American Turnkey partners with Cummins to streamline worldwide parts distribution.CHICAGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 27, 1995--American Turnkey (ATC ATC Air Traffic Control ATC Average Total Cost ATC Certified Athletic Trainer ATC At the Center (Hartford, Maine retreat center) ATC Applied Technology Council ATC All Things Considered ) Monday announced it has contracted with Cummins Engine of Columbus, Ind., to provide a control system for Cummins' worldwide warehousing and distribution of supply parts. The system will be based upon ATC's MOVE(tm) application software, which features powerful client-server technology for optimal distributed computing (1) The use of multiple computers networked throughout a wide geographical area, or the world via the Internet, in order to solve a single problem. See grid computing. (2) The use of multiple computers in an enterprise rather than one centralized system. . The system also consists of an integrated combination of workstations and automatic data collection hardware, including radio-frequency (RF) scanners and bar code labeling. Partnership for Service Advantage Installation of the system is scheduled for Q4 `95 and will be a highlight in the partnership between Cummins and American Turnkey. This partnership began when Cummins set out to improve the accuracy and timeliness of inventory shipped to distributors and distribution centers. The systems will be centered at Cummins' Indianapolis Parts Distribution Center (IPDC (Internet Protocol Device Control) A protocol for controlling media gateways developed by the Technical Advisory Committee, which was convened by Level 3 and others. ) and when successful, will eventually service an international distribution network consisting of several locations. With headquarters in Santa Ana Santa Ana, city, El Salvador Santa Ana (sän'tä ä`nä), city (1993 pop. 129,873), W El Salvador. It is the second largest city in the country and the commercial and processing center for a sugarcane, coffee, and cattle region. , Calif., American Turnkey is the leading developer of client-server software for logistics applications in warehousing, distribution and manufacturing markets. The company's focus is on creating rules-based software and systems solutions which react dynamically for the operation of a company. American Turnkey developed real-time radio frequency applications and pioneered the use of relational databases relational database Database in which all data are represented in tabular form. The description of a particular entity is provided by the set of its attribute values, stored as one row or record of the table, called a tuple. and warehousing applications. Through these innovations, American Turnkey has formed solid business partnerships with Symbol Technologies, Sun Microsystems Sun Microsystems, Inc. (NASDAQ: JAVA[3]) is an American vendor of computers, computer components, computer software, and information-technology services, founded on 24 February 1982. and Oracle Corporation. American Turnkey is located at 3601 South Harbor Blvd., Suite 200, Santa Ana, Calif. 92704. The phone number is 714/557-9050 and the fax number is 714/557-9056. -0- Note to Editors: Brand or product names mentioned herein are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective holders. CONTACT: American Turnkey, Santa Ana, Calif. Scott Mingus, 714/557-9050 or Shafer Public Relations public relations, activities and policies used to create public interest in a person, idea, product, institution, or business establishment. By its nature, public relations is devoted to serving particular interests by presenting them to the public in the most Catherine A. Ross, 714/553-1177 |
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