Datalogix and Oracle team with Andersen Consulting to deliver Oracle GEMMS solution.VALHALLA, N.Y.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 31, 1995--Datalogix International Inc. and Oracle Corp. announced today a marketing agreement with Andersen Consulting See Accenture. establishing the $3.45 billion global management and technology consulting organization as a preferred provider of implementation support services support services Psychology Non-health care-related ancillary services–eg, transportation, financial aid, support groups, homemaker services, respite services, and other services for the Oracle GEMMS (Global Enterprise Manufacturing Management System) See Oracle Process Manufacturing. See also GEMS. (Global Enterprise Manufacturing Management System) product line. Oracle GEMMS, developed by Datalogix, is an open systems client/ server software application designed to manage the manufacturing, logistics and financial operations of worldwide process manufacturing The manufacturing industry that uses process control systems. See process control. companies. Under the new agreement, the companies will cooperate on a wide range of activities in the areas of implementation and technical support. Andersen Consulting also will be providing specific, in- depth training in GEMMS to consultants in its process manufacturing industry practice and has plans to establish a GEMMS competency center. In September 1994, Oracle and Datalogix signed an agreement giving Oracle the right to co-market in the 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. and resell internationally Datalogix's product called GEMMS as Oracle GEMMS. Oracle GEMMS is tightly integrated with Oracle Financials, and is being sold and supported jointly by Oracle and Datalogix. "The combination of Datalogix, Oracle and Andersen Consulting is a powerful resource for process manufacturers," said Richard C. Giordanella, president and 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 Datalogix. "We believe that we can offer customers not only a superior software solution in GEMMS but also the resources of the leading relational database relational database Database in which all data are represented in tabular form. The description of a particular entity is provided by the set of its attribute values, stored as one row or record of the table, called a tuple. company, and the most-widely respected management and technology consulting organization." "Datalogix and Oracle have demonstrated success in the process manufacturing market with an application that has the potential for enabling competitive advantage," said Andersen Consulting Partner Richard Krahn. "This application solution warrants consideration for process manufactures seeking an 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. enabling strategy." "Datalogix is quickly gaining worldwide acceptance as the defacto applications standard for process manufacturing," said Ray Lane, Oracle's president of Worldwide Operations. "Today's commitment by Andersen Consulting to Oracle GEMMS will accelerate this trend." 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. Advanced Manufacturing Research (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. ) of Boston, the total manufacturing software The following list of software modules are the manufacturing components of Baan's ERP (BaanERP) system, acquired by SSA Global in 2003 and subsequently by Infor at the end of 2006. It is listed here because it provides a comprehensive overview of the required software. See MES. market is estimated at $3.5 billion annually; with process industries only 25 percent penetrated by independent software vendors and sales growing at upwards of 20 percent annually. Half of all manufacturing is process-oriented, comprising industries such as food and beverage F&B is a common abbreviation in the United States and Commonwealth countries, including Hong Kong. F&B is typically the widely accepted abbreviation for "Food and Beverage," which is the sector/industry that specializes in the conceptualization, the making of, and delivery of foods. , consumer packaged goods Noun 1. packaged goods - groceries that are packaged for sale foodstuff, grocery - (usually plural) consumer goods sold by a grocer plural, plural form - the form of a word that is used to denote more than one , chemicals, pharmaceuticals, metals, paper and petroleum. About Oracle GEMMS Oracle GEMMS manages centralized or decentralized de·cen·tral·ize v. de·cen·tral·ized, de·cen·tral·iz·ing, de·cen·tral·iz·es v.tr. 1. To distribute the administrative functions or powers of (a central authority) among several local authorities. operations for large process manufacturers requiring multi-division and multi-view capabilities. It supports multiple language and currency requirements, and is interoperable across leading hardware platforms such as HP 9000, 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) RS/6000, DEC Alpha, Data General, Sun, Unisys, Sequent and Intel-based PCs. The Oracle Applications product family includes more than 30 integrated software modules that scale from work groups to global enterprises and run on all major open hardware platforms, operating systems and network protocols. Building on Oracle's expertise in implementing open, relational enterprise applications, Oracle Applications utilize the advanced capabilities of Oracle7 parallel database to ensure high-end client/server performance. About Andersen Consulting Andersen Consulting is a $3.45 billion global management and technology consulting organization whose mission is to help its clients change to be more successful. The organization works with clients from a wide range of industries to link their people, processes and technologies to their strategies. Andersen Consulting has more than 32,000 people in 152 offices and 47 countries. About Oracle Corp. Oracle Corp., a $3 billion company, is the world's largest supplier of software for information management, and the world's second largest software company. The company offers its database, tools and application products along with related consulting, education and support services, in more than 90 countries around the world. For more information about Oracle, please call 415/506-7000. Oracle's World Wide Web address is http://www.oracle.com/. About Datalogix International Established in 1981, Datalogix International Inc. is a leading provider of process manufacturing software worldwide serving the entire process manufacturing market, from small companies to large multinational enterprises. Headquartered in Valhalla, N.Y., Datalogix pioneered the development of open systems software for managing the manufacturing, logistics and financial operations of process manufacturing companies worldwide. Process industries manufacture formula- or recipe-based products such as foods and beverages, paints, inks, chemicals and pharmaceuticals. By contrast, discrete manufacturers make products by machining or assembling parts. Datalogix solutions are installed in more than 30 countries at hundreds of process manufacturers such as AlliedSignal Inc., The B.F. Goodrich Company, The Boots Company PLC, Cargill Inc., Heinz Pet Products Division, Platres Lafarge and Revlon Consumer Products Corp. For more information regarding Datalogix, please call 1-800-4-PROCESS. -0- Datalogix and GEMMS are registered trademarks of Datalogix International Inc. Oracle and Oracle Financials are registered trademarks of Oracle Corp. Editor's note: Andersen Consulting is not a division of accounting firm Arthur Andersen. CONTACT: Datalogix Carl Nelson, 203/966-0266 or Oracle Jennifer Flynn, 415/506-9935 or Andersen Consulting James M. Sloan, 312/507-8108 |
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