Apriso Continues Growth In Delivery Of Operations Execution Systems For Global Manufacturers

Long Beach, CA - Apriso Corporation, a provider of adaptive software solutions for global manufacturers, recently announced the completion of another record quarter for the period ending September 30, 2007. New and expanded customer orders reflect growing validation that operations management and execution systems provide an effective solution to improve manufacturing performance. While enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems are ideal for global planning, Apriso FlexNet goes beyond what traditional manufacturing execution systems deliver by offering real-time visibility to adapt, manage and improve performance across manufacturing operations and supply chain networks.

Ensign-Bickford Aerospace & Defense Company (EBA&D) understands the benefits of a collaborative operations execution system. As one of the new Apriso customers this quarter, EBA&D will implement a FlexNet system for improved adaptability while contributing to their Lean manufacturing program by removing waste from production and supply chain processes spread over multiple locations. The plant floor is obviously a central component, representing a confluence of business processes impacting operations, product lifecycles and the supply chain. Apriso FlexNet will provide EBA&D real-time visibility to these processes, allowing the necessary data to be collected, analyzed and immediately acted upon to improve overall operations efficiency.

"The growing market acceptance of Apriso's FlexNet solution is attributed to its ease of enabling adaptability and flexibility across multiple production and supply chain environments," stated Jim Henderson, president and CEO of Apriso. "Unlike others who paint a vision of enabling flexible production environments, Apriso is actively deploying customers' 20th, 30th, 40th and more mixed production locations, while easily updating processes at live locations as deployments continue."

Reflecting the expanded geographic scope of new customer activity within the third quarter, a major Japanese automotive supplier will now implement Apriso FlexNet across several factories and supply chain locations, representing Apriso's Global Consulting partner B-en-g's largest implementation to date for the region. This $2+ billion USD international manufacturer understands the acute need for global visibility and control across a widely distributed operations and supply chain network.

In recognition of its continuing product acceptance, Apriso was recently highlighted by Manufacturing Business Technology (MBT) as a Top 40 innovative vendor within the Manufacturing Industry. As MBT states, "Apriso sees itself more broadly as a provider of highly adaptive, enterprise operations execution systems—or OES. Based on a service-oriented architecture (SOA), Apriso FlexNet solutions drive a demand-driven fulfillment strategy across multiple production facilities."

Global manufacturers who have started or expanded their Apriso FlexNet deployments in the third quarter to enable real-time operations execution across multiple locations and environments include:

• Amcor – a world leader in innovative packaging, will expand their Apriso deployment into Amcor's Flexibles division, spanning more than 20 locations to improve operations performance by providing global visibility to the firm's production environment and supply chain network
• Ensign Bickford – the global leader in energetic solutions for military demolition, minefield breaching, vehicle protection, tactical weapons, space, and strategic applications will be using Apriso's operations execution system for better visibility and tracking of business processes, to improve overall operational performance while complementing Lean initiatives
• European Automotive Supplier – one of the world's largest automotive glazing suppliers, will be deploying Apriso FlexNet as an operations execution system to improve adaptability of their production and supply chain, enhancing overall operations performance
• Japanese Automotive Supplier – a leading global manufacturer in Japan selected Apriso FlexNet as their manufacturing execution system to integrate their SAP ERP system with their shop floor, providing real-time visibility across operations
• Volvo CE – one of the world's largest manufacturers of construction equipment recently expanded their Apriso deployment, as discussed in the cover story of October's MBT magazine, at: http://www.apriso.com/library/website/volvoce.htm

SOURCE: Apriso Corporation