BRAZIL'S LARGEST AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS MAKER TURNS TO CA TO KEEP RAPIDLY GROWING BUSINESS FROM OVERHEATING; CA Solution Guides Valeo Termico's Manufacturing Planning And Process.

ISLANDIA, N.Y.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 12, 1996--To improve productivity, maintain correct plant timing and safeguard product quality, Valeo Termico de Brasil, Brazil's leading manufacturer of automotive systems, has turned to Computer Associates for a comprehensive manufacturing resource planning II (MRP II) solution in the face of rapid growth.

Based in Sao Paulo, Valeo manufactures engine cooling systems for Fiat, Ford, General Motors, Volkswagen, Scania (Saab) and Mercedes plants in Brazil, among other aluminum, copper and brass products. The company deployed CA-MANMAN/X to help guide its manufacturing planning and process.

"Expanding sales and production required us to tighten our process controls," said Edson Borghetti, information systems manager of Valeo Termico. "CA-MANMAN/X has served to decrease the time spent monitoring production, giving us a competitive edge. We have even reduced our product transportation costs through planned efficiencies."

CA-MANMAN/X provided improved production line management control through more sophisticated systems and planning capabilities, and was very easy to implement at Valeo.

"It's a low maintenance system, but CA has provided us with excellent technical support just when we needed it," Borghetti said, adding that Valeo now plans to enhance the system's functionality by adding EDI and bar code functionality to help automate data entry functions and improve electronic commerce capabilities.

The CA solution was flexible enough to handle Valeo's complex environment. The company now has strong database modeling, supply chain, warehouse management, production planning and control systems, and will deploy both a shop floor control system--now in pilot-- and a standard costs system this year.

CA-MANMAN/X is a manufacturing business management system that expands traditional MRP II functions to the business planning level. CA-MANMAN/X provides a comprehensive scope of planning, forecasting, costing, engineering, project management, inventory control, production, sales, purchasing, service and maintenance management capabilities.

CA-MANMAN/X includes production scheduling, capacity requirements planning, materials requirements planning, production master data, production planning, production control, hours accounting, product classification and drawing control systems and includes an adaptation tool set.

Computer Associates International, Inc. (NYSE: CA), with headquarters in Islandia, N.Y., is the world leader in mission-critical business software. The company develops, licenses and supports more than 500 integrated products that include systems and database management, application development, manufacturing and financial applications. CA has 9,000 people in 130 offices in 36 countries and had revenue of $3.2 billion in calendar year 1995. CA can be reached by visiting http://www.cai.com on the World Wide Web or emailing [e-mail]. -0-

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