ClearOrbit Takes Oracle ``Process Manufacturing'' Mobile, Without Requiring Custom Code.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers Oracle AppsWorld AUSTIN, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 22, 2003 Using Oracle's APIs, ClearOrbit Brings Mobile Transactions and Inventory Tracking to Oracle Process Manufacturing An ERP system for the process manufacturing industry from Oracle that runs on a variety of Unix-based computers. It provides more than a dozen integrated modules for research and development, manufacturing, distribution, customer service and financial activities. (OPM See Oracle Process Manufacturing. ) ClearOrbit, the leading supply chain process management (SCPM) software provider, today announced dramatic success in using Oracle's public APIs to enable mobile transactions and inventory processing for Oracle OPM users (NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on NM: ORCL). Process manufacturers--such as pharmaceuticals, biotech, food, beverage, paper, and chemical process companies--now have an alternative to costly custom coding or third-party solutions. "Custom coding is a prohibitively costly way to implement Oracle OPM, and there's frankly no need for it," said ClearOrbit 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. , Tom Dziersk. "ClearOrbit has a simple solution, based on publicly available Oracle APIs, that offers to Oracle users a mobile capability their OPM does not otherwise have today. The value proposition is compelling; 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). is predictable, measurable, and fast." ClearOrbit offers these new mobile extensions through its Orbiter Series, released in October 2002. Orbiter provides extensions to Oracle Warehouse Management System (WMS), as it lowers implementation costs and provides a rapid "time-to-value" that is unique to the competitive landscape. Orbiter also takes giant steps toward ensuring that enterprise applications meet the customer's unique "last mile" business process and vertical industry requirements. ClearOrbit is already serving many of America's leading process manufacturers with their Oracle process extensions, including IMCO Recycling, Alcoa, Corrugated cor·ru·gate v. cor·ru·gat·ed, cor·ru·gat·ing, cor·ru·gates v.tr. To shape into folds or parallel and alternating ridges and grooves. v.intr. Services, and Lydall. "ClearOrbit adds functionality to Oracle's WMS while protecting their upgrade path," said Steve Banker, Service Director, Supply Chain Management, ARC Advisory Group. "At the same time, from the user's point of view, everything is transparent; it looks like they are in the Oracle WMS. This product also has good bar code label functionality." About ClearOrbit Since 1994, ClearOrbit has assisted more than 300 clients to automate and control their supply chain execution processes. ClearOrbit extends enterprise systems value with proven supply chain process management (SCPM) software solutions that allow customers to fully leverage their investment in enterprise applications while also gaining additional value by incorporating their trading partners into supply chain execution processes. 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 single data model architecture, 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 (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. ) 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, Texas Instruments, and Applied Materials. See how enterprise systems can reach a higher level at www.clearorbit.com or call us at 800-324-5143. |
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