Factory Logic Enables Production Leveling and Kanban Pull to Support
Demand-Driven Electronics Manufacturing

Austin, TX, September 25, 2006 – Factory Logic, the leading provider of lean solutions that meet the needs of the customer demand-driven factory, and the Automation and Drives Group of Siemens AG of Germany announced today the signing of an OEM agreement whereby Siemens will integrate the Factory Logic™ Lean Operations Suite (Factory Logic) into SIPLACE manufacturing optimization solutions for the global electronic assembly market. SIPLACE is the Siemens product family name for integrated hardware, software and services solutions to support the entire SMT (Surface Mount Technology) production facility. Factory Logic is a software solution designed from the ground up to support demand-driven production scheduling and pull-based supply synchronization using proven lean methods originally pioneered in the Toyota Production System (TPS).

As part of SIPLACE lean manufacturing solutions, Factory Logic will enable electronics manufacturers to perform advanced production leveling and kanban/supermarket management functions in conjunction with SIPLACE SMT machines and other Siemens solution components. Factory Logic supports an integrated approach that directly links production to actual customer demand, while maintaining the stability required for consistent, reliable, waste-free factory and supply chain operations. Siemens will sell and support the Factory Logic software as an embedded component of SIPLACE solutions globally.

“Siemens is committed to addressing the needs of the electronics manufacturing market with our SIPLACE lean manufacturing solutions,” stated Holger Ewald, Vice President of Software for Siemens A&D Electronic Assembly Systems. “We selected Factory Logic as one of the most important components for our lean solution because it’s the most comprehensive level pull production management system in the market. It’s built around well recognized lean scheduling methods and has been proven in large-scale, real-world deployments.”

“We are pleased to be partnering with Siemens to accelerate adoption of lean, demand-driven manufacturing methods within the electronic assembly industry,” stated Allan Wilson, Factory Logic President and CEO. “SIPLACE manufacturing solutions are the perfect marriage of world-class equipment, software, and services with lean concepts. We believe they will keep on setting the standard in the electronics assembly market over the next few years.”

About Factory Logic

Factory Logic is the leading provider of lean solutions to meet the needs of the customer demand-driven factory. With Factory Logic, manufacturers are able to automate the pace of production, accelerate Lean deployments and associated benefits, and sustain continuous improvement and standardized best business practices across the entire enterprise. Factory Logic's platform-independent, real-time demand leveling and supply synchronization engine allows companies to extend their investments in ERP/MRP to the plant floor and transform the extended enterprise into a real-time demand driven supply network. Factory Logics is based in Austin, Texas. For more information, visit: www.factorylogic.com.

About Siemens

Siemens Energy and Automation, Inc. represents Siemens Automation and Drives (A&D) in the U.S. Headquartered in the Atlanta suburb of Alpharetta, GA, Siemens Energy & Automation manufacturers and markets one of the world’s broadest ranges of electrical and electronic products, systems and services to industrial and construction market customers. Its technologies range from circuit protection and energy management systems to process control, industrial software and totally integrated automation solutions. The company also has expertise in systems integration, technical services and turnkey industrial systems. For more information visit: www.sea.siemens.com.

Siemens AG (NYSE:SI) is one of the largest global electronics and engineering companies with reported worldwide sales of $96 billion in fiscal 2005. Founded nearly 160 years ago, the company is a leader in the areas of Medical, Power, Automation and Control, Transportation, Information and Communications, Lighting, Building Technologies, Water Technologies and Services and Home Appliances. With its U.S. corporate headquarters in New York City, Siemens in the USA has sales of $18.8 billion and employs approximately 70,000 people throughout all 50 states and Puerto Rico. Eleven of Siemens’ worldwide businesses are based in the United States. With its global headquarters in Munich, Siemens AG and its subsidiaries employ 460,000 people in 90 countries. For more information on Siemens in the United States visit: www.usa.siemens.com.

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