Cartons St. Laurent converts three mills to MAJIQ's ELIXIR.REDMOND, Wash.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 3, 1997--MAJIQ Systems and Software today announced the first three-mill start-up of ELIXIR elixir /elix·ir/ (e-lik´ser) a clear, sweetened, alcohol-containing, usually hydroalcoholic liquid containing flavoring substances and sometimes active medicinal ingredients. e·lix·ir n. (TM) 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 (Manufacturing Execution System – Manufacturing execution system (MES) describes a set of integrated functions within a packaged software system or it can also describe the accumulated functionality within the production management infrastructure of a manufacturing or production company. ) for Cartons St. Laurent Inc, Montreal. ELIXIR is MAJIQ's enterprise-wide, "total-solution" package for the pulp and paper industry The global pulp and paper industry is dominated by North American (United States, Canada), northern European (Finland, Sweden) and East Asian countries (such as Japan). Australasia and Latin America also have significant pulp and paper industries. . It coordinates order entry, production, invoicing, warehousing, and shipping activities. St. Laurent's corporate enterprise includes three mills The Three Mills are former working mills on the River Lee in the East End of London, one of London’s oldest still-surviving industrial centres. The largest and most powerful of the four remaining tidal mills is possibly the largest tidal mill in the world. , three remote warehouses, and two sales offices, linked together using MAJIQ's DBD DBD DNA binding Domain (nuclear receptors) DBD Database Design DBD Day-By-Day DBD Database Description dBd Decibels (dipole antenna) DBD Death Before Dishonor (gaming clan) (Distributed DataBase) system. DBD allows corporate computers at multiple sites -- such as warehouses or sales offices -- to be grouped into databases linked through Wide Area Networking. DBD gives large corporations the flexibility to share mission-critical data between multiple satellite offices without compromising system performance or integrity. "We expect MAJIQ's ELIXIR system to place us in the forefront of the marketplace in terms of customer service, as we continue expanding our operations in North America," said Matt Blanchard, vice president of marketing, St. Laurent Paperboard. The initial start-up was done at St. Laurent's paper mill in La Tuque, Quebec La Tuque is a city in northeastern Quebec, Canada on the Saint-Maurice River, between Trois-Rivières and Chambord. In 1960 it had a population of just over 11,000 (Latuquois). , in conjunction with sales offices in Montreal and Wyomissing, Pa. This was followed by start-ups at Matane, Quebec, and Thunder Bay, Ontario. The La Tuque mill has two paper machines, two rewinders, one wrapper, and a wide variety of interfaces. ELIXIR is also designed to accommodate bilingual mill operations, providing St. Laurent the ability to easily manage its French and English offices with a single software system. Despite the size and scope of the Cartons St. Laurent project, the start-ups were smooth, with 24-hour coverage suspended after three days. ELIXIR embodies MAJIQ's "Best-of-Breed" from over 50 installations on three continents, and is engineered to increase productivity, reduce waste, and improve product quality. CONTACT: Kim Kunka, 425/881-7100 |
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