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DemandStream enables and updates users' environments to that of a Lean Manufacturing environment. Focusing on flow of material and replenishment throughout supply chain, product provides paths to Demand Pull operations. Using traditional Demand Pull methodology, software continually optimizes Kanban levels by providing immediate supply chain scheduling and allowing supervisors and managers to view inventory and production status across entire supply chain.
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SoftBrands Manufacturing Launches DemandStream at National Manufacturing Week
A Lean Manufacturing Solution that Increases Profitability and Provides Manufacturers with a Clear Competitive Advantage
Minneapolis, MN (March 10, 2003) SoftBrands Manufacturing, a leading global supplier of enterprise application software, announced the launch of DemandStream at National Manufacturing Week in Chicago, Illinois. DemandStream is a Lean Manufacturing Solution that increases profitability and provides manufacturers with a clear competitive advantage.
Randy Tofteland, president of SoftBrands Manufacturing states, "Over the last several years, manufacturers have invested time and money into ERP/MRP systems with the goal of making better and faster decisions with more information. These systems have delivered benefits, but are no longer enough to help manufacturing companies face today's challenges. DemandStream takes the operational best practices of Demand Pull and Lean Manufacturing to make implementing and acquiring the benefits from these best practices both practical and fast."
The market challenges faced by manufacturing companies require increased flexibility, speed and visibility throughout the supply chain, and DemandStream addresses this powerful market need in two key ways. First, it enables and enhances a manufacturing company's evolution to a Lean Manufacturing environment. DemandStream does this by focusing on the flow of material and it's replenishment throughout the supply chain. It provides a path to Demand Pull operations for companies who were not aware that they could capitalize on these benefits. Second, DemandStream takes the traditional Demand Pull methodology and enhances it by continually optimizing Kanban levels, providing immediate supply chain scheduling; and, allowing supervisors and managers to view the inventory and production statuses across the entire supply chain.
"Our mission with DemandStream is three-fold," says Ian Achterkirch, vice president, Americas, for SoftBrands Manufacturing. "First, we strive to drive the efficiencies of Demand Pull and Lean methodologies for our customers. Second, DemandStream moves Lean and Pull methodologies into and across the entire supply chain - not just one or two areas. And third, we work to increase both the speed of inventory and information for our clients. The real value of DemandStream is that it is the only Lean Adapter System that increases the efficiency of our customers' entire supply chain, beginning with customer demand and continuing through the product manufactured and into the supply base."
About SoftBrands, Inc.
SoftBrands is a global supplier of enterprise application software. Currently focused on the hospitality and manufacturing industries, the company intends to expand both internally and through acquisitions. With more than 5,000 customers in over 60 countries now actively using its Fourth Shift, evolution, DemandStream, PORTfolio and RIOGrand products, SoftBrands has established a worldwide infrastructure for distribution, development and support of enterprise software. The company, headquartered in Minneapolis, Minnesota, has over 700 employees with branch offices in Europe, Asia, Australia, the Middle East and Africa. Additional information about SoftBrands can be found at softbrands.com.
Jennifer Meyer
Corporate Communications
SoftBrands Manufacturing
Tel: 612.851.1526
Fax: 612. 851.1560
softbrands.com/mfg
