Datasweep Forms Alliance with webPLAN to Extend Web-Centric Supply Chain Manufacturing Solution.SAN JOSE San Jose, city, United States San Jose (sănəzā`, săn hōzā`), city (1990 pop. 782,248), seat of Santa Clara co., W central Calif.; founded 1777, inc. 1850. , Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 22, 1999-- Datasweep Gives webPLAN Customers View Into Individual Product Order Status for Enhanced Web-based Supply Chain Planning and Scheduling Datasweep, Inc., a leading provider of Web-centric supply chain manufacturing solutions, today announced that it has formed an alliance with webPLAN, a leading provider of e-Business Supply Chain Management solutions. This partnership will extend webPLAN's ability to deliver on-line visibility to the shop floor and provide Datasweep with the ability to offer complete collaborative Web-centric supply chain solutions. "The Datasweep and webPLAN alliance will be a strategic benefit to both companies," said Matt Holleran, Vice President Marketing of Datasweep. "Datasweep's customers will now be able to create their own real-time 1. real-time - Describes an application which requires a program to respond to stimuli within some small upper limit of response time (typically milli- or microseconds). Process control at a chemical plant is the classic example. supply chain communities, in which their own customers and suppliers can transact An earlier e-commerce system for the Web from Open Market that included order capture and secure order fulfillment using credit cards, ecash and other payment systems. It included customer service and subscription administration capabilities as well as an integrated database for reporting business in real-time. webPLAN's customers can now drill-down and see units on the shop floor, execute changes and leverage real-time product metrics In mathematics, the product metric is a definition of metric on the Cartesian product of two metric spaces. Definition Let  and to provide
better ATP ATP: see adenosine triphosphate. ATP in full adenosine triphosphate Organic compound, substrate in many enzyme-catalyzed reactions (see catalysis) in the cells of animals, plants, and microorganisms. , scheduling and forecasting throughout the supply chain." "This agreement gives a manufacturer's customer the ability to get on the Internet Internet Publicly accessible computer network connecting many smaller networks from around the world. It grew out of a U.S. Defense Department program called ARPANET (Advanced Research Projects Agency Network), established in 1969 with connections between computers at the , and see the exact status of their order at the shop floor, wherever it may be in the process," said Darryl Praill, Vice President, Marketing, webPLAN Inc. "The integration of the Datasweep Advantage(TM) product into our webPLAN eSupply-Chain(TM) suite, adds 24x7 shop floor execution visibility to our Web capabilities. A manufacturer's customer will now be able to place and service advantage." Industry analyst Julie Fraser of Boston-based Industry Directions Inc., says the alliance between Datasweep and webPLAN supports her model for the long-term success of e-Business ventures. "As business transactions happen over the Internet," Ms. Fraser said, "planning, collaboration and execution will determine their long term success. The alliance between webPLAN and Datasweep brings together companies with a similar industry focus and ebusiness-based product set. The fundamental news about ebusiness should be collaboration, and this teaming supports that need in a unique and robust manner." Two major trends are revolutionizing the manufacturing industry, forcing companies to adopt an e-Business model for managing their enterprise, from the supply chain to the shop floor. Products are becoming increasingly customized while manufacturers are increasingly outsourcing (1) Contracting with outside consultants, software houses or service bureaus to perform systems analysis, programming and datacenter operations. Contrast with insourcing. See netsourcing, ASP, SSP and facilities management. production. These trends are breaking existing shop floor processes and systems, oftenaccurately build customized products and track cturing companies build customized products cor Surgical, Inc., and Acma Computers, Inc. Additional information can be found on the Internet at www.datasweep.com. About webPLAN eSupply-Chain webPLAN's eSupply-Chain products are the only e-Business platform for high-velocity supply chains. They provide the ability for manufacturers to collaborate and transact business with customers and suppliers in a real-time community, over the Internet. This omni-directional collaboration results in finished goods being produced and delivered faster than ever before, with better margins for the manufacturer. About webPLAN: webPLAN Inc. is a privately held company privately held company A firm whose shares are held within a relatively small circle of owners and are not traded publicly. with corporate offices in Chicago, Illinois and Ottawa, Canada. A global community of over 8,000 users now employ webPLAN as their supply chain management solution. Customers include Lucent Technologies, Nortel Networks (Nortel Networks Limited, Brampton, Ontario, www.nortelnetworks.com) A world leader in telecommunications products, which includes switching, wireless and broadband systems for service providers and carriers, telephones and systems for residential and business users, computer telephony , 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) and Celestica. For more information on the company, its e-Business products and their benefits, visit www.webplan.com. |
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