Common set of business processes

CAS has been selected by The Coca-Cola Company to provide sales force automation solutions to its bottler network, as part of the Program Scale Mobile Customer Management (MCM) initiative. According to Tom Miller, General Manager of Program Scale and Vice President, Bottling Investments for The Coca-Cola Company, Program Scale is designed to provide company-owned and franchise bottlers with a common set of business processes under the Coke One operating model, using the SAP platform. MCM is designed to take the power of Scale to the next level - extend Coke One to include advanced customer facing capabilities, particularly in the area of mobile customer management.

Welch Foods warehouse and inventory management

Welch Foods has improved warehouse and inventory management operations with Gemini Simplified Interface mobile software solution (Gemini or G.SI) for Oracle Process Manufacturing (OPM). With Gemini, Welch’s has improved operational control, inventory accuracy, visibility and order fulfillment by automating processes across three production/warehousing locations nationwide. Gemini, which controls inventory data collection and management across Welch’s entire product line of juices, spreads and fruit products, enables the company to trace lots and batches within 24 hours providing visibility greater than 99 percent of the time with inventory accuracy rates exceeding 99 percent. In addition, the system has enabled Welch’s to gain control over product compliance, a significant feat considering the ever increasing demand of food safety regulatory requirements. (Ray Gosselin, vice president of information systems and chief information officer, Welch’s.)

Workforce initiatives and management

Luck Stone Corporation, the largest family owned and operated aggregates company in the United States, has deployed the Softscape Apex platform to help execute its workforce initiatives and manage the entire employee lifecycle from hire to retire. From performance, compensation, and learning management, to recruiting, hiring, and core HR management, Luck Stone is leveraging Softscape’s talent-based system of record to achieve a true and complete picture of its workforce and effectively execute business strategies.

From its beginnings as Sunnyside Granite Company in 1923 to the multi-division corporation of today, Luck Stone has become an industry leader through sound planning, innovative thinking, and hard work. The company has grown over the years but has never lost sight of its founder’s commitment to honesty, integrity, quality, and people. The values-based company’s mission is to provide innovative products and services that enhance the lives of its customers, associates, and community. “At Luck Stone, our focus on meeting our customers’ needs and ensuring quality service and an exceptional buying experience differentiates us from our competitors,” said Michelle Trudeau, Compensation and Benefits Manager at Luck Stone. www.softscape.com www.luckstone.com

Manufacturing process capture software for Army

Contextware has been awarded a sole source contract from the U.S. Army Contracting Command, Joint Munitions & Lethality Contracting Center, Picatinny Arsenal, New Jersey on behalf of the ARDEC Knowledge Management Office. The award is for the procurement of manufacturing process capture software provided by Contextware. Armament Research, Development and Engineering Center (ARDEC), the U.S. Army's principal researcher, developer and sustainer of current and future armament and munitions systems, will use Contextware’s technology to help capture emerging manufacturing process information and knowledge. This effort will help support the establishment of a methodology to manage manufacturing process information through the implementation of an Armament Manufacturing Integrated Data Environment (AMIDE). According to the U.S. Army, it will also “facilitate communication and collaboration to conduct prototype and manufacturing process development efforts.” http://www.contextware.com

$268,000 order for a custom designed SMB connector

Aviel Electronics has been awarded an initial $268,000 production order for a custom designed SMB connector from Zargo Technologies, a leading Canadian Electro-Mechanical Distributor. The initial order of 10,000 connectors is expected to be substantially delivered in RFI's current fiscal year.

Warehouse Management for Sargento

Sargento Foods, a leading manufacturer, packager and marketer of natural cheese, has upgraded to a new version of RedPrairie Warehouse Management. (Dennis Roehrborn, VP of Logistics at Sargento Foods.)

Kelsius automates temperature monitoring of refrigerators and cold rooms, simplifying task management and providing cost effective compliancy reporting for users in the food industries. http://www.kelsius.com

Licensing and Study Support Services at GSK

GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) has signed multi-year, multi-million dollar contracts covering Licensing and Study Support Services with Phase Forward, a provider of data management solutions for clinical trials and drug safety. (Diane Fuell, Vice President of Business Support in the Centre for Clinical Study Excellence Operations and Data Quality at GSK.)

Licensing and Study Support Services at GSK

GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) has signed multi-year, multi-million dollar contracts covering Licensing and Study Support Services with Phase Forward, a provider of data management solutions for clinical trials and drug safety. (Diane Fuell, Vice President of Business Support in the Centre for Clinical Study Excellence Operations and Data Quality at GSK.)

Congratulations to Freescale - One billion sensors shipped

Freescale Semiconductor’s sensor technology innovation has helped global customers differentiate their automotive, consumer, industrial and medical products throughout the past three decades and the company recently reached a major milestone of one billion sensors shipped. Freescale is a leading supplier of micro-electromechanical systems (MEMS) acceleration and pressure sensors. According to the industry analyst firm iSuppli, Freescale ranks as the industry’s No. 1 merchant automotive sensor supplier.

High-speed connectivity for Commercial Lumber and Pallet Company

Commercial Lumber and Pallet Company (CLC), a manufacturer of new quality wooden pallets, has deployed MegaPath's Premium T1 service to deliver high-speed Internet connectivity for its locations in City of Industry and Beaumont, California. MegaPath's fully-managed service helps ensure that CLC's onsite staff can better serve customer requirements with consistent Internet access, while remote employees have reliable access to corporate applications and information. (Jeff Sano, Controller of CLC.)

Digital color printer

Print & Letter Company has installed a Ricoh Pro C900 digital color printer, giving them greater capacity and enhanced flexibility in meeting their customers’ range of printing needs. With more than 12 years of industry experience, Print & Letter specializes in both commercial and digital printing, has a nationwide presence, and works with customers on their printing and fulfillment projects from start to finish — including concept graphic design, offset and digital printing, binding, packaging and complete direct mail and fulfillment services. (Dan Mashburn, President, Print & Letter.) http://www.printletterco.com/

One-to-Watch: NewField IT is an independent software and services company that helps organisations significantly reduce their print and document storage costs. It achieves this by accurately auditing the current costs, transforming paper related processes to an optimised state, and finally managing the new estate through the use of an innovative toolset. http://www.newfieldit.com

Kraft demand sensing

Kraft Foods, the world’s second largest food company with annual revenues of $42 billion, has implemented Terra’s Demand Sensing (DS) solution in North America to decrease costs, improve service levels and reduce inventory. Terra’s Demand Sensing solution uses pattern recognition mathematics to decipher daily streams of data to determine which information is predictive of actual demand and to more accurately predict retailer requirements. Kraft implemented the software after successfully piloting DS in all U.S. warehouse businesses. (Agnes Feliciano, vice president of customer service and fulfillment for Kraft Foods.)

Kraft Foods (http://www.kraftfoodscompany.com) has 100,000 employees. Brands include Kraft cheeses, dinners and dressings, Maxwell House coffees and Oscar Mayer meats, to global brands like Oreo and LU biscuits, Philadelphia cream cheeses, Jacobs and Carte Noire coffees, Tang powdered beverages and Milka, Cote d'Or, Lacta and Toblerone chocolates.

One-to-Watch: Kelsius automates temperature monitoring of refrigerators and cold rooms, simplifying task management and providing cost effective compliancy reporting for users in the food industries. http://www.kelsius.com

Secure file transfer at P&G

As part of its ongoing initiative to be a supply chain leader and optimize trading partner relationships, consumer products leader Procter & Gamble (P&G) uses Axway’s business-to-business (B2B) solution for their external managed file transfers (MFT). The solution delivers secure file transfer with real-time visibility and control, improving communication within and outside P&G. It also offers the agility P&G needs to respond quickly to changes in its supply chain. Currently, orders, invoices, shipment notifications and other message files flow through the Axway gateway daily at P&G, for a total of more than one million files per month — all of which must be processed automatically and on time for business to flow. Transmission failures and system downtime would interrupt P&G’s entire supply chain, negatively impacting production and revenue. (Chuck Patterson, P&G’s service manager, enterprise application integration.)

Predictive analytics software at Procter & Gamble

The Procter & Gamble Company has turned to Predictive Analytics to gain a complete view of customer attitudes and preferences about its products. By using SPSS Inc. Predictive Analytics Software (PASW), Procter & Gamble is able to gather and analyze direct feedback – harnessing the vital Voice of the Customer to improve marketing research and brand evaluation. Procter & Gamble (P&G) manufactures well-known brands including Tide, Pampers, Pantene and Crest products. (Patrick Hogan, consumer research solutions manager for global business services at P&G.)

Network upgrade for Mizuno USA

Mizuno USA, a leading manufacturer of sports equipment and sportswear, has conducted a network upgrade using Brocade FastIron Power over Ethernet (PoE)-enabled and ServerIron application delivery switches. Mizuno’s new architecture enables efficient and advanced IP communication between geographically distributed campuses and product development groups, providing the foundation needed to manage and expand business operations. Parent company, Mizuno Corporation, designs and manufactures sports equipment and sportswear for recreational and professional athletes worldwide. Founded more than 100 years ago by Rihachi Mizuno in Osaka, Japan, the company has followed a product development strategy to create sporting goods with unique features and innovations that enhance athletic performance. (Keith Neely, vice president of Customer Support, Mizuno USA.)

Look at Lockheed: placing orders

Lockheed Martin Aeronautics will be using GNAT Pro to develop the Flight Management System Interface Manager and Radio Control software on the C-130J Super Hercules aircraft. The specific product is GNAT Pro High-Integrity Edition for a PowerPC target running VxWorks 653, the time- and memory-partitioned real-time operating system from Wind River Systems.

Lockheed Martin Aeronautics, builder of the F-35 Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter (JSF), is expanding the use of Teamcenter® software, Siemens PLM Software’s digital lifecycle management solution, to enable a fully digital PLM backbone for design, manufacturing and maintenance support for the JSF program.

Lockheed Martin is a global security company that employs about 146,000 people worldwide and is principally engaged in the research, design, development, manufacture, integration and sustainment of advanced technology systems, products and services. The corporation reported 2008 sales of $42.7 billion.

e-Commerce for Eileen Fisher

Eileen Fisher, a clothing company with 44 retail stores and accounts at all major department stores, is to install Escalate Retail’s e-Commerce, Contact Center, Order Manager, and Fulfillment Manager modules to enhance the customer experience and drive additional revenue. Eileen Fisher designs clothes and was founded in 1984. The collection is sold by major retailers and specialty stores across the U.S. and Canada as well as in 44 company-owned stores and online at www.eileenfisher.com. (Lauren Croke, Director of Web and E-Commerce, Eileen Fisher.)

HighJump scoops Schoep’s Ice Cream

Schoep’s Ice Cream has selected the HighJump mobile sales and delivery applications to provide improved customer service while controlling costs. Schoep’s Ice Cream is an ice cream manufacturer and distributor with both local and national distribution operations. It will implement HighJump Route Administrator, HighJump Route Assistant and Usable GPS, products new to HighJump Software through the acquisition of BelTek Systems Design. The software will support the delivery of Schoep’s Ice Cream products via 21 pre-sell and delivery routes throughout the Midwest. (Jeremy Raether, Systems Manager, Schoep’s Ice Cream.)

One millionth 3D CAD license

OGIO International has bought the one millionth license of Dassault Systèmes SolidWorks Corp's 3D CAD software. OGIO International bought the license for aluminum design engineer Sean Peterson, who is working on OGIO’s new line of motocross racing accessories. Peterson will use SolidWorks software to design products such as ramps, stands, and hardware for motocross bikes. OGIO is famous for designing creative and edgy athletic bags with innovative features like the zipper-less ball pocket on its golf bags. The company’s designers use SolidWorks software to model injection-molded plastic pieces such as carrying handles, wheels, and golf bag frames.

One-to-Watch: CADSmart software enables users to easily and automatically asses the skills of existing and prospective members of a Computer Aided Design (CAD) team: ensuring the right people are hired and training is given where it is needed. http://www.cadsmart.net.

Supplier of uniforms upgrades

Propper International, Inc., an apparel manufacturer specializing in military and law enforcement gear, has upgraded to the most recent version of the Lawson M3 Enterprise Management System and completed implementation of Lawson Enterprise Mobility at the same time. The mobility solution provides tools to help companies gain greater control and agility in managing inventory and distribution. Propper is one of the largest suppliers of uniforms to the U.S. Department of Defense. It is a high-volume manufacturer with operations in the U.S., Puerto Rico and Dominican Republic. Through the latest enterprise applications, team members now use handheld computing devices in the warehouse rather than having to move to a centralized PC to enter data. (Devin McCarthy, IT director for Propper.)