WMS Software targets manufacturing operations.
Press Release Summary:
Integrating warehouse operations with production processes, FlexNet Warehouse Management for Manufacturers helps eliminate idle inventory, provide traceability across production and supply chain, optimize quality, and drive Lean initiatives as comprehensive material flow management system. Program delivers solution to synchronize raw materials, components, and semi-finished goods with production, manufacturing, fabrication, and assembly operations.
Original Press Release:
Apriso Announces Industry's First Warehouse Management System for Manufacturing Operations Management
Leveraging the firm's wealth of manufacturing knowledge, this WMS solution offers an innovative approach to warehouse management from a manufacturer's perspective
(LONG BEACH, CA) - Apriso, a leading provider of adaptive software solutions for global manufacturing operations management, today announced the first enterprise Warehouse Management System (WMS) specifically designed and built for manufacturers. Rather than delivering yet another WMS product to better manage distribution centers, FlexNet Warehouse Management for Manufacturers is an innovative solution with a unique approach of improving manufacturing agility and operations performance. These benefits are accomplished by natively integrating warehouse operations with production processes to eliminate idle inventory, provide complete traceability across production and the supply chain, increase quality and drive Lean initiatives as a comprehensive material flow management system.
"The implementation of a warehouse management system built from a manufacturer's perspective offers a differentiated approach to extend Lean initiatives into the warehouse," commented Steve Banker, director of supply chain management at ARC Advisory Group. "Pull systems such as Kanban, Just In Time and Just In Sequence are common within best in class manufacturers. The implementation of a platform supporting business processes spanning production and material flows adds a new level of performance improvement, driving further waste from already Lean processes."
As a module of the FlexNet Operations Execution System, FlexNet Warehouse Management for Manufacturers delivers a comprehensive solution to synchronize raw materials, components and semi-finished goods with production, manufacturing, fabrication and assembly operations. By leveraging the benefits of FlexNet's Global Manufacturing Suite, this material flow management system can be deployed locally at the warehouse while being managed globally, across the enterprise, to allow Lean, Quality and other Continuous Improvement initiatives to spread from a pilot site across the global enterprise.
FlexNet Warehouse Management for Manufacturers is an advanced solution that allows manufacturers to:
o Enhance efficiency and accuracy within the warehouse and production line for improved operations performance
o Increase manufacturing agility and throughput, supporting a demand-driven supply chain
o Reduce inventory and WIP, extending Lean initiatives into your warehouse
o Provide comprehensive 'dock-to-dock' traceability and genealogy to improve quality while cost effectively achieving regulatory compliance
o Improve customer satisfaction by addressing market changes with extreme agility across warehouse and production operations
o Decrease the cost of quality and Six Sigma through smart sampling and inspection processes
"Achieving tight integration between production and warehouse operations has provided full traceability for materials and finished goods flows while enabling the highest level of responsiveness to changing demand conditions within our production line and supply chain," said Rustam Sanaev, IT Operations Manager, BAT (British American Tobacco). "The FlexNet platform is vital, facilitating performance improvement within both warehouse and production operations, allowing us to significantly improve our production ability within an increasingly complex operations environment to best serve multiple customer segments."
If interested in hearing firsthand how BAT has leveraged the Apriso FlexNet platform to improve operations performance within their warehouse management operations, please send an email to gordon.benzie@apriso.com with name, title and email address.
About Apriso
Apriso Corporation is a software company dedicated to providing competitive advantage for its customers. It does so by enabling organizations to adapt quickly and easily to market changes and unexpected events. Apriso's FlexNet platform provides visibility, adaptability and real-time control of manufacturing operations across the enterprise and supply chain network. This is accomplished by integrating planning, execution and control, increasing operational efficiency and eliminating errors in the production process. Apriso serves more than 170 customers in 41 countries across the Americas, Europe and Asia, powering more than 650 installations worldwide. Its customers include General Motors, Lear, Honeywell, L'Oreal, Trixell, Lockheed Martin, Becton Dickinson, Saint-Gobain, Novelis and Essilor. For more information, please go to www.apriso.com.
Apriso and FlexNet are registered trademarks of Apriso Corporation. All other trademarks and registered trademarks are the property of their respective owners.
