CMS buys Mattec.Toronto-based CMS (1) See content management system and color management system. (2) (Conversational Monitor System) Software that provides interactive communications for IBM's VM operating system. Software, a provider of enterprise resource planning See ERP. (application, business) Enterprise Resource Planning - (ERP) Any software system designed to support and automate the business processes of medium and large businesses. (ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning) An integrated information system that serves all departments within an enterprise. Evolving out of the manufacturing industry, ERP implies the use of packaged software rather than proprietary software written by or for one customer. ) software, has acquired Mattec Corp., Loveland, Ohio, a supplier of manufacturing execution systems (MES (Manufacturing Execution Software) Software that provides real time access to plant activities that include equipment, labor, orders and inventory. An MES integrates the data with enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems so that management has complete control of ) software for plastics. The two firms were already working together to integrate Mattec's shop-floor monitoring and CMS's back-office business-management systems for a seamless "top-to-bottom" software solution. The two firms will maintain separate offices and identities. Another merger among ERP companies was announced last month. Made2Manage Systems, Indianapolis, purchased Intuitive Manufacturing Systems in Seattle. Intuitive supplies ERP software for small to mid-size manufacturers. Made2Manage supplies ERP, supply-chain management, customer-relationship management, and other software. It purchased plastics ERP supplier DTR Software International (now called DTR Plastics Solutions) in 2004. |
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