Acacia Technologies' Solution Wins Powered by AS/400e Award.LISLE, Ill.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 18, 1999-- Advanced Planning & Scheduling Technology Recognized by Panel of Judges Panel of Judges is an indie pop band from Melbourne, Australia. Members
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Acacia Technologies, a division of Computer Associates International, Inc. (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange : CA), is one of the key players in the growing Enterprise Resource Planning See ERP. (application, business) Enterprise Resource Planning - (ERP) Any software system designed to support and automate the business processes of medium and large businesses. (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. ), Advanced Planning and Scheduling (APS) and advanced Warehouse Management System (WMS WMS Warehouse Management System WMS Web Map Service (open geospatial consortium specification) WMS West Middle School (Rochester Hills, MI) WMS Workforce Management Software WMS Wechsler Memory Scale ) software markets. The prestigious "Powered By AS/400e" award, formerly known as the IBM (International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY, www.ibm.com) The world's largest computer company. IBM's product lines include the S/390 mainframes (zSeries), AS/400 midrange business systems (iSeries), RS/6000 workstations and servers (pSeries), Intel-based servers (xSeries) Star Stream award, recognized Quick Response Engine as a leader in leveraging key AS/400 technologies. Quick Response Engine is an object-oriented, advanced scheduling solution that manages independent demands such as customer orders, synchronized materials requirements and production load to capacity, and shop floor scheduling. "Effective manufacturing means not only handling all aspects of production planning and scheduling, but also dealing with unforeseen events like a last-minute rush order or a delay in incoming shipments," says Norm Baran, vice president and Chief Technical Officer of Acacia Technologies. "Using Quick Response Engine, manufacturers have the ability to achieve a more precise and timely flow of materials as well as lower work-in-progress and inventory levels despite constraints and unanticipated problems." Acacia Technologies solutions are dedicated to AS/400 client server platform. As a platform-exclusive vendor, Acacia can focus its energy on providing highly tuned, high performance solutions which are very focused on solving the business problems of manufacturing and distribution companies. "By being dedicated to providing solutions exclusively for the AS/400 - and its evolutionary technology - we have been able to concentrate on the needs of our customers," said Ken Ramoutar, vice president of worldwide marketing at Acacia Technologies. "We are very pleased to receive this award as it reinforces our leadership position in the AS/400 marketplace for enterprise solutions." Acacia Technologies provides four product families to the IBM AS/400 marketplace as well as a suite of implementation and analysis tools. In addition to Quick Response Engine, the company develops and markets: -- PRMS A full featured ERP system for the AS/400 from SSA Global Technologies, Inc., Chicago IL (www.ssaglobal.com). PRMS dates back to 1980 when the PCR company released its Resource Management System (RMS) software. In 1987, Pansophic Systems acquired PCR and added the "P" to the "RMS. (TM) -- an integrated ERP solution for a variety of businesses using discrete, repetitive, process or co-existent manufacturing process; -- Warehouse BOSS(TM) -- a complete warehouse management system covering all aspects of receiving, locating, putaway, order management, picking, packing and shipping; and -- KBM (Knowledge Based Manufacturing) A full-featured custom manufacturing ERP system from Acacia for the AS/400. It was originally developed by Data3, which was acquired by the ASK Group and then by Computer Associates (CA) in 1994. See Acacia. (TM) -- a comprehensive knowledge-based ERP system specifically designed for the custom products manufacturer. The current releases of the four Acacia products are Year 2000 compatible. Acacia Technologies, with headquarters in Lisle, Ill., is responsible for the development, support, marketing and sales of PRMS, KBM, Warehouse BOSS and Quick Response Engine. The objective of Acacia Technologies is to meet the evolving needs of manufacturing and distribution businesses through a set of solutions built on the AS/400 client/server technology. Acacia Technologies can be reached by visiting http://www.acaciatech.com on the World Wide Web, emailing info@acaciatech.com or calling 1-800-523-5260. Computer Associates International, Inc. (NYSE: CA), the world leader in mission-critical business computing, provides software, support and integration services in more than 100 countries around the world. CA has 13,000 employees and had revenue of $4.7 billion in its 1998 fiscal year. For more information about CA, please call 1-516-342-5224. CA's World Wide Web address is http://www.cai.com. All referenced product names are trademarks of their respective companies. |
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