Dakotah invests in new computer system.WEBSTER, S.D.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 21, 1995--DAKOTAH, INC inc - /ink/ increment, i.e. increase by one. Especially used by assembly programmers, as many assembly languages have an "inc" mnemonic. Antonym: dec. . (NASDAQ/NMS: DKTH) a leading home textiles manufacturer, announced today that they have purchased a new computer software system to help the company improve manufacturing capabilities and bolster customer service. To update its information and computer systems, DAKOTAH, INC. announced SSA (Serial Storage Architecture) A fault tolerant peripheral interface from IBM that transfers data at 80 and 160 Mbytes/sec. SSA uses SCSI commands, allowing existing software to drive SSA peripherals, which are typically disk drives. North Central has been selected as the company's integrated computer software provider. "After nearly six months evaluating major IBM (International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY, www.ibm.com) The world's largest computer company. IBM's product lines include the S/390 mainframes (zSeries), AS/400 midrange business systems (iSeries), RS/6000 workstations and servers (pSeries), Intel-based servers (xSeries) AS/400 software companies, we have decided that SSA North Central is the best long-term solution for DAKOTAH, INC. The primary reason for the selection is our assessment that the SSA package (BPCS BPCS Business Planning and Control System BPCS Better Process Control School BPCS Basic Process Control System BPCS Base/Post/Camp/Station BPCS Broadband Personal Communications System (FCC) ) will best allow DAKOTAH, INC. to better manage our inventory and manufacturing capacity. Secondarily, we believe that the SSA package will improve our capabilities to service our customers. And, finally, the sales analysis and forecasting functions will provide information to better plan and manage future growth. Once we are up and running, we intend to have one of the most complete sophisticated integrated business management software systems in the industry," said Troy Jones, Jr., Chief Executive Officer of DAKOTAH, INC. "DAKOTAH, INC. put SSA North Central and our competitors through a very aggressive evaluation process. All middle management participated in the demonstration and selection. Our company independently interviewed some of our current customers to evaluate their experiences to assess the relative strengths of the different packages compared to the specific needs of DAKOTAH, INC.," said Bob Solfelt, Executive Vice President of SSA North Central. Kirk Ramlo, Information Services See Information Systems. Director for DAKOTAH, INC. said, "The close proximity of SSA North Central's Minneapolis implementation and training staff will allow DAKOTAH, INC. to quickly bring the system on-line with minimal disruption of the business. We will adopt an implementation schedule which should have the computer system fully operational by July 1, 1996. Jones concluded, "The primary benefit to our customers of the SSA package will be shorter lead times. DAKOTAH, INC. is committed to always improving customer service as well as shorten lead times. The Master Production Scheduling, Materials Requirements Planning, Distribution Resources Planning and Inventory Management integrated modules will allow faster product throughput." SSA North Central is a worldwide provider of business enterprise information systems to the industrial sector. SSA's integrated product line (BPCS) provides business process re-engineering See reengineering. (business) Business Process Re-engineering - (BPR) Any radical change in the way in which an organisation performs its business activities. BPR involves a fundamental re-think of the business processes followed by a redesign of business activities to and integration of all operations, including configurable manufacturing processes, supply chain management and global financial solutions. SSA and its business partners provide full implementation support for BPCS with over 5,000 professionals. DAKOTAH, INCORPORATED designs, manufactures and markets home fashion textile products including, decorative pillows, bedroom ensembles, decorative throws, table linens Linens are fabric household goods, such as pillowcases and towels. Originally, many, such as bed sheets and tablecloths, were made of linen. Today, the term "linen" has come to be applied to all related products even though most are made of cotton, various synthetic and other accessory products. There are various showrooms nationwide including New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of , Dallas, Atlanta, Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. , San Francisco San Francisco (săn frănsĭs`kō), city (1990 pop. 723,959), coextensive with San Francisco co., W Calif., on the tip of a peninsula between the Pacific Ocean and San Francisco Bay, which are connected by the strait known as the Golden , Cleveland and Seattle. CONTACT: Dakotah Inc. George Whyte, 605/345-4646 Troy Jones, JR., 605/345-4646 or L.G. Zangani Leonardo Zangani, 908/788-9660 |
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