BPCS Client/Server configurator: an analytic engine to drive better customer service.CHICAGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 18, 1996--System Software Associates, Inc. (NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on : SSAX SSAX Soprano Saxophone ) recently released enhancements to the Configuration Management System of its BPCS BPCS Business Planning and Control System BPCS Better Process Control School BPCS Basic Process Control System BPCS Base/Post/Camp/Station BPCS Broadband Personal Communications System (FCC) Client/Server product line. The configurator is an analytic engine that extends the capability of BPCS Client/Server to meet sophisticated market driven planning and production requirements for numerous manufacturing industry verticals, such as machinery, electronics, furniture, and consumer goods consumer goods Any tangible commodity purchased by households to satisfy their wants and needs. Consumer goods may be durable or nondurable. Durable goods (e.g., autos, furniture, and appliances) have a significant life span, often defined as three years or more, and . "Many of our clients are migrating their businesses from traditional make-to-stock and features-options oriented ordering to a `configured to order' model," said Riz Shakir, Executive Vice President BPCS Client/Server. "These new capabilities enhance their ability to configure complex products quickly, correctly, and in real-time thus reducing delivery lead times and improving customer service." The Configuration Management System includes a new multi-level configuration and production management capability, enhanced option-based pricing, automatic shop order generation and fast path prompt flexibility for order entry. This rules based Using "if-this, do that" rules to perform actions. Rules-based products implies flexibility in the software, enabling tasks and data to be easily changed by replacing one or more rules. system enables manufacturers to define the production variables based on particular product orders in real-time. It also provides option-based pricing from structured options, family items, and calculated variables to arrive at the price of a configured end item. Multiple-level configured bills and routing develop through a combination of four different methods: - Inheritance: common bill of material components and common routing steps automatically copy to -- or are inherited by -- customer configured items from the family of configurable items. - Implication: adds component items and routing steps associated with those selected options to the bill and/or routing of the nearest parent option. - Manufacturing Rules: determines when components should be added to configured bills and when routing steps should be added to configured routings based on complex conditions defined through Boolean rules. - Infusion: configured items can be mass-replaced by standard items at all levels of an indented in·dent 1 v. in·dent·ed, in·dent·ing, in·dents v.tr. 1. To set (the first line of a paragraph, for example) in from the margin. 2. a. bill of materials The list of components that make up a system. For example, a bill of materials for a house would include the cement block, lumber, shingles, doors, windows, plumbing, electric, heating and so on. . This multi-level methodology allows manufacturers to determine and manage the complex variables necessary to implement a `configure to order' production model. The enhanced functionality of the Configuration Management System of BPCS Client/Server extends a competitive advantage to manufacturers by offering a rule-based system to better respond to customer driven orders for specific products, delivered in real-time. SSA (Serial Storage Architecture) A fault tolerant peripheral interface from IBM that transfers data at 80 and 160 Mbytes/sec. SSA uses SCSI commands, allowing existing software to drive SSA peripherals, which are typically disk drives. is an industry leader in the continuing evolution of distributed business object technology. SSA provides cost-effective business enterprise information systems to the industrial sector world-wide. SSA's product line, BPCS Client/Server, offers business process re-engineering See reengineering. (business) Business Process Re-engineering - (BPR) Any radical change in the way in which an organisation performs its business activities. BPR involves a fundamental re-think of the business processes followed by a redesign of business activities to and integration of all operations, including multi-mode manufacturing processes, configurable supply chain management, and global financial solutions. The distributed object computing architecture (DOCA DOCA desoxycortosterone acetate. ) of BPCS Client/Server provides the benefits of next generation technology in conformance with industry standards. SSA and its partners provide full implementation support for BPCS Client/Server in over 70 countries world-wide. Visit SSA's home page at http://www.ssax.com -0- Note: BPCS is a registered trademark of SSA. BPCS Client/Server and DOCA are trademarks of SSA. NOTE TO EDITORS: There is an "at" symbol in the email address below, after "Lee_Copeland." This symbol may not appear properly in some systems. CONTACT: System Software Associates Lee Copeland, 312/258-6098 Email: Lee_Copeland@notegate.notes.ssax.com |
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