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Acumence Appoints John Nichols as Vice President, Business Development.


Industry veteran comes on board to assist Acumence in expanding sales operations and leveraging industry partnerships

CHICAGO -- Acumence LLC (Logical Link Control) See "LANs" under data link protocol.

LLC - Logical Link Control
, a leading provider of manufacturing business intelligence solutions, today announced the appointment of John R. Nichols as vice president of business development. An industry veteran with more than 25 years of experience in the manufacturing automation software industry, Nichols is charged with directing the growth of the company's direct sales activities, as well as the development of a select number of integration and channel partners.

Prior to joining Acumence, Nichols served for three years as chief operating officer Chief Operating Officer (COO)

The officer of a firm responsible for day-to-day management, usually the president or an executive vice-president.
 of Incuity Software, Inc. and prior to that was senior vice president and general manager of Wonderware Corporation, a subsidiary of Invensys Plc.

Joe Jablonski, 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 Acumence notes: "We are excited to welcome John to our executive team. His knowledge and experience in manufacturing, automation and the business intelligence software marketplace will help us propel pro·pel  
tr.v. pro·pelled, pro·pel·ling, pro·pels
To cause to move forward or onward. See Synonyms at push.



[Middle English propellen, from Latin
 Acumence to the next level of market leadership."

"John will be instrumental in expanding our reach into a variety of new vertical markets, as well as creating strong relationships with key partners and integrators within these markets," adds Acumence executive vice president David Brochu. "His manufacturing and operations expertise will help our customers find opportunities for significant improvement in plant performance and efficiency."

Acumence is engaged in an initiative to broaden its customer base and ramp up Ramp Up

To increase a company's operations in anticipation of increased demand.

Notes:
A company might 'ramp up' operations if they just signed a contract creating substantially more demand for their product.
See also: Demand, Economies of Scale
 its U.S. sales and marketing activities. Already a leader in providing integrated manufacturing business intelligence solutions to companies in the food and beverage F&B is a common abbreviation in the United States and Commonwealth countries, including Hong Kong. F&B is typically the widely accepted abbreviation for "Food and Beverage," which is the sector/industry that specializes in the conceptualization, the making of, and delivery of foods.  packaging and container manufacturing arena, Acumence aims to extend its market reach into other high-volume manufacturing sectors - including Food & Beverage, Packaged Chemicals, Pharmaceuticals, Discrete Manufacturing Fabricating products by assembling components and subsystems into larger systems. The automated assembly line is the prime example of discrete manufacturing such as in the making of automobiles, household appliances and computer systems. , Forest Products and Pulp & Paper.

In addition, Acumence recently announced it is a member of the Oracle PartnerNetwork, has integrated its Manufacturing Business Intelligence solution to the Oracle[R] E-Business Suite, using Oracle Fusion Middleware This article may contain improper references to .
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, and is creating partnerships with other software and service providers in the industry.

About Acumence

Headquartered in Chicago, Acumence (www.acumence.com) develops and implements business intelligence solutions for monitoring and analyzing high-volume manufacturing processes, leading to higher productivity, efficiency, and faster and more flexible supply chain responsiveness. The Acumence Manufacturing Business Intelligence Solution is used by clients in 11 countries, supports 13 different languages, and is the leading enterprise operations monitoring solution in the beverage can A beverage can is most often an aluminium can manufactured to hold a single serving of a beverage. Overview
The early metal beverage can was made out of steel (similar to a tin can) and had no pull-tab.
 industry. The software is ideal for high-volume manufacturing and packaging operations.
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