Categoric Alerts Becomes a SolutionBank Solution; Mid-Market Solutions Integrator to Add Event Notification Benefits to ERP Solutions.PALO ALTO Palo Alto, city, California Palo Alto (păl`ō ăl`tō), city (1990 pop. 55,900), Santa Clara co., W Calif.; inc. 1894. Although primarily residential, Palo Alto has aerospace, electronics, and advanced research industries. , Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 24, 1999-- Categoric Software, developer of the only common messaging-alert system backbone, today announces that SolutionBank Inc. is offering Categoric Alerts(TM) as part 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. ) and supply chain management (SCM (1) (Software Configuration Management, Source Code Management) See configuration management. (2) See supply chain management. ) solutions it sells to clients. SolutionBank is a worldwide provider of affordable, Web-enabled ERP solutions and related mission-critical enterprise applications to successful companies such as Chevron Oil, Dole Foods, Litton Industries Named after inventor Charles Litton Sr., Litton Industries was a large defense contractor in the United States, bought by the Northrop Grumman Corporation in 2001. , Alcan Aluminum and Huck huck n. Huckaback. Noun 1. huck - toweling consisting of coarse absorbent cotton or linen fabric huckaback toweling, towelling - any of various fabrics (linen or cotton) used to make towels International. SolutionBank will combine Categoric Alerts with ERP and supply chain solutions from vendors including Baan, i2, JD Edwards, Oracle, Impresa im·pre·sa n. An emblem or device with a motto. [Italian, undertaking, impresa; see impresario.] by Epicor and others, helping to improve clients' profitability through automated communications and e-commerce solutions across the value chain. "Event-enabled alerting is quickly becoming a requirement for next generation supply chain practices. Categoric offered a backbone approach which we could leverage across all of our clients environments," says Justin Anderson, senior VP of Sales at SolutionBank. Categoric Alerts works on top of ERP and supply chain management solutions, monitoring business operations for exception conditions. When problems or opportunities are identified, Categoric Alerts immediately notifies all appropriate recipients, including customers, suppliers, employees or partners via cell phone, pager, e-mail, fax, the Web, PDA (Personal Digital Assistant) A handheld computer for managing contacts, appointments and tasks. It typically includes a name and address database, calendar, to-do list and note taker, which are the functions in a personal information manager (see PIM). , EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) The electronic communication of business transactions, such as orders, confirmations and invoices, between organizations. Third parties provide EDI services that enable organizations with different equipment to connect. or XML XML in full Extensible Markup Language. Markup language developed to be a simplified and more structural version of SGML. It incorporates features of HTML (e.g., hypertext linking), but is designed to overcome some of HTML's limitations. documents. With Categoric Alerts, users throughout the value chain can collaborate effectively to capitalize on opportunities to streamline operations, enhance customer and partner relations, and improve profitability. "One of our goals is to deliver solutions for our customers that optimize communications throughout the value chain, from manufacturing to sales and customer service," says SolutionBank's Anderson. "Categoric Alerts works with our customized solutions to provide users early visibility into situations before they turn into problems. In addition, we're able to implement Categoric Alerts across diverse IT systems and applications, enabling cross-system collaboration without impacting in-place systems. There's no ramp-up time; Categoric Alerts returns value the moment the first user makes a decision based on information generated from an alert," he notes. "We created Categoric Alerts to help unlock the ROI (Return On Investment) The monetary benefits derived from having spent money on developing or revising a system. In the IT world, there are more ways to compute ROI than Carter has liver pills (and for those of you who never heard of that expression, it means a lot). in ERP and other value chain management systems," says Michael Keddington, CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. of Categoric Software. "We recognized early on that the greatest need exists in the middle market, where disparate systems are common and managers need dependable tools that can expand their view across all systems. SolutionBank is focused specifically on the kinds of businesses in which Categoric Alerts can help drive collaborative supply-chain management. We're pleased to call them our partner," he says. SolutionBank will use Categoric Alerts within the MRO MRO In currencies, this is the abbreviation for the Mauritanian Ouguiya. Notes: The currency market, also known as the Foreign Exchange market, is the largest financial market in the world, with a daily average volume of over US $1 trillion. (Maintenance Repair & Overhaul) industry, for example, to enable companies to respond quickly to events and effectively address customer needs. For instance, Categoric Alerts notifies a company's procurement department when a floor mechanic encounters a "not in stock" response to a request for repair parts. Other applications for Categoric Alerts in MRO include monitoring repair turntimes and cost estimate overruns, and surveying work center labor loads. About SolutionBank SolutionBank, www.solutionbank.com, specializes in joining the distributed access capabilities of the Internet with the powerful resource management capabilities of ERP solutions, linking a company's entire business process from the customer to the supply chain. SolutionBank offers companies solutions in Internet/e-commerce, customer relationship management, enterprise resource management and supply chain management. SolutionBank combines consulting expertise with state-of-the-art technology to make enterprise resource solutions affordable for all companies. About Categoric Categoric Software Corporation provides business event detection and notification solutions targeted at the value chain inherent in all businesses. Categoric's flagship product, Categoric Alerts, marks a new breed of event-notification software that can monitor any database on a company's network, intranet or extranet for key business events and quickly connect actionable information with individuals who need it via e-mail, mobile phone, pager, fax or the Web. Categoric Alerts allows companies to collaborate with their customers, partners and suppliers to manage and convert mission-critical data to business benefits on an up-to-the-minute basis. The company was founded in 1996 and is headquartered in Palo Alto, with offices in London, Mannheim, and Sterling, Va. For additional information about Categoric visit its Web site at www.categoric.com, call 650/858-8182 or e-mail at moreinfo@categoric.com. Note to Editors: All trade names and trademarks are the property of their respective owners. |
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