Prison Industry Authority breaks into object technology with BPCS Client/Server version 6.0.CHICAGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 13, 1997--System Software Associates, Inc. (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 :SSAX SSAX Soprano Saxophone ) today announced that the California Prison Industry Authority (PIA pi·a n. The pia mater. pi  al adj. ) has chosen BPCS BPCS Business Planning and Control SystemBPCS Better Process Control School BPCS Basic Process Control System BPCS Base/Post/Camp/Station BPCS Broadband Personal Communications System (FCC) Client/Server version 6.0 to improve competitiveness, heighten customer service, and move the company into the 21st Century. PIA owns and operates facilities that provide goods and services In economics, economic output is divided into physical goods and intangible services. Consumption of goods and services is assumed to produce utility (unless the "good" is a "bad"). It is often used when referring to a Goods and Services Tax. for California's inmate population. Legislation pending in California proposes changes to the State's procurement processes, including eliminating the mandatory use law for state agencies and allowing them a choice of vendors. These possible changes, as well as Year 2000 issues, prompted PIA to rethink its business processes. Jim Beswick, PIA chief, Information Systems, commented, "The new legislation, if passed, would increase the competition in our market environment. We want to make sure PIA is ready with timely delivery of our quality products at competitive prices - keys to customer satisfaction. BPCS Client/Server version 6.0's enhanced functionality and inherent agility will help us get there." BPCS Client/Server version 6.0 will provide management with increased visibility of inventory and tighter control of financials. Improved data will allow PIA to identify who their customers are and what they want. The organization also plans to utilize electronic order entry, cost accounting, user vision, flexibility with query report writing, outbound logistics, and sales performance management. "Prison Industry Authority has been our client for a long time and believes in the technology vision of SSA (Serial Storage Architecture) A fault tolerant peripheral interface from IBM that transfers data at 80 and 160 Mbytes/sec. SSA uses SCSI commands, allowing existing software to drive SSA peripherals, which are typically disk drives. ," said Ernie Pyle, SSA general manager for the western area. "The agility of BPCS Client/Server version 6.0, built on object technology, will allow them to grow and adapt to the changes they face in their business environment." Previously running BPCS version 2.1 on an 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) AS/400(a), PIA will now move its entire enterprise to BPCS Client/Server version 6.0 on an IBM AS/400 Advanced Series (RISC RISC in full Reduced Instruction Set Computing Computer architecture that uses a limited number of instructions. RISC became popular in microprocessors in the 1980s. 530)(a). The new system will support 327 users, approximately 100 of which are inmates, at 21 sites. SSA currently has 60 companies live with its object software, including over 30 clients on version 6.0, all of whom have implemented the software in three to nine months. Over 500 industrial sector firms at well over 2,000 sites worldwide are now implementing BPCS Client/Server version 6.0 and getting the benefits of an agile and reconfigurable enterprise systems. About Prison Industry Authority PIA, the largest State-run prison industries program in the nation, provides the food, clothing, shoes and bedding for the Department of Corrections, as well as a variety of other goods and services including fire fighting suits, furniture, signs and stationery to publicly held clients such as universities, cities, school districts and counties within California. PIA also runs an optical laboratory, dental laboratory, dental, n the area of the dental office where the dental professional performs nonpatient procedures. laboratory, shoe factory, meat plant, coffee roasting plant, and bakery, as well as textile mills, dairies, farms, and laundry facilities. About SSA The industry leader in delivering business value through object technology, SSA provides the most robust application functionality available for industrial sector enterprise-wide information systems. The BPCS Client/Server solution delivers unparalleled agility and re-configurability to meet changing market demands through a quantum leap forward in 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. technology that delivers significant business benefits, including century dating. The BPCS Client/Server product suite delivers competitive advantage by integrating all mission critical operations from global financials to multi-mode manufacturing to management of the total supply chain, including Electronic Commerce and EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) The electronic communication of business transactions, such as orders, confirmations and invoices, between organizations. Third parties provide EDI services that enable organizations with different equipment to connect. . SSA's Distributed Object Computing Architecture (DOCA DOCA desoxycortosterone acetate. ) provides the computing platform choice, whether IBM AS/400 or RS/6000, Digital, Hewlett-Packard, a combination of these or server access via the Internet. Database options include Oracle, Informix and DB2/400. Over 8,000 multi-national customers in various vertical markets -- automotive, chemical, consumer goods, electronics, fabrication and assembly, food/beverage, forest products, pharmaceutical -- have implemented an SSA ERP system. SSA and its strategic partners provide full implementation support for BPCS Client/Server in over 70 countries worldwide. Visit SSA's homepage at http://www.ssax.com -0- Editor's Notes: BPCS is a registered trademark of SSA. BPCS Client/Server and DOCA are trademarks of SSA. (a) Indicates trademark or registered trademark of International Business Machines Corporation. CONTACT: System Software Associates, Inc. Media Relations: Jan Cusumano, 312/474-7243 jcusuman@ssax.com |
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