IXOS Enables Heraeus-Amersil Quick Access -- Anytime, Anywhere -- to Important Documents Enterprise-Wide.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers SAN MATEO San Mateo (săn mətā`ō), city (1990 pop. 85,486), San Mateo co., W Calif., on San Francisco Bay; inc. 1894. It is a commercial and retail center with some high-technology manufacturing. San Mateo, Spanish for St. , Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 23, 2001 Archiving with IXOS Saves the Day during Hurricane Aftermath for Leading Supplier of Silica Glass and Fused Quartz fused quartz n. See quartz glass. IXOS Software, Inc., subsidiary of IXOS SOFTWARE AG (Nasdaq:XOSY)(NEUER MARKT:XOS XOS Xylooligosaccharides XOS X-Ray Optical Systems, Inc. XOS Experimental Operating System XOS Extended Operating System XOS Cross Office Slot XOS X-Ray Optics System XOS Any Operating System ), a worldwide leading provider of solutions for the management of eBusiness documents in inter-enterprise system environments, announced today that Heraeus-Amersil, North America's leading supplier of silica glass and fabricated fab·ri·cate tr.v. fab·ri·cat·ed, fab·ri·cat·ing, fab·ri·cates 1. To make; create. 2. To construct by combining or assembling diverse, typically standardized parts: fused quartz, has realized significant time and cost savings with its implementation of IXOS-eCONtext. A subsidiary of Heraeus Quarzglas, the world's premier manufacturer of silica glass and fabricated fused quartz, Heraeus-Amersil is headquartered in Duluth, Ga., and currently uses IXOS to scan and archive all of its product drawings which are accessed from its six plants across 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 for archiving all product orders. The company chose IXOS among several other vendors for its seamless architecture and product functionality. Immediate Payback by Using IXOS for Accessing Product Drawings Heraeus-Amersil manufactures quartz glass, a component used to make fiber-optic cable. Prior to IXOS, the company kept their product drawings in paper files at six different locations throughout the United States. On some occasions, due to minimal control of the many paper files, incorrect product drawing revisions were used and the wrong product was built. With IXOS-eCONtext, Heraeus has attached their 10,000 product engineering drawings to material master records or sales documents within SAP, and their staff can now access the correct revision of those drawings anytime, anywhere, with the click of a mouse. Stan Olszyk, SAP system analyst configurator at Heraeus said, "Quartz glass is in short supply, so you really want to make sure you're building the right product. By gaining central control with IXOS, the most recent drawing can be pulled from anywhere in the country, at any time -- so, that's immediate payback. As a result, productivity has probably increased tenfold." IXOS Keeps Production Line Running During Hurricane Floyd This article is about the 1999 hurricane. For other storms of the same name, see Tropical Storm Floyd (disambiguation). Hurricane Floyd was the sixth named storm, fourth hurricane, and third major hurricane in the 1999 Atlantic hurricane season. IXOS-eCONtext proved to be a real life-saver for Heraeus-Amersil during the aftermath of Hurricane Floyd in September, 1999. The company's Wilmington, N.C. plant was flooded and they lost all the papers and drawings that had been stored in their file cabinets. One of Heraeus-Amersil's biggest customers needed materials quickly. Fortunately, Heraeus was able to access all the necessary drawings with IXOS-eCONtext from their central location in Atlanta and send the drawings to the Wilmington plant in time. "It was a real emergency, as our customer needed their order as soon as possible, and we're the sole supplier for this material. We were able to get a production line up and running by accessing the drawings via IXOS, and printing out every single drawing we needed," said Mr. Olszyk. "If we didn't have IXOS installed, we would have lost every one of those drawings." Heraeus also uses IXOS-eCONtext to archive all their production orders, since their product is used to make fiber optic cable Noun 1. fiber optic cable - a cable made of optical fibers that can transmit large amounts of information at the speed of light fibre optic cable transmission line, cable, line - a conductor for transmitting electrical or optical signals or electric power and it's imperative that all its elements are traceable back to their origin. With IXOS, staff members immediately scan and archive production orders as soon as they are completed, so that Heraeus has a constant permanent record on their archive server that can be accessed anytime. In the near future, Heraeus-Amersil will utilize IXOS-eCONserver for data archiving. Heraeus-Amersil's database is currently at 150 gigabytes, and is growing about 3 gigabytes per month. Additionally, the company recognizes that IXOS could be very helpful in other departments such as accounts payable, accounts receivable accounts receivable n. the amounts of money due or owed to a business or professional by customers or clients. Generally, accounts receivable refers to the total amount due and is considered in calculating the value of a business or the business' problems in paying and human resources The fancy word for "people." The human resources department within an organization, years ago known as the "personnel department," manages the administrative aspects of the employees. . Rick Pitts, 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. and president of IXOS Software, Inc., said, "I'm delighted that Heraeus-Amersil was spared any down-time as a result of using IXOS during Hurricane Floyd. As we've seen with hundreds of other satisfied customers worldwide, IXOS is truly an investment that just keeps saving companies time and money year after year." IXOS-eCONtext for SAP offers an interfaced suite of SAP certified imaging and archiving products that store and retrieve documents, reports, data and images digitally under the control of SAP(TM) R/3(R) business processes. Implementing IXOS-eCONtext enables companies to dramatically improve staff productivity, reduce paper volume and filing, save costs via elimination of storage and microfiche Pronounced "micro-feesh." A 4x6" sheet of film that holds several hundred miniaturized document pages. See micrographics. processing and retain important data securely. About Heraeus-Amersil Heraeus-Amersil is North America's leading supplier of silica glass and fabricated fused quartz, and a subsidiary of Heraeus Quarzglas, the world's premier manufacturer of these products. About IXOS IXOS is a worldwide leading provider of solutions for the management of eBusiness documents in inter-enterprise system environments. IXOS solutions drive the administration of all eBusiness documents and their seamless integration An addition of a new application, routine or device that works smoothly with the existing system. It implies that the new feature or program can be installed and used without problems. Contrast with "transparent," which implies that there is no discernible change after installation. into digital business processes. The modular IXOS-eCON Solution Suite encompasses four products, which are fully compatible, to provide exceptional scalability, performance, security, and availability. The high-performance and scalable IXOS-eCONserver is at the core of data and document archiving. The applications of IXOS-eCONtext built on this server enable access to documents that are generated in leading transaction-based systems and which have been linked to relevant business processes. IXOS-eCONtent for MS Exchange is a document management system for the knowledge worker, who operates in the Microsoft Groupware environment. With the universal document portal, IXOS-eCONcert, users can view all critical business documents, whether from SAP, mySAP.com, mySAP CRM (Customer Relationship Management) An integrated information system that is used to plan, schedule and control the presales and postsales activities in an organization. , Siebel or customer-specific applications, from a single source. Leading companies from various industries have selected IXOS SOFTWARE AG to be their strategic partner. IXOS has more than 1,400 installations worldwide, and over 900,000 users already work successfully with the eBusiness document solutions of IXOS. Complementing the product portfolio, IXOS offers a comprehensive range of services including worldwide customer support 24x7 and a global team of highly qualified consultants. Shares of IXOS SOFTWARE AG are traded on the Neuer Markt segment of the Frankfurt Stock Exchange Frankfurt Stock Exchange The largest of Germany's eight securities exchanges, operated by Deutsche Borse AS. under the symbol "XOS" (WKN WKN Wertpapier-Kenn-Nummer (identifying number assigned to securities traded in Germany) WKN Warrior Knowledge Network (US Army) 506150). In the USA, American Depositary Shares American Depositary Share (ADS) Foreign stock issued in the US and registered in the ADR system. (ADSs) are listed on the NASDAQ National Market under the symbol "XOSY". You can obtain further information from: Jennifer Rayborn 901 Mariner's Island Blvd., Suite 725 San Mateo, CA 94404 e-mail: Jennifer.Rayborn@ixos.com Tel No.: (650) 294-5800 |
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