Growing Lighting & Systems Controls Manufacturer Selects Glovia to Manage Companywide Operations; Genlyte Controls Chooses Glovia to Enhance Operational Visibility and Standardize the Company on a Single Enterprise Solution.EL SEGUNDO El Segundo (ĕl sēgŭn`dō), industrial city (1990 pop. 15,223), Los Angeles co., S Calif., on Santa Monica Bay; inc. 1917. Its products include navigation and computer systems, aircraft parts, office machines, telephone apparatus, and , Calif. -- Glovia International, a subsidiary of Fujitsu and a leading provider of extended 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. solutions for engineer-to-order and high-volume manufacturers, announced today that Genlyte Controls has selected Glovia's extended ERP solution, glovia.com, to manage their companywide operations. Glovia's enterprise solution will replace their outdated systems and provide comprehensive operational visibility. Since the year 2000, Genlyte Control's business has been growing exponentially making their homegrown systems and older products unable to provide the scope and functionality needed by the expanding company. Glovia is able to flex and expand as the company grows, managing all of Genlyte Controls operations with one proven enterprise solution. Genlyte Controls began implementing glovia.com this past January and is on target for going live this July. "We hope our company will be used as a Glovia model for our sister companies," states Jeff Brown
"We are an engineering company, so one of our main goals with Glovia is to smooth out the transition from engineering to manufacturing and be able to see in advance what something is going to cost before we build it," continues Brown. "The capabilities we saw during the Glovia demonstrations fit our manufacturing and engineering needs and will be able to continue to do so as we grow and expand." Having multiple systems makes it difficult for Genlyte Controls to have comprehensive visibility into their operations. Glovia will enable Genlyte Controls to have integrated, interactive management of all their inventory and full visibility of all material movement. Through flexible product configuration control they will quickly and accurately be able to calculate the cost to manufacture a product, reducing the risk of costly, obsolete inventory Obsolete Inventory Term that refers to inventory that is at the end of its product life cycle and has not seen any sales or usage for a set period of time usually determined by the industry. This type of inventory has to be written down and can cause large losses for a company. . Order entry is also currently causing Genlyte Controls issues, as their multiple systems require double entry of their sales orders. With Glovia the company will have a single, integrated online environment for entering and processing their sales orders as well as the ability to manage their physical distribution of inventory. "We are very excited to have Genlyte Controls as a customer. By choosing glovia.com, they will be able to move away from their multiple systems to a single, flexible, integrated and real-time enterprise solution that can effectively manage their business operations Business operations are those activities involved in the running of a business for the purpose of producing value for the stakeholders. Compare business processes. The outcome of business operations is the harvesting of value from assets today and into the future," states Yuji Nakasu, 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. for Glovia International. About Genlyte Controls A Dallas-based company which is a division of Genlyte Group This article or section needs sources or references that appear in reliable, third-party publications. Alone, primary sources and sources affiliated with the subject of this article are not sufficient for an accurate encyclopedia article. , LLC (Logical Link Control) See "LANs" under data link protocol. LLC - Logical Link Control (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 :GLYT), Genlyte Controls is the only company on the market that can offer a complete package of lighting and control systems for both entertainment and architectural lighting professionals. By partnering three of the industries leading brands -- Entertainment Technology, Lightolier Controls, and Vari-Lite -- Genlyte Controls has revolutionized the way lighting controls and systems are both designed and installed, creating unparalleled excellence in the industry today. For more information, visit www.genlytecontrols.net, www.etdimming.com, www.lolcontrols.com and www.vari-lite.com. About Glovia International Glovia International, Inc., a subsidiary of Fujitsu (Tokyo Stock Exchange Tokyo Stock Exchange Main stock market of Japan, located in Tokyo. It opened in 1878 to provide a market for the trading of government bonds newly issued to former samurai. : 6702), is one of the world's most experienced and solidly backed providers of extended ERP solutions for businesses of any size -- from small and mid-sized companies to global enterprises. The powerful and flexible Glovia ERP suite, glovia.com, provides for the unique needs of engineer-to-order, make-to-order, high-volume and mixed-mode manufacturing environments through comprehensive, end-to-end functionality for the entire product lifecycle Product lifecycle or product life cycle is the course of a product's sales and profits over time. The five stages of each product lifecycle are product development, introduction, growth, maturity and decline. . Headquartered in El Segundo, Calif., Glovia has helped manufacturers to cut costs, improve productivity, and meet customer demands for over 30 years. For more information, please visit www.glovia.com or call 800-223-3799. About Fujitsu Fujitsu is a leading provider of customer-focused IT and communications solutions for the global marketplace. Pace-setting device technologies, highly reliable computing and communications platforms, and a worldwide corps of systems and services experts uniquely position Fujitsu to deliver comprehensive solutions that open up infinite possibilities for its customers' success. Headquartered in Tokyo, Fujitsu Limited (TSE See Tokyo Stock Exchange. TSE 1. See Tokyo Stock Exchange (TSE). 2. See Toronto Stock Exchange (TSE). :6702) reported consolidated revenues of 4.7 trillion yen (US$44.5 billion) for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2005. 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