DataWorks closes $1 million contract with United Electric.SAN DIEGO San Diego (săn dēā`gō), city (1990 pop. 1,110,549), seat of San Diego co., S Calif., on San Diego Bay; inc. 1850. San Diego includes the unincorporated communities of La Jolla and Spring Valley. Coronado is across the bay. , Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 26, 1996--DataWorks Corp. (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 :DWRX) Wednesday announced that United Electric Controls has signed a $1.2 million contract with DataWorks for 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. ) software. United Electric, which manufactures pressure and temperature controls for industrial equipment, plans to implement DataWorks ERP solutions at sites in Connecticut, Massachusetts and Canada. DataWorks is known throughout the industry for supplying rapidly deployable, highly functional ERP systems to mid-range discrete and repetitive manufacturers. According to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. DataWorks President/CEO, Stuart Clifton: "The relationship we are launching with United Electric is a typical example of how DataWorks becomes a `development partner' with certain of its customers, in addition to providing them with an advanced information system. "Since both companies share a common vision of how a state-of-the-art information system can provide the blueprint for more efficient manufacturing operations Manufacturing operations concern the operation of a facility, as opposed to maintenance, supply and distribution, health, and safety, emergency response, human resources, security, information technology and other infrastructural support organizations. , we plan to work closely with United Electric to add new software capabilities to our standard product that will assist them in meeting their long-term goals Long-term goals Financial goals expected to be accomplished in five years or longer. of constantly reducing time to market, minimizing waste and lowering costs. "These co-operative development efforts will ultimately be made available to all our customers, and thus, will raise our customers' overall effectiveness in highly competitive markets." United Electric President, Dave Reis, commented: "Our belief that a real partnership with the software supplier is crucial to the success of this transition led to the selection of DataWorks. We liked their willingness to work with us on advanced capabilities that complement their current application functionality, as well as their overall product direction, ability to manage projects, meet deadlines and provide strong technical support. "The real value of new software and hardware platforms Each hardware platform, or CPU family, has a unique machine language. All software presented to the computer for execution must be in the binary coded machine language of that CPU. Following is a list of the major hardware platforms in existence today. See platform. for United Electric lies in how it can help us streamline and upgrade the flow of information among departments and to and from the field. We want to develop an information system that will enable us to provide extremely fast, accurate and complete answers to every inquiry we receive. "Our goal is to use information technology to coordinate the efforts of all departments to greatly enhance the support for our field sales force and our customers. United Electric needs to accelerate the ability to provide information swiftly to whomever whom·ev·er pron. The objective case of whoever. See Usage Note at who. whomever pron the objective form of whoever: needs it. We want to become the best in terms of the quality and value of the products we design and manufacture, and in terms of the service we provide. I believe that DataWorks will help us achieve this goal." DataWorks is a supplier of software solutions for discrete and repetitive mid-range manufacturers. The company's products feature advanced ERP system functionality combined with open system technologies, including client/server architecture An environment in which the application processing is divided between client workstations and servers. It implies the use of desktop computers interacting with servers in a network in contrast to processing everything in a large centralized mainframe. See client/server. , relational database and easy-to-use Windows-based graphical user interfaces. DataWorks is one of the first manufacturing software companies to have customers completely installed and operational on the Windows NT operating system. The company has more than 600 customer sites. Worldwide headquarters is located in San Diego. For more information, contact Chris Jensen, DataWorks, 7441 Lincoln Way, Garden Grove, Calif. 92641, 714/891-6336, e-mail: jensenc@dataworks.com. CONTACT: DataWorks Corp., Garden Grove Chris Jensen, 714/891-6336, ext. 134 |
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