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“We are impressed with Apriso’s automotive industry knowledge and ability to cost effectively provide an operations system with real-time visibility, all the way across our global supply chain network.  As we engage in our ERP roll out, I feel better knowing that Apriso tightly integrates with enterprise applications such as ERP, demonstrating how well the two systems complement each other to improve overall operations performance.”

Luc Pirau,
IT Manager,
AGC Automotive Europe



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“Apriso is a very cost effective solution. The ease of use, the ease of training, the lower cost associated with training, and the system itself has proven to be extremely reliable. Our overall IT costs are at approximately .7% against revenues, which we believe is about half of what our industry average is.”

Lee Allen Paree,
CIO,
Amcor PET Packaging



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“We now have full traceability of finished goods. Integrity control is much better. We have faster physical stock checks and automated order picking. Paperwork is a thing of the past. And we have meaningful reports – all thanks to FlexNet. These indicate a highly successful implementation.”

Maciek Radecki,
Operations IT Manager,
British American Tobacco Poland



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“Apriso provides us with the ability to track our value stream in real time, alarm and notify people when we aren’t performing at the level to get us to our “to be” state; what we find is this allows us to slowly, but surely, shrink the segments of our value stream and increase our cycle times and improve our processes to give us greater productivity. One of the most significant examples of reductions was our inventory reduction at over 60%, which has allowed us to free up 96,000 square feet of floor space in one of our factories where we could add production capacity.”

Lee Hudson,
Manager, Manufacturing Information Technology,
Becton Dickinson



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“An immediate benefit to implementing FlexNet has been real-time visibility to operations, helping to enhance operational performance while reducing IT costs.”

Loïc Sanson,
Manufacturing, Engineering & Quality Manager for Worldwide
Supply Chain Projects,
Essilor



“Apriso’s adaptive manufacturing software adapts to me. It gives us the ability to change the look and feel of the product and how we apply our underlying rules…Apriso gives us the flexibility we need.”

Juan Leal,
Product Manager,
Lockheed Martin



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“It would have been costly and difficult to implement the best practice in SAP.  Costly because the SAP customization and… because of the complex details.  We needed a system that could run autonomously on all the sites, in order to assure that the information system will never block the preferences of the other sites.  And, Apriso knows SAP well and the interfacing problem of SAP.”

Jacques Playe,
CIO Operations
L'Oreal
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“SAP R/3 could only be used to plan what to produce per day, but was inadequate for Mitsuba’s shop floor operations. We use FlexNet to plan and dispatch production orders with the detail of which machine and production line to use, as well as the production sequence. Actual results against plan are then fed back to R/3 in real-time. The detailed container inventory levels are stored in FlexNet, allowing real-time inventory visibility at the shop floor.”

Mr. Shimada,
R/3 Project Executive,
Mitsuba Corporation

 

“Tight integration with an ERP system like SAP is a key element for us as we strive to become more flexible and agile. FlexNet is helping us meet our most important challenges; maintaining high levels of customer satisfaction, accelerating time to market and keeping our costs down.”

Marc Vincent,
Methods & SIGMAP Project Manager,
Novelis Foil & Technical Products



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“Ricoh managers now have real-time data at their finger tips, readily able to view WIP, even at a subcontractor’s plant. FlexNet interfaces seamlessly with existing headquarters systems, so operational data is easily available for executive review. Production managers have discovered how easy it is to update and manage processes within FlexNet, contributing to improved performance, reduced maintenance disruptions and greater overall flexibility.

FlexNet has been such a success that we look forward to using it enterprise-wide. One day, we hope it will help us manage all manufacturing activities, particularly our core products, including analog devices based on power-supply technology and digital devices used for image processing.”

Akira Matsushima,
Senior Specialist,
Ricoh Company, Ltd.



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“FlexNet provides an electronic genealogy of each product, including a record of raw material components by lot number. This is extremely important to us as we expand into manufacturing drugs in addition to medical products and devices, as it allows us to comply with FDA requirements.”

Bill Kale,
Director of IT,
Sage Products, Inc.



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“We have implemented Apriso’s FlexNet system to provide a completely unified solution for manufacturing and logistics across 30 of our European manufacturing and distribution sites. With FlexNet, we have enforced manufacturing consistency and best practices across our operations. We now have real-time visibility into manufacturing, order and logistics status from anywhere in the company.”

Hans Cordes,
CEO,
Saint-Gobain Sekurit



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“By leveraging the flexibility of FlexNet’s design, it was easy to customize individual plant conditions while at the same time retain global best practices. This means that we have the best of both worlds – standardization of procedures that are proven to be successful, yet also the freedom to adapt these best practices when appropriate."

Hangmin Cho,
Management Info Team,
SI FLEX



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“With FlexNet, our plan is to enhance visibility so we’re better able to adapt operations, letting us more efficiently respond to changing customer requirements without disrupting operations or sacrificing quality.

In the end, we selected Apriso as a solution provider that could provide  global visibility down to the shop floor, helping us identify which processes are indeed a ‘best practice’, which we will then globally distribute.”

Mitch Alexander,
CIO,
Spellman

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“Apriso’s software had the flexibility and product breadth we needed to make the change to a single platform that integrated seamlessly with our ERP system. Now, we have a real-time view of our entire enterprise – from plant floor to back office to warehouse – which gives us greater control over our global operations.”

Tony DeGregorio,
CIO,
Textron Systems



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“Our expectations have been exceeded with the deployment of Apriso FlexNet, continuing our commitment to improve customer responsiveness while providing easier access to production data...Now, everything is stored in a centralized database, providing efficiency while simplifying production processes through the easy-to-use FlexNet system.”

Jean Philippe Pierre,
IT Project Manager,
Trixell



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“Customer service is improved. Each operator can view all production rules and product specifications on their screen. This has greatly reduced the likelihood for error throughout the system, improving quality and increasing on-time deliveries -- wonderful benefits to our customers.”

Patrick Eygazier,
Project Manager,
Ugitech



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“What strikes me about Apriso’s solution is its flexibility and its center-of-excellence concept to identify best practices. It can be very difficult to change manufacturing culture and practice. Apriso adapts to our processes, but can change over time. You need a system to prove your point to a plant manager."

Scott Park,
CIO and SVOP of Processes and Systems,
Volvo CE