Common Sense Throughput Introduced by Lilly Software Associates, Inc.HAMPTON, N.H.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 1, 1998-- Success Strategy Aimed at CEOs to Maximize Profits. Lilly Software Associates, Inc., providers of fully integrated Supply Chain Management software today announced Common Sense Throughput, a success strategy for the manufacturing world aimed at maximizing profit. In a move that AMR (1) (Adaptive Multi-Rate) A variable rate speech codec selected by the 3GPP for the 3G evolution of the GSM cellphone system (WCDMA). Using the Algebraic CELP (ACELP) compression technology, AMR provides toll quality sound at transmission rates from 4.75 to 12. Research calls an "industry-first," Lilly Software is offering a money-back guarantee of satisfaction on its solution. "Common Sense Throughput for CEOs focuses the VISUAL Manufacturing(R) application, implementations, and processes, on the singular goal of increasing throughput by removing bottlenecks," states AMR Research. Common Sense Throughput provides companies with the tools to increase throughput by improving efficiency and increasing the utilization of bottlenecks in the manufacturing process. Common Sense Throughput leverages Lilly Software's flagship product A primary product of a company, which is typically why the company was founded and/or what made it well known. For example, MS-DOS, Windows and the Microsoft Office suite have been flagship products of Microsoft. CorelDRAW is a flagship product of Corel Corporation. VISUAL Manufacturing and its patented concurrent scheduling software. Common Sense Throughput, a strategic plan for CEOs to optimize their companies' profits, was developed in cooperation with Lilly Software customers. Lilly found that 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. involvement in the software implementation process and a commitment to managing production bottlenecks on a daily basis resulted in increased profitability. "Concurrent scheduling allows us to look at our business from every angle," said Ken Holley, Project Manager for Precision Machine Fabrication fabrication (fab´rikā´sh  n),n the construction or making of a restoration. , "These different views allow the company to improve its throughput tremendously." "Lilly Software has created a proven strategy for our customers to get the most out of their manufacturing facility," stated Richard T. "Dick" Lilly, CEO of Lilly Software Associates. "Providing our client base with Common Sense Throughput allows companies to learn to optimize the use of bottlenecks; in the end creating more throughput and profit." Providing the CEO with critical information is the mission of Common Sense Throughput. Common Sense Throughput, which uses Lilly Software's patented concurrent scheduling, encourages CEO's to meet with their advisors every day. In 15 minutes or less, the CEO can review any bottlenecks from yesterday, today and those anticipated in the future. With this information the CEO can optimize the utilization of the bottleneck, thereby achieving greater throughput without increasing production resource capacity. Common Sense Throughput is enabled using Lilly Software's recently obtained patent. This United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. patent is for software that concurrently schedules materials and resources finitely. The patent is for the method that is comprised of monitoring the availability of each resource and material used in the manufacturing process. About Lilly Software Associates Lilly Software Associates, Inc. produces VISUAL Manufacturing(, an advanced and complete Windows-based 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. ), 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. (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 ), and Advanced Planning and Scheduling Advanced Planning & Scheduling (APS) refers to a manufacturing management process by which raw materials and production capacity are optimally allocated to meet demand. APS is especially well-suited to environments where simpler planning methods can not adequately address complex (APS) software system for custom, assemble-to-order, make-to-order, make-to-stock and mixed mode manufacturers. VISUAL Manufacturing's leading-edge technology manages the total Supply Chain Environment. With a variety of fully integrated modules, manufacturers can actually change conditions to ensure optimal production control and profitability. Lilly Software was listed as one of Manufacturing Systems' "Top 100 Software Companies" of 1998. VISUAL Manufacturing runs on Windows NT (Windows New Technology) A 32-bit operating system from Microsoft for Intel x86 CPUs. NT is the core technology in Windows 2000 and Windows XP (see Windows). Available in separate client and server versions, it includes built-in networking and preemptive multitasking. , Novell or AS/400, using SQLBase, Microsoft SQLServer, ORACLE or DB2-400 relational databases. Visit the Lilly web page at http://www.visualmfg.com. All products listed are registered trademarks of Lilly Software Associates, Inc. All other products are trademarks of their respective owners.
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