ALTA A/S Announces New Relationship with Avanti; Former ALTA Executive to Lead Systems Integration Practice.Business Editors/Automotive Writers DETROIT--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 19, 2004 ALTA A/S and Avanti Systems Worldwide have formed an alliance that joins the application strengths of the ALTA PowerB2O(TM) solution with the system integration capabilities offered by Avanti. The new practice within Avanti will be headed by Gary Adams, formerly Managing Director of ALTA's Detroit Subsidiary, ALTA International. "Having Gary lead this effort offers an ideal solution to ALTA customers," said John Frederiksen, CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. of ALTA/AS, based in Copenhagen. "He brings a unique combination of in-depth knowledge of our product and an awareness of our customers' growing requirement for interfaces between our ALTA PowerB2O(TM) application and processes on the production line." According to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. Frederiksen, ALTA's goal "is to continue to develop ALTA PowerB2O(TM) by focusing on what we do best: meeting our customers' needs for event management strategies, including Error-Proofing, Traceability and support of all Lean Manufacturing Lean manufacturing is the production of goods using less of everything compared to mass production: less human effort, less manufacturing space, less investment in tools, and less engineering time to develop a new product. strategies." At the same time, ALTA has recognized that customers want to be able to interface ALTA PowerB2O(TM) with production and process control activities. As a result, ALTA has decided to foster partnerships to deliver a complete solution for manufacturers. "Leveraging Avanti's system integration expertise ensures that the widely used ALTA PowerB2O(TM) software application will effectively interface with control systems at the manufacturing floor level," Frederiksen said. A key figure in the Detroit office of ALTA International for nearly three years, Adams looks forward to bringing these added benefits to customers. "I'm committed to ALTA PowerB2O(TM), which is a market leading IT software application with specific functions," he said. "Added to the software, customers will now have access to Avanti's systems integration experience and staff. That means they'll be able to get the interfacing modules and systems at the plant floor control level that they've been seeking." Adams also looks forward to having two sets of experts at his disposal to serve customers better: Avanti's professional staff with its high level of automotive process control technical expertise, and members of the ALTA application support team. About ALTA A/S ALTA is the Supply Chain and Manufacturing Event Management software company that enables more profitable revenue for automotive suppliers and logistic lo·gis·tic also lo·gis·ti·cal adj. 1. Of or relating to symbolic logic. 2. Of or relating to logistics. [Medieval Latin logisticus, of calculation companies around the world. Founded in 1992, ALTA has regional headquarters in Copenhagen, Denmark and Detroit, Michigan “Detroit” redirects here. For other uses, see Detroit (disambiguation). Detroit (IPA: [dɪˈtʰɹɔɪt]) (French: Détroit, meaning strait , US with subsidiaries in the UK and Germany. During the last decade, ALTA has built substantial expertise in the development and implementation of manufacturing systems, largely the result of nearly 10 years of working in the automobile industry automobile industry, the business of producing and selling self-powered vehicles, including passenger cars, trucks, farm equipment, and other commercial vehicles. . ALTA helps customers implement strategies like In-Sequence delivery, Lean Manufacturing, or Build-to-Order through extensive knowledge and the ALTA PowerB2O(TM) product to achieve perfect on-time delivery, improve quality and flow in assembly processes, shorten (audio, compression) Shorten - A form of lossless audio compression. cycle and lead-times and at the same time reduce inventory cost. For more information about ALTA, please visit WWW WWW or W3: see World Wide Web. (World Wide Web) The common host name for a Web server. The "www-dot" prefix on Web addresses is widely used to provide a recognizable way of identifying a Web site. .ALTA.NET About Avanti Avanti Worldwide Systems, LLC (Logical Link Control) See "LANs" under data link protocol. LLC - Logical Link Control (Avanti) is the leading subject matter expert in the area of automotive plant floor error-proofing process control management and provider of remote Production Support Call Center Services. With world-class automotive plant systems integration experience, Avanti is the Tier I Automotive Supplier business partner that minimizes, with a goal of eliminating, automotive manufacturing process downtime The time during which a computer is not functioning due to hardware, operating system or application program failure. . Avanti deploys advanced technology and remote technical expertise to effectively respond to assembly line control and process flow problems on a 24/7 basis. Avanti allows our business partners to maximize plant production uptime while minimizing the need and overhead cost of in-plant production line technical specialists. Avanti is headquartered in Auburn Hills, Michigan Auburn Hills is a city in Oakland County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 19,837 at the 2000 census. The city was formed in 1983 from the now defunct Pontiac Township. Auburn Hills is home to the world headquarters of Chrysler, the Walter P. . |
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