Ford Europe Expands Deployment of I.D. Systems’ Wireless Vehicle Management System

PowerFleet Vehicle Management SystemI.D. Systems, Inc. (Nasdaq: IDSY), a leading provider of wireless asset management solutions, today announced that Ford Motor Company (NYSE: F) is expanding its deployment of I.D. Systems’ wireless Vehicle Management System (VMS) to industrial truck fleets at two manufacturing plants in the United Kingdom and a third facility in Romania. The system was previously implemented at Ford plants in Spain and Germany, as well as across all Ford manufacturing facilities in North America. I.D. Systems’ German subsidiary, I.D. Systems GmbH, facilitated Ford Europe’s expansion of the system by integrating it into the lease financing for the vehicles on which the system will be installed. I.D. Systems GmbH will manage the expansion project, and I.D. Systems’ United Kingdom subsidiary, didBOX Ltd., will install and support the two new deployments in the U.K. Ford’s acquisition of I.D. Systems’ VMS was also facilitated by a major European lift truck manufacturer, which ordered portions of the system on Ford’s behalf. To optimize the ease and speed of vehicle hardware installation, I.D. Systems will provide a cable harness designed especially for the manufacturer’s lift trucks.


Ford representatives are convinced that I.D. Systems’ wireless technology, which Ford calls their Industrial Vehicle Electronic Control System, has demonstrated an ability to enhance workplace safety, help reduce operating costs, and improve the overall utilization of material handling equipment.


“We are gratified by Ford’s decision to expand its use of our patented wireless vehicle management technology, and view it as a reflection of the many quantifiable benefits our system provides for manufacturing operations,” said Jeffrey Jagid, I.D. Systems chairman and chief executive officer. “We are also pleased about the positive impact this new business will have on our continued growth in Europe.”


I.D. Systems’ wireless VMS for industrial vehicles is designed to enhance the safety, security, maintenance, and utilization of industrial equipment. The system improves safety and security by restricting vehicle access to trained, authorized operators and by providing electronic safety inspection checklists. The system helps reduce maintenance expenses by automatically uploading vehicle data, reporting problems identified on checklists in real time, basing maintenance schedules according to actual vehicle usage rather than on a calendar basis, and helping management determine the optimal economic time to replace equipment. In addition, the system can help improve equipment utilization and reduce the total cost of fleet ownership by ensuring equipment is in the proper place at the right time and streamlining work flow through automated messaging.


About I.D. Systems:

Based in Woodcliff Lake, New Jersey, with subsidiaries in Germany and the United Kingdom, I.D. Systems is a leading provider of solutions for securing, controlling, tracking, and managing high-value enterprise assets, including vehicles, powered equipment, trailers, containers, baggage, and cargo. The Company’s patented technologies address the needs of organizations to monitor and analyze their assets to improve safety, security, efficiency, and productivity. For more information, visit www.id-systems.com.

FESCO Transportation Group Carries Forestry Excavators to the Far East

img_1178.JPGFESCO Transportation Group, the number one logistics provider to Russia, announced today that it has recently been transporting Deere Hitachi forestry excavators from the Port of Everett to John-Deere Construction and Forestry in Russia.


Deere-Hitachi Specialty Products, based in British Columbia, moves approximately 20-30 excavators per year to various locations in Russia, including Bratsk, Khabarovsk and Irkutsk.


According to Jason Jia, Supply Management and Order Fulfillment Supervisor, John Deere Hitachi Forestry Division, his company was investigating the potentials of sending its forestry excavators to Russia’s Far East side from the West Coast and FESCO’s name came up instantly.


“FESCO has comprehensive, frequent and fast service from the West Coast to the Far East. Our machines are big and heavy and not many shipping companies can handle them,” said Jia. “But FESCO Transportation Group has a lot experience of transporting heavy machines and their service is very good between the West Coast and Russian Far East. Now our customers are very happy with this service and 80% of our Russian machines go this route.”


“Sometimes we have a very tight production schedule to Russia and FESCO helped us with flexible deadline of delivery and loading,” said Jia. “Also, different models of our machines have slightly different over-all dimensions and FESCO worked out a competitive rate which made our freight calculation very easy.”


About Deere & Company:

Deere & Company (NYSE: DE) is the world’s leading provider of advanced products and services for agricultural and forestry and a major provider of advanced products and services for construction, lawn and turf care, landscaping and irrigation. John Deere also provides financial services worldwide and manufactures and markets engines used in heavy equipment. Since it was founded in 1837, the company has extended its heritage of integrity, quality, commitment and innovation around the globe. John Deere Construction & Forestry produces more than 120 machine models and distributes its construction, forestry and worksite products through a network of more than 1,300 dealer locations worldwide.


About FESCO Transportation Group:

FESCO is a multimodal transport holding company and one of the largest marine carriers and container providers in Russia. FESCO operates 47 vessels and 4 icebreakers and is Russia’s largest container, dry bulk and roll on/roll off operator. FESCO is the second largest privately-held railcar operator in the Russian Federation and is further expanding into terminal and port ownership in Western and Far East Russia and the Black Sea. FESCO is the only deep sea shipping operator offering direct service between North America and the Russian Far East.

I.D. Systems to Deploy Wireless Industrial Vehicle Management Technology at Three Caterpillar Plants

PowerFleet Vehicle Management SystemWoodcliff Lake, NJ, January 18, 2011—I.D. Systems, Inc. (Nasdaq: IDSY), a leading provider of wireless asset management solutions, today announced that its marketing partner, Wiese USA, has placed a series of purchase orders for I.D. Systems’ PowerFleet™ wireless Vehicle Management System (VMS). The system will be deployed on fleets of industrial trucks at three U.S. manufacturing plants of Caterpillar Inc. (NYSE: CAT).


Caterpillar is the world’s leading manufacturer of construction and mining equipment, diesel and natural gas engines, industrial gas turbines, and dieselelectric locomotives, as well as a leading services provider, with fiscal 2009 revenues of $32.4 billion. Wiese USA is a leading lift truck dealer and fleet services provider with operations throughout the midwest United States.


Wireless Vehicle Management Systems help improve material handling productivity by establishing accountability for the use of equipment, ensuring equipment is in the proper place at the right time, streamlining material handling work flow, and providing unique metrics on equipment utilization. A wireless VMS also helps reduce industrial fleet maintenance costs by automatically uploading vehicle data, reporting vehicle problems electronically, scheduling maintenance according to actual vehicle usage rather than by calendar or manual data entry, and helping determine the optimal economic time to replace equipment. In addition, a wireless VMS helps improve workplace safety and security by restricting vehicle access to trained, authorized operators, providing electronic vehicle inspection checklists, and sensing vehicle impacts.


“Wiese has long been a leader and an innovator in managing industrial vehicle fleets,” said Mike Lonigro, Manager of Wiese’s Caterpillar Business Unit. “The PowerFleet VMS has been extremely effective and reliable for our customers, including Caterpillar, where our initial PowerFleet deployments generated significant benefits in terms of material handling safety, cost reductions, and productivity improvements. These benefits led directly to the decision to expand the system fully across these three Caterpillar facilities.”


“We are gratified that the positive results achieved by our PowerFleet system have compelled Wiese and Caterpillar to expand deployment of our technology across multiple plants,” said Ken Ehrman, I.D. Systems’ president. “This roll-out affirms our view that PowerFleet is a best practice in material handling management, which helps optimize industrial truck operations and gives our customers a significant competitive edge in their supply chains.”


About I.D. Systems:

Based in Woodcliff Lake, New Jersey, with subsidiaries in Germany and the United Kingdom, I.D. Systems is a leading provider of solutions for securing, controlling, tracking, and managing high-value enterprise assets, including vehicles, powered equipment, trailers, containers, baggage, and cargo. The Company’s patented technologies address the needs of organizations to monitor and analyze their assets to improve safety, security, efficiency, and productivity. For more information, visit www.id-systems.com.

Raymond Corporation Places $1.1 Million Order for I.D. Systems’ Wireless Vehicle Management System

PowerFleet Vehicle Management SystemWoodcliff Lake, NJ, January 13, 2011— I.D. Systems, Inc. (Nasdaq: IDSY), a leading provider of wireless asset management solutions, today announced that it has received purchase orders totaling approximately $1.1 million from The Raymond Corporation, which offers I.D. Systems’ PowerFleet™ vehicle management system through a marketing agreement. The system will be deployed enterprise-wide across the industrial truck fleets of a major North American provider of package delivery and logistics services.


The Raymond Corporation is a leading global provider of material handling solutions, including Raymond® brand lift trucks and the iWarehouse® fleet optimization system. Kenneth Ehrman, president of I.D. Systems, said, “The best-in-class vehicle management systems and fleet optimization tools that we provide jointly with Raymond provide end-users with compelling value, as demonstrated by the investment that this package delivery and logistics organization has made in our solutions. I.D. Systems’ wireless technology helps customers establish best practices for material handling safety, reduce capital and operating costs, and increase supply chain productivity.”


About Wireless Vehicle Management Systems

A wireless vehicle management system (VMS) helps improve material handling productivity by establishing accountability for the use of equipment, ensuring equipment is in the proper place at the right time, and providing unique fleet utilization metrics. A wireless VMS also helps reduce industrial fleet maintenance costs by automatically uploading vehicle data, reporting vehicle problems electronically, scheduling maintenance according to actual vehicle usage rather than by calendar or manual data entry, and helping determine the optimal economic time to replace equipment. In addition, a wireless VMS helps improve workplace safety and security by restricting vehicle access to trained, authorized operators, providing electronic vehicle inspection checklists, and managing vehicle impacts.


About I.D. Systems:

Based in Woodcliff Lake, New Jersey, with subsidiaries in Germany and the United Kingdom, I.D. Systems is a leading provider of solutions for securing, controlling, tracking, and managing high-value enterprise assets, including vehicles, powered equipment, trailers, containers, baggage, and cargo. The Company’s patented technologies address the needs of organizations to monitor and analyze their assets to improve safety, security, efficiency, and productivity. For more information, visit www.id-systems.com.

Ocean World Lines Opens Dedicated Air Freight Office Next to Heathrow

The 10,000 Square Foot Facility Offers On-Site Cargo Inspections to Expedite Shipments


Ocean World Lines (OWL), a global door-to-door and end-to-end NVOCC, announced today that it has opened a dedicated OWL Air UK office and warehouse near Heathrow Airport to support its expanding inbound and outbound air freight services between the Far East, USA, Australia, Middle East and Europe.


The new 10,0000 square foot office and warehouse, located 10 minutes from Heathrow, offers full air freight services, including cargo pick-up and consolidation, trucking, warehousing, cargo packing and crating, cargo insurance, cargo de-consolidation and distribution. The OWL Air UK staff is Department for Transport security certified and the facility is equipped with x-ray machinery for on-the-spot cargo scanning to expedite the shipping process.


Heading up the new office is Paula Bellamy who brings 23 years in the freight industry to the position, including six years with OWL in sales, warehouse operations, and management. “We opened OWL Air UK with a very knowledgeable team who has a huge amount of airfreight experience,” said Bellamy, OWL’s General Manager

Ocean World Lines (UK) Ltd.


“With the rapid growth in airfreight, OWL is investing heavily into opening offices around the world and the location in London is key to meeting our clients’ shipping and security needs. We have on-site warehousing near the terminal so we can receive cargo close to the cut-off time for tight departures,” said Bellamy.


OWL Air UK handles all types of FAK cargoes, including regular moves for the film production industry. “We carry cargo worldwide for all types of touring companies, including symphony orchestras, film and video production crews, dance troupes, rock bands, opera, choruses, theater productions, circuses and museum exhibits. For these shipments, we use an ATA Carnet, or ‘merchandise passport,’ to clear foreign and US customs without paying duties or taxes on instruments and equipment, as well as freight,” said Bellamy.


OWL’s new air service is supported by its OWL360® visibility platform which provides comprehensive details of all freight moves in one system. “With OWL360®, our customers have greater visibility into their supply chain in a single location, providing instant access to their shipping information, and the ability to track, measure and compare the performance of all modes of transportation, including ocean, air, rail, and truck,” said Bellamy.


The new OWL Air UK is located at: 1st Floor Woodland House, Betam Road, Hayes, Middx UB3 1SS.


About Ocean World Lines

Ocean World Lines, known in the industry by its iconic owl logo, is one of the largest fully bonded NVOCC’s in the world. OWL maintains more than 45 service contracts with the top ocean carriers and handles today’s most complex global supply chain requirements.


Founded in 1979, OWL works with importers, exporters and freight forwarders to move all types of cargo and provides global ocean and air door-to-door/end-to-end service. OWL offers a single source experience for its customers coupled with leading-edge technology for a truly value-based solution.


With over 200 employees worldwide, OWL has offices located in Hong Kong, Shanghai, Qingdao, Singapore, Tokyo, Atlanta, Charleston, Charlotte, Chicago, Cincinnati, Long Beach, Louisville, Miami, New Orleans, New York, Norfolk, San Francisco, Seattle, Berlin, Poland, Bremen, Hamburg, and Ipswich, as well as a network of agents worldwide.


OWL is a subsidiary of Pacer International, a leading North American freight transportation and logistics service provider that offers a broad array of services to facilitate the movement of freight from origin to destination.

Weber Distribution to Become Weber Logistics

Weber Distribution, a leading third party logistics and supply chain management provider, announced today that it has changed its name to Weber Logistics, effective immediately.


“Our name change to Weber Logistics is long overdue,” said Bill Butler, Weber’s president and CEO. “We have been providing multiple supply chain offerings to our customers for many years. The name ‘Logistics’ is far more descriptive of what we do for our customers and it covers a broader range of supply chain services.”


Over the last 10 years, Weber has evolved into a nationwide provider of logistics solutions and currently offers 5.2 million square feet of warehousing space. Weber’s expertise includes non-asset based freight management, temperature controlled asset-based LTL and TL services, dedicated and shared warehousing, distribution, cross-docking/pool distribution, transloading, network optimization modeling and analysis, retail compliance, order fulfillment, material handling, supply chain management, real estate development, and personnel staffing.


“The Weber name is the brand that has been in business and going strong for 86 years. We are simply updating our look with a fresh, bold and innovative new logo and more fitting name,” said Butler. “Our new logo shows forward motion and better represents our dedication to providing innovative and creative solutions to our customers’ complex supply chain issues.”


“Our new tagline is Delivering Value Through Innovation,” said Butler. “By this we mean Weber Logistics is asset ‘agnostic’ – we offer both asset and non-asset based services to drive excess costs out of our customers’ supply chains. It’s not just about filling our warehouses with product – we are all about value.”


Weber’s menu of services remains unchanged. “We are continuing to deliver nationwide solutions for our retail-import, food & beverage, CPG, chemical and confectionary customers,” said Butler. “In fact, we serve many well-known and respected companies such as Safeway, General Mills, Hershey, Nestlé, Spectrum Brands, California Innovations, Scholastic Books, and PPG Industries, to name a few.


Butler also noted Weber has a very strong focus on its people. “We have introduced Weber University which provides our employee’s with a high level of education and increases retention. Many of our employees have been with us for 10, 20, and even 30 years. At the same time, we have brought on a fresh and innovative Executive Management Team whose goal is to relentlessly pursue the latest cost saving logistics solutions for our customers.”


About Weber Logistics

With 86 years of experience, Weber Logistics has evolved into a nationwide provider of logistics solutions. Weber’s expertise includes non-asset based freight management, temperature sensitive asset-based LTL and TL services, dedicated and shared warehousing, distribution, cross-docking/pool distribution, transloading, network optimization modeling and analysis, retail compliance, order fulfillment, material handling, supply chain management, real estate development, and personnel staffing.


Weber specializes in providing its clients with unique innovative logistics solutions primarily to these vertical markets:

 Retailers/Importers

 Food & Beverage/CPG

 Chemical/Specialty Products

 Confectionary


Weber serves many well-known and respected companies such as Walmart, Safeway, General Mills, Hershey, Nestlé, Spectrum Brands, California Innovations, Scholastic Books, and PPG Industries. As a result of its on-going innovation, experience and dedication, Weber has been the recipient of numerous industry awards, including:

 100 Great Supply Chain Partners

 Inbound Logistics’ Top 100 3PLs

 Logistics Management’s Top 50 3PLs

 The Los Angeles Business Journal’s Top 100 Privately-Held Companies

 Food Logistics Magazine’s Top 70 3PLs

 Food Logistics Magazine’s FL100 listing of the top technology solution and service providers to the food industry.

Ocean World Lines Moves Famous Sculptures Worth $40 Million from Spain to Florida

Lake Success, New York – Ocean World Lines (OWL), a global door-to-door and end-to-end NVOCC, announced today that it has moved seven sculpture pieces, weighing more than 117,000 pounds, from the Port of Barcelona to the Port of Savannah for consignment at a major New York gallery and exhibition in Orlando, Florida starting next month.


At the Port of Barcelona, the iron and concrete-made sculptures were loaded onto two 40-foot, over-dimensional flatracks and one 40-foot container. Two of the sculptures weighed 28,000 pounds and the other five approximately 12,000 pounds each and they arrived at the Port of Savannah last week after a 14-day transit.


The sculptures were created by a well-known Spanish sculptor, Eduardo Chillida Juantegui, who lived from January 10, 1924 to August 19, 2002. He was best known for his massive and monumental abstract works and his largest piece in the United States titled, “De Musica” is 81-tons of steel.


“We have been carrying works of art regularly for this customer, but moving these sculptures was particularly exciting given their size and that they were created by a world-famous artist,” said Cord Bruegge, OWL’s managing director for Europe. “The OWL Iberica office and OWL Miami office worked closely together to make this move a success from start to finish. It’s not too often we carry a single shipment worth that value and we were, of course, backed by a great insurance policy!”


About Ocean World Lines

Ocean World Lines, known in the industry by its iconic owl logo, is one of the largest fully bonded NVOCC’s in the world. OWL maintains more than 45 service contracts with the top ocean carriers and handles today’s most complex global supply chain requirements.


Founded in 1979, OWL works with importers, exporters and freight forwarders to move all types of cargo and provides global ocean and air door-to-door/end-to-end service. OWL offers a single source experience for its customers coupled with leading-edge technology for a truly value-based solution.


With over 200 employees worldwide, OWL has offices located in Hong Kong, Shanghai, Qingdao, Singapore, Tokyo, Atlanta, Charleston, Charlotte, Chicago, Cincinnati, Long Beach, Miami, New Orleans, New York, Norfolk, San Francisco, Seattle, Berlin, Poland, Bremen, Hamburg, and Ipswich, as well as a network of agents worldwide.


OWL is a subsidiary of Pacer International, a leading North American freight transportation and logistics service provider that offers a broad array of services to facilitate the movement of freight from origin to destination.


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Forward Air Expands Use of Asset Intelligence Solutions, Deploys VeriWise™ Track & Trace on Cargo Trailer Fleet

VeriWise Track & Trace     VeriWise Track & Trace


Plano, TX, December 7, 2010—Asset Intelligence (AI), a leading provider of transportation asset management solutions and a subsidiary of I.D. Systems, Inc. (Nasdaq: IDSY), today announced that Forward Air Corporation (Nasdaq: FWRD) has selected AI’s  system to monitor and manage its cargo trailers. Forward Air has retro-fitted Track & Trace on its current trailer fleet and is deploying the system on all new trailers as they are acquired.


Forward Air is a leading provider of time-definite surface transportation and related logistics services for the expedited freight market in North America. With flexible sources of capacity and a network of terminals at 85 U.S. and Canadian airports, the company provides cost-effective, reliable transportation for freight that must be delivered at a specific time. Forward Air sells its services to a wide range of wholesale customers, including third-party logistics providers, freight forwarders, customs brokers, and airlines.


VeriWise Track & Trace is an easy-to-deploy asset tracking system that provides real-time data to improve the efficiency and security of trailer and container fleets. It is designed for quick, flexible installation on a wide range of cargo-carrying assets, with patented power management technology to provide exceptionally long battery life and years of maintenance-free operation.


“To maintain our position as a recognized leader in providing expedited, time-definite transportation, everything we do is focused on making safe, on-time, low-cost, damage-free deliveries to our customers,” said Jeff Woods, Forward Air’s Senior Vice President of Logistics. “After extensive testing, we deployed the VeriWise Track & Trace system because it provides us with reliable, affordable visibility and control of our trailer fleet, and helps ensure we exceed our customers’ service expectations. By providing real-time trailer analytics, eliminating manual yard checks, and improving our dispatch efficiency, Track & Trace has improved our trailer fleet utilization by 15%, allowing for a significant reduction in our trailer-to-tractor ratio, and ultimately adding more than $500,000 to our bottom line profits each year.”


“We are delighted to strengthen our long-term relationship with Forward Air,” said Darryl Miller, Chief Operating Officer of I.D. Systems. “The unique asset management capabilities of our Track & Trace system, as well as the ease and flexibility of its installation, fit perfectly with Forward Air’s continuing commitment to provide the most efficient, reliable, cost-effective expedited freight services in North America.”

Tucker Consulting Announces New Government Compliance Service

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Cherry Hill, N.J. (December 9, 2010) – Tucker Consulting, Inc., Cherry Hill, N.J., has launched QualifiedCarriers.com, a powerful, innovative online service that provides shippers and logistics providers with effective tools to help manage risk, and improve safety and security when using motor carriers.


“This new service provides simple, streamlined and effective tools to help subscribers reduce risk due to service failures, cargo loss and damage, and legal liability,” stated Jeff Tucker, CEO of Tucker Consulting. “The mission of QualifiedCarriers.com is to help shippers minimize risk, while maximizing carrier and customer goodwill, productivity and profitability.”


Shippers can benefit from the many aspects of QualifiedCarriers.com services, including the following:


USDOT Data Reporting: Track real-time USDOT safety data on carriers, monitor trends, customize reports, and view carriers who are improving, declining, or maintaining performance on government measures for compliance and safety.


Document Management: Maintain in a highly secure environment, and easily view, download, and print, critical carrier documents such as insurance certificates, hazmat permits, carrier contracts, and others.


Document and Message Distribution: Quickly and effortlessly distribute to carriers timely documents and messages such as security and loss prevention bulletins, freight handling procedures, product-line Standards of Care, emergency notifications, and others.


 


Standards of Care: Sometimes also known as contract requirements, terms and conditions, carrier assessment checklists, and others. Our decades of experience drafting and enforcing Standards of Care for safety and compliance are a valuable resource for shippers when revising standards or drafting them for the first time.


Audits and Verifications: Our network of experienced professional audit inspectors help shippers gain the confidence that comes only from on-site verification of carriers’ performance and compliance with procedures, expectations, industry best practices, and applicable laws and regulations.


“We have been screening carriers since 1961,” Jeff Tucker stated. “We keep ourselves and our clients ahead of the curve with respect to safety and compliance, and the ever-shifting legal, regulatory and insurance climate.”



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Apriso Reinvents Maintenance Management

New solution improves asset utilization and reduces costs by synchronizing maintenance processes with manufacturing operations for greater uptime and agility


LONG BEACH, CA – December 2, 2010 — Apriso, a leading provider of software solutions for sustained manufacturing operational excellence, today announced general availability of FlexNet Maintenance 2.0, an innovative maintenance management solution built on a native Business Process Management (BPM) architecture, in order to achieve and sustain manufacturing excellence.


Best in class manufacturers are now implementing FlexNet Maintenance 2.0 to enable real-time visibility, control and synchronization of maintenance operations with global production, quality, warehouse and labor processes. Improving coordination and collaboration between maintenance and manufacturing operations improves flexibility and responsiveness, resulting in increased equipment uptime and lower manufacturing costs.


“Everyone here at Hitachi is very glad we made the change to Apriso’s FlexNet. To sum it up, FlexNet offers much more flexibility than our previous system (it’s living up to its name!) in changing PM schedules, due dates and assignments while at the same time is much more user-friendly,” stated Kristi Dean, Production Engineering at Hitachi Computer Products (America), Inc. “FlexNet gives us the ability to record both the preventive and reactive maintenance history on equipment. This is important, because it gives us a more complete look at what has happened to a piece of equipment, contributing to increased efficiency and improved uptime.”


According to a recent AMR Research study*, manufacturers seek greater agility, real-time visibility and centralized IT services to respond faster to changing market conditions. Applied to maintenance management, the study affirms the need for greater global collaboration across of manufacturing operations management – including a way to standardize and centrally manage maintenance processes.


In alignment with this research, FlexNet Maintenance 2.0 offers expanded capabilities of what maintenance management should comprise, which starts with a unified, platform-based solution that can synchronize maintenance activities with both manufacturing operations (ex: manufacturing execution systems) and other enterprise systems. FlexNet Maintenance 2.0 with its native BPM architecture simplifies end-to-end process creation, standardization and integration to existing enterprise applications, resulting in greater real-time visibility and control to the shop floor.


Download a free white paper “It’s Time for Maintenance 2.0” to learn more on how a collaborative, maintenance management solution built on a global manufacturing platform can simultaneously reduce costs while improving manufacturing excellence. White paper is located at apriso.com.


Apriso has redefined maintenance management by:

* Going beyond a “stove-pipe” view of maintenance by unifying maintenance to enable greater coordination and collaboration across all manufacturing operations

* Breaking a plant centric focus by enabling a global approach to maintenance management

* More effectively integrating Maintenance Management with what has traditionally been overlapping ERP-based asset management

* Delivering a Business Process Management (BPM) architecture which enables significantly greater flexibility in defining, improving and distributing Maintenance Best Practices


Coordinating maintenance with production, quality and warehouse activities reduces disruptions to operations, increasing equipment uptime and improving productivity. FlexNet’s BPM architecture supports Lean and TPM initiatives by enabling maintenance value streams to be visually prototyped and then implemented as standardized business processes. By reducing non-value add activities such as gathering spare parts and tools or filling out requisitions, engineers get more “wrench” enabling more preventive maintenance without increasing staff, reducing time spent on only break-fix operations.


“It is essential that manufacturers have an enterprise system to maximize operational efficiency while protecting manufacturing assets and meeting important safety and compliance regulations,” said John Fishell, vice president product management at Apriso. “With FlexNet Maintenance 2.0, workflows can be established to include safety instructions, checklists and machine events that ensure standardization and compliance, so best practices can be implemented across the whole organization.”


* AMR Research, 2010 Manufacturing Trends in the US and European Markets: A Market Opportunity Assessment for Manufacturing Technologies, Simon Jacobson and Phanney Kim, May 2010.


About Apriso

Apriso Corporation is a software company dedicated to providing competitive advantage for its customers. It does so by enabling manufacturers to achieve and sustain manufacturing excellence while adapting quickly and easily to market changes. Apriso’s FlexNet is a BPM platform-based software solution for global manufacturing operations management. Apriso supports global continuous improvement by delivering visibility into, control over and synchronization across manufacturing and the product supply network. Apriso serves 180+ customers in 40+ countries across the Americas, Europe and Asia. Customers include General Motors, Lear, Honeywell, L’Oréal, Trixell, Lockheed Martin, Saint-Gobain, Novelis and Essilor. Learn more at: http://www.apriso.com.


Apriso and FlexNet are registered trademarks of Apriso Corporation. All other trademarks and registered trademarks are the property of their respective owners.


Media Contacts:


Gordon Benzie

Apriso Corporation

(562) 951-8054

gordon.benzie@apriso.com


Michael Gallo

Gutenberg Communications

(212) 239-8594

mgallo@gutenbergpr.com


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