ClearOrbit Speeds Customer Responsiveness for World Wide Technology Across Nine Warehouse and Logistics Centers.AUSTIN, Texas -- The last graph, fifth sentence should not include information on Applied Materials and should read: ClearOrbit customers include Cisco Systems (Nasdaq: CSCO CSCO Cisco Systems Incorporated (stock symbol) CSCO Chief Supply Chain Officer ), JDS Uniphase (Nasdaq: JDSU JDSU JDS Uniphase (stock symbol) JDSU Jharkhand Disom Students Union ), and Texas Instruments (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange : TXN TXN Texas Instruments (stock symbol) TXN Transaction (databases) TXN Tunxi, China (Airport Code) TXN Tarxien (postal locality, Malta) ) sted ClearOrbit customers include Cisco Systems (Nasdaq: CSCO), JDS Uniphase (Nasdaq: JDSU), Texas Instruments (NYSE: TXN) and Applied Materials (Nasdaq: AMAT AMAT Applied Materials (stock symbol) AMAT Average Memory Access Time AMAT Automatic Message Accounting Transmitter AMAT Anti-Materiel (bomb or mine) AMAT Ageing Management Assessment Team ). The corrected release reads: CLEARORBIT SPEEDS CUSTOMER RESPONSIVENESS FOR WORLD WIDE TECHNOLOGY ACROSS NINE WAREHOUSE AND LOGISTICS CENTERS Driving Increased Daily Responsiveness to WWT's Supply Chain Clients, "Compliance Label Manager" Is First in Series of Upgrades That Will Include RFID (Radio Frequency IDentification) A data collection technology that uses electronic tags for storing data. The tag, also known as an "electronic label," "transponder" or "code plate," is made up of an RFID chip attached to an antenna. and Collaborative Tools ClearOrbit, the leading provider of real-time supply chain execution (SCE SCE (in Scotland) Scottish Certificate of Education SCE n abbr (= Scottish Certificate of Education) → Schulabschlusszeugnis in Schottland ) software solutions, today announced that World Wide Technology (WWT WWT Wastewater Treatment WWT What Was That? WWT Warioware Touched (Nintendo DS game) WWT Warioware Twisted! (Game Boy Advance game) WWT What a Waste of Time WWT World's Worst Tourist WWT Wall Wash Test ) is implementing ClearOrbit's Compliance Label Manager (CLM CLM - Career Limiting Move ) across all nine of its U.S.-based warehouse and distribution centers. The first in a series of upgrades, which will include RFID capabilities and collaboration tools, the CLM solution enhances WWT's ability to rapidly respond to the daily supply chain demands for hundreds of its clients. WWT manages the procurement and deployment process for these clients, while providing access to state-of-the-art procurement, inventory management, and deployment management applications. WWT has been using ClearOrbit's Gemini Series since 2000 to automate material movement and replenishment transactions at inventory hubs, but WWT needed the expanded functionality of CLM to keep pace with rapidly changing OEM customer requirements. ClearOrbit's Compliance Label Manager is part of the Connected Pro Series, which includes RFID Tracker and Collaborative Print Manager, both of which are supply chain execution solutions pre-integrated into major 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. systems such as Oracle and SAP. These rules-based solutions automate adherence to stringent customer standards and guidelines that are integral parts of WWT's high-velocity supply chain capabilities. CLM enables dynamic label changes without modifying or customizing software code and is fully compatible with ClearOrbit's entire family of solutions, as well as other supply chain applications "World Wide Technology demanded a more flexible solution for Compliance Labeling that would speed customer responsiveness," said Tom Dziersk President & 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 ClearOrbit. "They also wanted a solution that was pre-integrated to their Oracle ERP, and offered future RFID and Collaborative upgrades with the same 'future proof' characteristics. All of ClearOrbit's customers are seeking extensions to their supply chain solutions that avoid the expense of custom code and protect them from all the unknown costs of integrating to future versions of ERP systems. We are delighted to bolster World Wide Technology's supply chain capabilities with their decision to implement CLM in all of their U.S. distribution and warehouse facilities." "Customer responsiveness is critical in our business," said Mark Franke, Vice President of IT at World Wide Technology. "Order accuracy means not only shipping the right item at the right time, but making sure it is labeled properly per our customers' changing requirements. With the implementation of ClearOrbit's CLM we can dramatically speed up our response time on custom labels for any of the several hundred supply chain clients we serve daily without tying up IT development resources or writing custom code. The fact that CLM supports RFID tagging and supplier collaboration also means we are investing in an infrastructure that will grow with us in the future." About World Wide Technology Founded in 1990 with headquarters in St. Louis, Missouri, World Wide Technology Holding Co., Inc. (WWT Holding), is a leading value added reseller See VAR. (company) value added reseller - (VAR, or "value added retailer") A company which sells something (e.g. computers) made by another company (an OEM) with extra components added (e.g. specialist software). (VAR) in the information technology industry. WWT Holding, with its industry specific operating companies, World Wide Technology and Telcobuy.com, specializes in helping customers rapidly build and deploy technology infrastructure on-time and cost effectively. Building upon its success as a leading VAR, WWT's electronic procurement and logistics (e-PL) capabilities combine procurement services and logistics functions with state-of-the-art information systems technology, allowing partners to focus on core competencies, while maximizing supply chain efficiencies. Both customers and partners benefit from having WWT, a proven distribution and logistics company, manage their inventory while at the same time gaining anytime, anywhere access to WWT's web-based procurement, inventory management and deployment management applications. WWT has headquarters in St. Louis, Missouri, with remote sales and distribution facilities located in Livermore, Los Angeles and San Diego, CA; Detroit, MI; Reno, NV; Nashville, TN; Austin, San Antonio and Plano, TX; McLean, VA and Seattle, WA. For more information please visit www.wwt.com. About ClearOrbit Since 1994, ClearOrbit has assisted more than 250 clients in automating and controlling their supply chain execution processes. ClearOrbit extends enterprise systems value with proven Supply Chain Execution (SCE) and Collaborative Supply Management (CSM CSM - ["CSM - A Distributed Programming Language", S. Zhongxiu et al, IEEE Trans Soft Eng SE-13(4):497-500 (Apr 1987)]. ) software solutions that allow customers to fully leverage their investment in enterprise applications while also gaining additional value by incorporating their trading partners into their supply chains. ClearOrbit products work within the existing enterprise system to leverage a "single version of the truth In computerized business management, svot, or Single Version of the Truth, is a technical concept describing the sequence and structure of a database formed by a particular but arbitrary sequencing of records. ," expanding rather than duplicating functionality to eliminate inefficiencies in the supply chain. By using the customer's data model, ClearOrbit delivers on the promise 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) with fully integrated supply chain execution and collaboration solutions that address "last mile functionality" issues inherent in most ERP systems. ClearOrbit customers include Cisco Systems (Nasdaq: CSCO), JDS Uniphase (Nasdaq: JDSU), and Texas Instruments (NYSE: TXN). See how enterprise systems can reach a higher level at www.clearorbit.com or call us at 800-324-5143. |
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