Acsis Announces Enterprise-Wide Label Management Solution.

Solution Simplifies Label Development, Management and Adherence to Label Requirements Reducing Costs in Manufacturing and Distribution Operations

MARLTON, N.J. -- Acsis, Inc., the leader in connecting people, devices and supply chains with business systems, today announced the availability of Acsis Enterprise Label Management (ELM), a software based solution that enables manufacturers and distributors to centralize the creation and management of dynamic custom format labels and print them from anywhere in the enterprise and beyond. The solution includes the Enterprise Label Manager software, which offers a robust design suite, versioning control, central repository and print server, and professional services, including consulting, training and ongoing support.

The link between core business systems and labels is critical because when a label error occurs, it has the potential to cause a ripple effect across the supply chain and with customers. This has been a longstanding costly problem that can be a fundamental barrier to operational excellence.

Acsis ELM was developed to simplify the label design and deployment process by providing a single point of control across the enterprise. ELM offers a central source for label printing functions that is easily accessible by end users as well as core business applications. ELM solves the costly challenges associated with creating and managing custom-format labels and helps companies adhere to regulatory and customer compliance label requirements. It provides a scalable solution that can be easily extended to meet a wide range of labeling requirements from the shop floor to the warehouse and beyond.

Acsis ELM enables manufacturing and distribution organizations to:

* Reduce costs by eliminating duplicate label development, form creation and management efforts across the enterprise

* Improve operational efficiencies by centralizing all label development and management functions and distributing the label printing process

* Achieve regulatory compliance using special label data collection, retention and reporting measures to protect customer information

* Meet customer-mandated labeling specifications easily across all operations

* Enable suppliers and outsourcers to comply with labeling requirements via a secure internet-accessible print facility to ensure conformity with corporate label requirements

Acsis ELM offers a powerful design suite with centralized design, development, deployment and management capabilities as well as a fully featured form design facility for leveraging industry-leading solutions. It also provides for dynamic label contents where field data is "configured" via simple point-and-click interface with no coding using the ELM Label Data Source Plan. The solution allows for the easy mapping of label data to and from core business systems and automatic creation of label print request web pages as a part of the label design process.

Key features include:

* Label versioning - Stage new/updated labels for approvals and deploy easily with "one key" deployment

* Label archiving - Hold multiple versions of label formats to comply with regulatory mandates

* Specialized services - Normalize and rationalize the existing label portfolio to the smallest possible number of unique labels helping organizations take a smarter approach to label management

* Printer independence - Develop labels once and print on any printer without change

* Web-based label access for end users - Create once, print it from anywhere - even outside the enterprise by third-party suppliers, outsourcers and partners with Acsis ELM patent-pending remote label printing technology

* High-performance - Efficient and secure remote label printing over the Internet to suppliers and outsourcers

* Service-oriented architecture (SOA) - Ensure true application independence by having ELM as the dedicated label design and production solution that's available for use by any calling application

"Today, many manufacturers and distributors manage their label design, development and deployment processes at each facility. This is a costly and inefficient way to operate the critical business of labeling," said Andre Pino, chief marketing officer, Acsis, Inc. "The Acsis ELM solution sets the standard for managing complex global labeling requirements because now businesses can design, develop and deploy custom labels from a central location for use anytime, anywhere by any sanctioned end user or application - inside or outside the enterprise."

About Acsis

Acsis, Inc. was founded in 1996 and is headquartered in Marlton, NJ. Acsis is a global enterprise software and services provider that automates manufacturing and supply chain processes enabling higher throughput at lower costs. With implementations in 28 countries Acsis provides a single platform that connects people, devices, and supply chains, enabling adaptive manufacturing and supply chain operations. Acsis is an SAP Services Partner, SAP Technology Partner and charter member of SAP's Enterprise Services Community. Acsis also maintains partnerships with major service and hardware providers. Acsis is an EPCglobal member and early adopter of RFID technologies. Acsis is a partner company of Safeguard Scientifics, Inc. (NYSE: SFE). For additional information visit us at www.acsisinc.com.

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