Factory Logic Announces Receipt of "Powered by SAP NetWeaver™" Certification Award-winning Factory Logic™ Lean Operations Management System Now Integrated with mySAP™ Business Suite December 1, 2004 - Austin, TX. Factory Logic, the leading provider of lean manufacturing and materials management solutions, and the only software company to be awarded the prestigious Shingo Prize for Excellence in Manufacturing, today announced that it has been awarded "Powered by SAP NetWeaver™" certification. The SAP NetWeaver platform is the technical foundation of the mySAP™ Business Suite family of business solutions and the SAP xApps™ portfolio of packaged composite applications. It also enables SAP's Enterprise Services Architecture, a blueprint for service-oriented business solutions. The Factory Logic™ Lean Operations Management System is a new generation of software solution designed from the ground up to support demand-driven, pull-based manufacturing and supply chain operations using lean production concepts pioneered in the Toyota Production System (TPS). Lean Management Infrastructure Now Available Designed to bridge the gap between visual factory methods and existing business systems, Factory Logic helps manufacturers accelerate lean adoption, sustain the benefits, and more consistently apply lean techniques across the enterprise. It integrates production leveling, sequencing and scheduling capabilities with kanban management and real-time monitoring to provide a comprehensive, scalable operations management infrastructure. With access to real-time data and intuitive ease of use, Factory Logic provides a level of human control that enables improved decision-making by front-line planners, supervisors, and managers. Using Factory Logic to support and enhance their lean methodologies, manufacturers are able to improve responsiveness to market and customer dynamics while simultaneously and continually reducing waste. Factory Logic integration with SAP NetWeaver has been developed and certified as part of the SAP NetWeaver Partner Program. "Powered by SAP NetWeaver" certification means that Factory Logic can be deployed on the SAP Web Application Server along with SAP applications to reduce Total Cost of Ownership (TCO), and that it can be integrated into the SAP Enterprise Portal to provide seamless navigation for end users. Leveraging the Enterprise Services Architecture enabled by SAP NetWeaver, companies can now utilize Factory Logic as part of SAP's "manufacturing ecosystem" to continue to enhance their business objectives by providing an integrated manufacturing solution that leverages the best of the capabilities provided by both solution providers. In combination with the mySAP ERP and mySAP Supply Chain Management (mySAP SCM) solutions, the Factory Logic Lean Operations Management System enhances a company's ability to implement a Demand Driven Supply Network (DDSN) as defined by industry analysts such as AMR Research. "Factory Logic is pleased to offer our solutions, which build upon SAP NetWeaver ," said Allan Wilson, Factory Logic President and CEO. "Many SAP customers are committed to improving their operational performance through the use of lean production management methods, and Factory Logic provides them with a powerful new toolset for doing just that."
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