McHugh Freeman builds sophisticated warehouse and distribution center; management application in UNIFACE Six.FARMINGTON HILLS Far·ming·ton Hills A city of southeast Michigan, an industrial suburb of Detroit. Population: 81,400. , Mich.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 22, 1995-- Companies can now effectively manage their warehouses and distribution centers with DMplus, a real-time, radio frequency-based management product developed in UNIFACE An application development system for e-commerce and client/server environments from Compuware. It is a repository-driven system that integrates with a variety of CASE tools, report writers and version control systems. by McHugh Freeman. By using UNIFACE, a second generation client/server application development environment, McHugh Freeman was assured that it could build DMplus rapidly and exploit the latest benefits of client/server technology. "We are pleased to partner with Compuware," said Greg Conin, vice president of sales and marketing at McHugh Freeman. "UNIFACE allowed us to bring an industrial strength, cross-platform product to market much faster. If we had used a first generation client/server tool or program, it might have required us to build it in C, for example. We like that UNIFACE allows you to partition application logic at both the client and server levels. It allows us to provide our customers with a mechanism to boost system performance and at the same time, it hides all the complexities of client/server." "McHugh Freeman needed to build a warehouse and distribution management product that would support flexibility, configuration and project management," said Anu Shukla, vice president of worldwide marketing for Compuware Client/Server Systems Group. "They also wanted the application to integrate seamlessly with host systems or distributed applications An application made up of distinct components running in separate runtime environments, usually on different platforms connected via a network. Typical distributed applications . UNIFACE allowed them to build the product rapidly and focus more on the business functionality rather than technical deployment complexities. DM Plus DMplus is a comprehensive set of applications which companies can use to manage warehouses and distribution centers. DMplus connects to hand-held units which allow users to enter data from the warehouse and distribution center floor through bar code readers See bar code scanner. . The DMplus, application running on Windows PCs, communicates this data to UNIX servers by radio frequency. Its primary functions include: appointments, yard management, receiving, putaway, wave planning, replenishment replenishment the addition of an appropriate quantity of properly prepared solution containing the correct concentration of chemicals to the developer solutions used in radiography. , picking, shipping, inventory management, location management, and productivity reports. McHugh, Freeman & Associates, Inc. Established in 1975, McHugh Freeman and Associates is a subsidiary of Pinnacle Automation, Inc. Located in St. Louis, Missouri, Pinnacle Automation is the premier provider of materials flow technology products for manufacturing, warehousing and distribution operations. UNIFACE Six UNIFACE Six is a second generation client/server development environment specifically designed for building enterprise-scale business applications. Incorporating a component-based architecture, the UNIFACE Six development environment consists of five integrated workbenches that share information from an application objects repository. These components include the Application Objects Repository, Application Model Manager, Rapid Application Builder, Deployment Manager, Developer Services and Personal Series. Compuware Corporation (company) Compuware Corporation - A software and service company with over 11,000 employees worldwide, including more than 7,000 in its professional services organisation. Since 1973, Compuware has focused on optimising business software development, testing, and operation. UNIFACE is developed, marketed and supported by Compuware Corporation's (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 :CPWR CPWR Center to Protect Workers' Rights (now Center for Construction Research and Training) CPWR Council for a Parliament of the World's Religions CPWR Coupled Plasma-Waveguide Resonance ) Client/Server Systems Group. The UNIFACE product is a leading high-performance client/server tool for developing, deploying and maintaining business-critical information system applications on a wide range of hardware and software platforms. UNIFACE has 2,300 customers with over 155,000 licenses in financial services The examples and perspective in this article or section may not represent a worldwide view of the subject. Please [ improve this article] or discuss the issue on the talk page. , pharmaceuticals, telecommunications, education, government, manufacturing and other industries. Compuware is a leading worldwide provider of software solutions across the entire application life cycle, including application development, implementation, maintenance and systems management. Founded in 1973 and based in Farmington Hills, Mich., Compuware has 3,900 employees in 38 countries dedicated to client/server systems, enterprise systems and professional services (job) professional services - A department of a supplier providing consultancy and programming manpower for the supplier's products. . For the 1994 fiscal year, Compuware reported $394 million in revenues, making it one of the 20 largest independent software companies in the world. Compuware distributes the UNIFACE product through direct sales, distributors, OEMs, value-added resellers (VARs) and joint-marketing arrangements. -0- For sales and marketing information contact: Compuware Client/Server Systems Group 1320 Harbor Bay Parkway Bay Parkway refers to the following roads and transit stations: Roads
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