Lilly Software Expands its Product Suite with VISUAL Enterprise for Repetitive Manufacturers.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers HAMPTON, N.H.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 14, 2003 Lilly Software Associates proudly announces the development of VISUAL Enterprise(TM) for Repetitive Manufacturers, a solution dedicated to helping manufacturers successfully incorporate Lean Manufacturing Lean manufacturing is the production of goods using less of everything compared to mass production: less human effort, less manufacturing space, less investment in tools, and less engineering time to develop a new product. practices into their businesses. Companies that manufacture products in industries such as automotive, electronic component assembly, and 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 use Lean Manufacturing to save time and money and to distinguish themselves from competing suppliers. VISUAL Enterprise for Repetitive Manufacturers will help companies reduce lead times and inventory and eliminate wasteful procedures in their operations. VISUAL Enterprise for Repetitive Manufacturers is a pull-based system that allows production to respond to customer demand quickly and accurately through the use of electronic kanban Electronic Kanban (sometimes referred to as eKanban[1]) is a signaling system that utilizes a mix of technology to trigger the movement of materials within a manufacturing or production facility. cards and work cell displays. It promotes Lean with features for improving responsiveness to customers and suppliers, reducing and balancing inventory levels, minimizing inventory transactions, lowering costs, and ensuring product quality. The system includes tools for companies to synchronize and control the flow of materials throughout the plant floor, design products in engineering, plan production schedules, execute production, and handle multiple deliveries per day to customers or from suppliers. "There is a critical industry need for a repetitive manufacturing solution that can accurately track operations on the production floor without burdening users with feeding the traditional 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. work order-based application," says Scott Rich, Lilly Software's Vice President, Marketing. "We are focused on delivering the highest performance to our users. This system uses the revolutionary full-color graphical interface found in VISUAL Enterprise to represent kanban cards for production reporting. It also offers communications from the shop floor in work cell messaging and visual queues using a completely configurable user interface. Lean Manufacturing delivers results; the right software can dramatically affect the transition to Lean. Lilly Software wants to help its customers successfully integrate these techniques into their business processes." Built using the Microsoft(R) .NET Framework, VISUAL Enterprise for Repetitive Manufacturers is another integrated product emerging from Lilly Software's busy development team. It follows the impressive releases of VISUAL Financials(R) Global Edition, an advanced multi-entity accounting solution, and VISUAL Mobile(TM), a wireless communication tool that allows users to access data in VISUAL Enterprise(TM) using handheld PCs. The .NET Framework offers a unified development environment and the ability to enable Web Services and rich client-based and device-based user interfaces. "We designed this system so that the functionality is direct and powerful," says Rich. "This solution targets what repetitive manufacturers really need: a system that balances the dictates of Lean by reducing waste while providing the benefits of an integrated ERP system." Currently in beta testing (programming) beta testing - Testing a pre-release (potentially unreliable) version of a piece of software by making it available to selected users. This term derives from early 1960s terminology for product cycle checkpoints, first used at IBM but later standard throughout the , VISUAL Enterprise for Repetitive Manufacturers is slated for release early in 2004. About Lilly Software Associates Lilly Software Associates, Inc. provides a complete line of enterprise and supply chain management solutions for manufacturers and distributors. With its easy-to-use graphical nature, the VISUAL(R) suite of products helps companies capture accurate, real-time data about their business processes using 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), Advanced Planning and Scheduling Advanced Planning & Scheduling (APS) refers to a manufacturing management process by which raw materials and production capacity are optimally allocated to meet demand. APS is especially well-suited to environments where simpler planning methods can not adequately address complex (APS), Quality Management, Customer Relationship Management (CRM (Customer Relationship Management) An integrated information system that is used to plan, schedule and control the presales and postsales activities in an organization. ), E-Business, and Warehouse Management System (WMS WMS Warehouse Management System WMS Web Map Service (open geospatial consortium specification) WMS West Middle School (Rochester Hills, MI) WMS Workforce Management Software WMS Wechsler Memory Scale ) capabilities. Most VISUAL applications run on Windows NT(R), UNIX UNIX Operating system for digital computers, developed by Ken Thompson of Bell Laboratories in 1969. It was initially designed for a single user (the name was a pun on the earlier operating system Multics). (R), LINUX, VMS (1) (Virtual Memory System) A multiuser, multitasking, virtual memory operating system for the VAX series from Digital. VMS applications run on any VAX from the MicroVAX to the largest unit. See OpenVMS. , Novell(R) or OS400 using SQLBase(R), Microsoft SQLServer(TM), ORACLE(R) or DB2(R)/400 relational databases, and are certified for both iSeries and Netfinity servers. Lilly Software has received many industry awards for its products, service, and financial growth since its inception. Most recently, the company has been voted one of the Top 10 Best of Breed solutions for manufacturing by readers of Consumer Goods consumer goods Any tangible commodity purchased by households to satisfy their wants and needs. Consumer goods may be durable or nondurable. Durable goods (e.g., autos, furniture, and appliances) have a significant life span, often defined as three years or more, and Technology, listed in Software Magazine's Top 500, selected as a Top 100 Logistics Information Technology Provider in Inbound Logistics, listed in the Top 100 Application Vendors in Supply Chain e-Business, included in MSI's Top 100 for its eighth year, and ranked as one of Start magazine's Hottest Companies. |
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