Amkor Selects Extricity for Global B2B Customer Initiatives.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers BELMONT, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 13, 2001 Extricity Delivers Rapid Deployment, Unified Management and Rich Process Execution for Integration of Amkor's Dynamic, Global Business Community Extricity, Inc., a leading business-to-business (B2B (Business to Business) Refers to one business communicating with or selling to another. See B2B e-commerce, B2C and B2G. B2B - business to business ) software platform provider, today announced that Amkor Technology Amkor Technology, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMKR) is a high-tech semiconductor product manufacturer that includes Intel and IBM among its primary customers. Previously headquartered in West Chester, Pennsylvania, United States, Amkor recently announced that it will move to Chandler, Inc., the world's leading supplier of outsourced semiconductor interconnect (1) To attach one device to another. (2) A physical port (plug, socket) or wireless port (transmitter, receiver) used to attach one device to another. services, has selected Extricity as the infrastructure for its B2B customer initiatives. "As we move toward a virtual factory environment in which we can deliver near real-time production information to our global customers and partners, we required a more advanced, Web-based, industry standard solution to integrate all our collaborative business relationships," said Tony Marziani, Amkor's director of technical policy/architecture. "The Extricity B2B(TM) software platform offers a robust product solution and its state-of-the-art interface allows us to rapidly and easily link processes and implement partner interactions." The Extricity B2B software platform will be used to create a dynamic exchange in which Amkor will be able to seamlessly integrate with its supply chain to provide to its customer near real-time information, such as work-in-progress, forecast and scheduling, billing, lot status, purchase order, available-to-promise and other types of manufacturing status information. The Extricity B2B platform will also facilitate the delivery of other types of process interactions and billing quotation information, as well as other B2B interactions vital to Amkor's value chain. "We are very excited about our partnership with Amkor, and for the opportunity to work with them to deliver a leading-edge virtual factory B2B environment," said Rich Fitchen, Extricity's vice president of client services. "As we assist Amkor in extending their capabilities to manage their diverse, collaborative business environment over the Internet, our goal is to enable their customers to interact with Amkor's subcontract sub·con·tract n. A contract that assigns some of the obligations of a prior contract to another party. intr. & tr.v. sub·con·tract·ed, sub·con·tract·ing, sub·con·tracts factories in Asia as easily as they do with their own internal factories." Amkor is currently developing Extricity-based partner links, and they plan to create RosettaNet links using Extricity. The first successful link was implemented this month and additional customer links will be implemented over the next few months. About Amkor Technology Amkor Technology, Inc. is the world's largest provider of contract microelectronics manufacturing solutions. The company offers semiconductor companies and electronics OEMs a complete set of microelectronic design and manufacturing services, including deep sub-micron wafer fabrication Wafer Fabrication is a procedure composed of many repeated sequential processes to produce complete electrical or photonic circuits. Examples include production of radio frequency (RF) amplifiers, LEDs, optical computer components, and CPUs for computers. ; wafer (1) A small, thin continuous-loop magnetic tape cartridge that has been used from time to time for data storage and specialized applications. (2) The base unit of chip making. It is a slice taken from a salami-like silicon crystal ingot up to 12" (300mm) in diameter. probe, wafer mapping, characterization A rather long and fancy word for analyzing a system or process and measuring its "characteristics." For example, a Web characterization would yield the number of current sites on the Web, types of sites, annual growth, etc. and reliability testing; IC packaging design and assembly; multi-chip module A Multi-Chip Module or MCM is a specialized electronic package where multiple integrated circuits (ICs), semiconductor dies or other modules are packaged in such a way as to facilitate their use as a single IC. design and assembly; and final testing. More information on Amkor is available from the company's SEC filings and on Amkor's Web site: www. Amkor.com. Extricity -- Simply Powering B2B(TM) Extricity is the leading provider of software solutions for B2B relationship management (B2BRM BRM biologic response modifier. BRM Biological response modifier, see there ). The Extricity B2B software platform offers the only complete, flexible B2B platform to power and manage the entire spectrum of interactions and collaborative processes among businesses and marketplaces over the Internet. Global 2000 companies and B2B net markets can seamlessly integrate diverse information systems into effective, real-time trading networks by automating and synchronizing synchronizing, n a technique that a therapist uses to coordinate his or her breath with that of the client; builds trust and establishes relationship. the flow of information and execution of processes. The Extricity B2B software platform helps businesses improve operational efficiencies, realize new revenue opportunities and achieve competitive differentiation. As the B2B leader in key market sectors including electronics, net markets and e-commerce, Extricity has Global 2000 customers spanning five industries in multiple geographies worldwide. These include Adaptec, Advanced Micro Devices, Altera, Mary Kay Mary Kay is a brand of skin care and color cosmetics sold by Mary Kay Inc. Mary Kay World Headquarters is located in the Dallas suburb of Addison, Texas. Mary Kay Ash (d. November 22, 2001) founded Mary Kay Inc. on Friday, September 13, 1963. , Inc., Sharp Microelectronics, Solectron Corp. and Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. Extricity's headquarters are located in Belmont, Calif., with offices across the U.S., Europe and Asia. Web site: www.extricity.com. |
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