AC Analytical Controls Selects Glovia to Manage Global Operations; Glovia Chosen for Extended Make-to-Order Functionality, Fast Implementation Capabilities and to Standardize Disparate Applications.EL SEGUNDO El Segundo (ĕl sēgŭn`dō), industrial city (1990 pop. 15,223), Los Angeles co., S Calif., on Santa Monica Bay; inc. 1917. Its products include navigation and computer systems, aircraft parts, office machines, telephone apparatus, and , Calif. -- Glovia International, a subsidiary of Fujitsu and a leading provider of extended ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning) An integrated information system that serves all departments within an enterprise. Evolving out of the manufacturing industry, ERP implies the use of packaged software rather than proprietary software written by or for one customer. solutions for engineer-to-order and high volume manufacturers, announced today that AC Analytical Controls has selected Glovia's extended ERP solution, glovia.com, to manage their global operations Global Operations is a first-person shooter computer game developed by Barking Dog Studios and published by both Crave Entertainment and Electronic Arts. It was released in March of 2002, following its public multiplayer beta version which contained only the Quebec map. . AC Analytical Controls is a leader in developing, configuring, marketing and supporting dedicated chromatographic chro·mat·o·graph n. An instrument that produces a chromatogram. tr.v. chro·mat·o·graphed, chro·mat·o·graph·ing, chro·mat·o·graphs To separate and analyze by chromatography. (various techniques for separating complex mixtures) solutions for the worldwide petroleum, petrochemical petrochemical, any one of a large group of chemicals derived from a component of petroleum or natural gas. The cracking processes for manufacturing gasoline produce vast quantities of gaseous hydrocarbons. and natural gas industries. Over the past few years AC Analytical Control's business has been growing steadily and as the company was running many disparate applications they searched for a single solution to manage their global operations. The company also had strict timelines in which to implement their solution. AC Analytical Controls selected Glovia as the company met both requirements in terms of functionality and the ability to meet their implementation deadlines. AC Analytical Controls selected Glovia this past December with plans to go live with glovia.com this May. Glovia's support resources have worked closely with AC Analytical Controls personnel to keep the implementation on track. The company's headquarters in Rotterdam, Netherlands will be the first operation to go live with plans to roll the solution out globally over the next two years. Currently, AC Analytical Controls has multiple quote and order entry systems that are not integrated. The company found this to be very inefficient and looked to Glovia to provide a central database for all customer data as well as a worldwide view of all their inventories. glovia.com inventory functionality offers integrated, interactive management of all inventories and full visibility of all material movement throughout AC Analytical Controls operations enabling a more efficient method of inventory management. As many of AC Analytical Control's chromatographic projects are unique, it was of the utmost importance to select a solution that could effectively manage their Make-to-Order (MTO MTO Make-To-Order MTO More Than One MTO Made to Order MTO Microsystems Technology Office MTO Ministry of Transportation of Ontario (government of Ontario, Canada) MTO Monto MTO Mediterranean Theater of Operations ) manufacturing environment. glovia.com enables the company to efficiently manage their operations by keeping production synched with engineering and supply synched with production. By reacting to project changes immediately to rebalance supplies, resources and demands, AC Analytical Controls will be able to keep projects moving forward and deliver them on time and on budget. "We are delighted to have been selected by such a dynamic and growing company. By exceeding the competition in terms of the functionality and support we offer, AC Analytical Controls found Glovia to be the best solution to manage their operations," states Ben Van Eck, Managing Director of EMEA (Europe, Middle East, Africa) Refers to that region of the world. For example, one might see products packaged differently for the UK, EMEA and Asia Pacific markets. Operations for Glovia International. "We will continue to provide the service and support AC Analytical Controls expects and we look forward to a healthy and prosperous relationship for many years to come." About AC Analytical Controls Established in 1981, AC Analytical Controls develops, configures, markets and supports dedicated chromatographic solutions for the worldwide petroleum, petrochemical and natural gas industries. AC offers the refining industry a wide range of solutions for the analysis of gas, naphtha naphtha (năp`thə, năf`–), term usually restricted to a class of colorless, volatile, flammable liquid hydrocarbon mixtures. and gasoline gasoline or petrol, light, volatile mixture of hydrocarbons for use in the internal-combustion engine and as an organic solvent, obtained primarily by fractional distillation and "cracking" of petroleum, but also obtained from natural gas, by streams up to and including crude oils and residuals. Headquartered in Rotterdam, the Netherlands, AC has sales and support offices all over the world. For more information please visit www.analytical-controls.com. About Glovia International Glovia International, Inc., a subsidiary of Fujitsu (Tokyo Stock Exchange Tokyo Stock Exchange Main stock market of Japan, located in Tokyo. It opened in 1878 to provide a market for the trading of government bonds newly issued to former samurai. : 6702), is one of the world's most experienced and solidly backed providers of extended ERP solutions for businesses of any size -- from small and mid-sized companies to global enterprises. The powerful and flexible Glovia ERP suite, glovia.com, provides for the unique needs of engineer-to-order, make-to-order, high volume and mixed-mode manufacturing environments through comprehensive, end-to-end functionality for the entire product lifecycle Product lifecycle or product life cycle is the course of a product's sales and profits over time. The five stages of each product lifecycle are product development, introduction, growth, maturity and decline. . Headquartered in El Segundo, Calif., Glovia has helped manufacturers to cut costs, improve productivity, and meet customer demands for over 30 years. For more information, please visit www.glovia.com or call 800-223-3799. About Fujitsu Fujitsu is a leading provider of customer-focused IT and communications solutions for the global marketplace. Pace-setting device technologies, highly reliable computing computing - computer and communications platforms, and a worldwide corps of systems and services experts uniquely position Fujitsu to deliver comprehensive solutions that open up infinite possibilities for its customers' success. Headquartered in Tokyo, Fujitsu Limited (TSE See Tokyo Stock Exchange. TSE 1. See Tokyo Stock Exchange (TSE). 2. See Toronto Stock Exchange (TSE). :6702) reported consolidated revenues of 4.7 trillion yen (US$44.5 billion) for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2005. For more information, please see: http://www.fujitsu.com. |
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