoo News (press release) ... software solutions are the foundation for enterprise initiatives in supply chain execution, closed loop automation, lean manufacturing and enterprise ...

... Brooks Software, a division of Brooks Automation, Inc., and a leading provider of real-time applications for enterprises with collaborative, complex manufacturing operations, today announced that it has joined EPCglobal US, an affiliate of EPCglobal Inc. EPCglobal Inc. develops and oversees commercial and technical standards for the EPCglobal Network(TM). As a subscriber to EPCglobal US, Brooks Software will provide support for adoption of the EPCglobal Network and participate in the EPCglobal community's creation of industry standards for electronic product code (EPC) technology. ...

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.

Healthcare RFID: FDA Clears New Surgical Marker; Uses RFID to Protect Patients

From Medical News Today ...

... "The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has cleared for marketing an external surgical marker tag intended to minimize the likelihood of wrong-site, wrong-procedure and wrong-patient surgeries. The device is the first such surgical marker to utilize radio frequency identification (RFID) technology to mark an anatomical site for surgery. " ...

RFID-enabled Lean Manufacturing: Factory Logic Announces RFID-based Material Flow Tracking & ...

From Business Wire (press release), CA ... Factory Logic, the leading provider of lean manufacturing and material management applications, today announced RFID Material Flow Tracking & Analytics -- an ...

... Factory Logic, the leading provider of lean manufacturing and material management applications, today announced RFID Material Flow Tracking & Analytics -- an innovative new component of its award-winning Factory Logic(TM) Lean Operations Management System. Designed specifically for factories using lean production techniques, this new capability helps factory personnel further reduce waste in terms of both inventory and manpower, while ensuring a smooth, reliable production flow. The new capability combines Radio Frequency Identification technology for shop floor tracking with powerful analysis of kanban movement to provide production and supply chain managers with insight into their actual material flow that has not been possible until now. Data collection is completely transparent and non-intrusive - it does not require any action on the part of shop floor personnel, nor does it interfere in any way with visual factory controls such as kanban, heijunka boards, etc. Used with Factory Logic's heijunka sequencing and scheduling, kanban management, and production monitoring applications, RFID Material Flow Tracking and Analytics provides factory personnel with automatic real-time tracking of kanban movement through the factory to collect precise measurements of actual production performance, including: demand, cycle time, batch sizes, inventory levels, and material velocity. ...

Factory Logic is dedicated to helping companies improve customer responsiveness and eliminate waste by delivering manufacturing and supply chain management solutions that support and enhance the use of key techniques pioneered in the Toyota Production System (TPS), and that make lean manufacturing practical for a wider range of manufacturing environments. With headquarters in Austin, Texas, Factory Logic is the first company to team lean manufacturing specialists with experienced software professionals to develop a standard software product built around the principles of lean production. The result is the Factory Logic(TM) Lean Operations Management System -- a new breed of factory and supply chain management solution that truly matches the operational needs of the lean enterprise while integrating smoothly with enterprise level business systems. In 2001, Factory Logic was the first software company to be awarded the Shingo Prize for its pioneering work.

Lean Manufacturing: MARKEM Selects Kewill's Javalin(TM) Solution to Streamline ...

From PR Newswire (press release) ... "The combination of our worldwide customer base, our focus on lean manufacturing, plus the coordination of our technology centers, research, distribution ...

... Kewill Solutions North America (LSE: KWL), the leader in enterprise shipping management software, announced today that MARKEM Corporation, a world leader in innovative product identification solutions has selected Kewill's Javalin Enterprise Ship (ES) solution to streamline their international supply chain. MARKEM Corporation is a leading provider of marking and coding systems to some of the world's largest companies such as L'Oreal, Lipton and Bristol Myers Squibb. ...

Kewill Solutions North America is the shipping management solutions division of Kewill Systems Plc, a leading international company dedicated to the development and provision of software and services to manage complex business-to-business supply chains. Over 55,000 customers worldwide have trusted Kewill Systems Plc for the management of their supply chain information including Federal Express, Pratt & Whitney, Mazda, Smith & Nephew, Littlewoods, Sainsbury's, Express Gifts, JD Williams, SRG, Iomega, Marks & Spencer, Xerox, and Toys R Us.

MARKEM Corporation is a trusted world leader in innovative and reliable product and package identification solutions and services for the world's leading companies. Solutions include equipment, software, supplies and services, for industries including food and beverage, cosmetics,
pharmaceutical, and electronics. MARKEM is also on the leading edge of RFID implementation. The company operates from Headquarters in Keene, New Hampshire, and has additional development and manufacturing facilities in San Diego, California, Nottingham, England and Schoten, Belgium with subsidiary companies, distributors and representatives in over 50 countries.

RFID Sensors: Sensor Networks Next Step For RFID at HP

From internetnews.com, Susan Kuchinskas writes ...

... "HP is focusing on extending the smart tag technology by incorporating it into sensor networks.
The Palo Alto, Calif.-based hardware, software and services behemoth also said it will open an RFID test center in Omaha, Neb." ...

SAP Six Sigma Software: SAP Helps Companies Drive Maximum Performance with Adaptive ...

From Yahoo News (press release) ... six sigma, compliant manufacturing (based on 21 CFR Part 11 stipulations*), performance management and radio frequency identification (RFID) adoption for the ...

SAP is investing in keeping its ERP software at the forefront of the industry through investments in six sigma and RFID ...

... SAP AG (NYSE: SAP - News) today announced new and enhanced capabilities to mySAP(TM) ERP, its world-leading enterprise resource planning (ERP) software that will help customers gain new insight to better manage their manufacturing businesses. These capabilities will allow customers to gain improved visibility across plant floor operations and thereby better enable processes in the areas of lean manufacturing, track and trace, six sigma and compliant manufacturing. ...

SAP is the world's leading provider of business software solutions. SAP® solutions are designed to meet the demands of companies of all sizes-from small and midsize businesses to global enterprises. Powered by the SAP NetWeaver(TM) open integration and application platform to reduce complexity and total cost of ownership and empower business change and innovation, mySAP(TM) Business Suite solutions are helping enterprises around the world improve customer relationships, enhance partner collaboration and create efficiencies across their supply chains and business operations. The unique core processes of various industries, from aerospace to utilities, are supported by more than 25 SAP industry solutions. Today, more than 23,400 customers in over 120 countries run more than 79,800 installations of SAP® software. With subsidiaries in more than 50 countries, the company is listed on several exchanges, including the Frankfurt stock exchange and NYSE under the symbol "SAP."

SAP Six Sigma Software: SAP Helps Companies Drive Maximum Performance with Adaptive ...

From Yahoo News (press release) ... six sigma, compliant manufacturing (based on 21 CFR Part 11 stipulations*), performance management and radio frequency identification (RFID) adoption for the ...

SAP is investing in keeping its ERP software at the forefront of the industry through investments in six sigma and RFID ...

... SAP AG (NYSE: SAP - News) today announced new and enhanced capabilities to mySAP(TM) ERP, its world-leading enterprise resource planning (ERP) software that will help customers gain new insight to better manage their manufacturing businesses. These capabilities will allow customers to gain improved visibility across plant floor operations and thereby better enable processes in the areas of lean manufacturing, track and trace, six sigma and compliant manufacturing. ...

SAP is the world's leading provider of business software solutions. SAP® solutions are designed to meet the demands of companies of all sizes-from small and midsize businesses to global enterprises. Powered by the SAP NetWeaver(TM) open integration and application platform to reduce complexity and total cost of ownership and empower business change and innovation, mySAP(TM) Business Suite solutions are helping enterprises around the world improve customer relationships, enhance partner collaboration and create efficiencies across their supply chains and business operations. The unique core processes of various industries, from aerospace to utilities, are supported by more than 25 SAP industry solutions. Today, more than 23,400 customers in over 120 countries run more than 79,800 installations of SAP® software. With subsidiaries in more than 50 countries, the company is listed on several exchanges, including the Frankfurt stock exchange and NYSE under the symbol "SAP."

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.

Supply Chain Optimization: RedPrairie, RF Code and Avery Dennison Partner on Active RFID ...

From Business Wire (press release), CA ... RedPrairie is a global leader in supply chain technology solutions that enable the transformation and optimization of supply chain networks, driving out costs ...

... RedPrairie Corporation, a global leader in supply chain technology solutions that drive business process transformation, announced today at the Frontline Solutions conference in Chicago the integration of their LENS(R) global visibility solution with active RFID technology from RF Code and Avery Dennison. The agreement will allow RedPrairie to provide a total solution for global asset and inventory visibility and security, integrating its industry leading software and optimization tools with active RFID reader technology from RF Code and the active RFID Secure Strap(TM) from Avery Dennison for container security. ...

Drive your enterprise transformation through the implementation of supply chain optimization software. There are mature solutions in supply chain optimization technologies, such as Red Prairie's offerings.

RedPrairie is a global leader in supply chain technology solutions that enable the transformation and optimization of supply chain networks, driving out costs, improving customer service and creating competitive advantage. RedPrairie's supply chain execution solutions provide the industry's leading transportation, productivity, and distribution management capabilities, fully integrated with process management components for real-time visibility and event management, trading partner integration, quality control and performance measurement. Coupled with RedPrairie's tactical planning and inventory optimization solutions, RedPrairie provides a true single source platform for supply chain management. RedPrairie provides industry-tailored solutions for many markets, including consumer goods, direct to consumer and traditional retail, food and beverage, high tech / electronics, third party logistics, industrial / wholesale, automotive and service parts, and pharmaceuticals. Customers include Hewlett-Packard, Sony, Thames Water, Procter & Gamble, Nestle, Panasonic, Georgia-Pacific, Eveready, Merck Sharp & Dohme, Unilever, Exel, GE, TNT Logistics, and many others. With offices across the globe, RedPrairie is a true world-wide solution provider.

Supply Chain Management: AXCESS Exhibits Active RFID Supply Chain Solutions at Frontline ...

From Yahoo News (press release) ... (OTC Bulletin Board: AXSI - News), a leading provider of RFID systems for physical security and supply chain management, today announced it is exhibiting its ...

... AXCESS International Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: AXSI - News), a leading provider of RFID systems for physical security and supply chain management, today announced it is exhibiting its RFID solutions at the Frontline Solutions Conference and Exposition in Chicago through Wednesday. The conference is focused on the use of radio frequency identification (RFID) solutions for the supply chain market. In a study commissioned by AXCESS with Venture Development Corporation, the demand for active, or battery-powered RFID in supply chain applications is expected to exceed $300 million by 2007, a growth rate approaching 50% per annum. ...

AXCESS Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: AXSI), headquartered in greater Dallas, Texas, provides RFID (radio frequency identification) systems for physical security and supply chain efficiencies. The battery-powered (active) tags locate, identify, track, monitor, count, and protect people, assets, inventory, and vehicles. AXCESS' Active RFID solutions are supported by its integrated network-based, streaming digital video (or IPTV) technology. Both patented technologies enable applications including: automatic "hands-free" personnel access control, automatic vehicle access control, automatic electronic asset management, and network-based security surveillance. AXCESS is a partner company of Amphion Capital Partners LLC.

Lean Manufacturing: SoftBrands Successfully Implements Lean Enterprise Automation ...

From PR Newswire (press release) ... softbrands.com .) About Datamax Corporation Datamax specializes in the design, manufacture, and marketing of products for bar code and RFID labeling including ...

... SoftBrands, a global leader in next-generation lean enterprise software for businesses in the manufacturing and hospitality sectors, today announced the successful implementation of Demand Stream at Datamax Corporation. Datamax Corporation implemented Demand Stream to streamline its entire purchasing department. ...

Datamax specializes in the design, manufacture, and marketing of products for bar code and RFID labeling including thermal demand printers, label, ticket and tag materials, and thermal transfer ribbons. Headquartered in Orlando, Fla., Datamax has sales representative offices in Singapore, China and Harlow, England, as well as label converting and preprinting facilities in Robinson, Ill., and Harlow. Datamax markets its products exclusively through a network of resellers in more than 100 countries worldwide.

SoftBrands, Inc. is a global leader in providing manufacturing solutions for small to medium-sized businesses (SMBs) worldwide currently focused on the hospitality and manufacturing industries. With more than 5,000 customers in over 60 countries now actively using its manufacturing (Fourth Shift(TM), evolution(TM), Demand Stream) and hospitality products SoftBrands has established a worldwide infrastructure for distribution, development and support of enterprise software. The company, headquartered in Minneapolis, Minnesota, has over 500 employees with branch offices in Europe, Asia, Australia, the Middle East and Africa.

Six Sigma Supply Chain: DemandTec Welcomes SignalDemand Into Global Partner Program

From PR Newswire (press release) ... This compares to 33% for the business case for RFID or 44% for Six Sigma initiatives (for details refer to "Demand Visibility is Supply Chain Manager's Top ...

DemandTec's patented Consumer Demand Management applications offer a powerful way for retailers and manufacturers to accurately forecast consumer demand on hundreds of thousands of items simultaneously and to execute marketing and merchandising strategies that meet business goals for sales, profit, and price image. RIS News ranked DemandTec #1 in Strategic Value among the top 45 software vendors in retail. DemandTec products include MyDemandTec, DemandTec Price, DemandTec Promotion, DemandTec Markdown and the DemandTec Science platform. DemandTec customers include RadioShack, H-E-B Grocery Co., Longs Drugs, Brookshire Grocery Company, Duane Reade and B&Q plc. SignalDemand helps manufacturers rapidly deliver increased profit growth
by connecting and managing the interaction between demand and supply more directly than has ever been possible before. SignalDemand provides Demand-Driven Supply Network (DDSN) enterprise software and consulting services, enabling manufacturers to optimize business performance through influencing demand for a portfolio of their products and services, and connecting this process explicitly to supply chain and production decisions.

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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.