Apriso Customer Presentation – How British American Tobacco Plc Turned Supply Chain Visibility into a Competitive Advantage

Enhanced tracking and traceability within supply chain operations contributed directly to achieving regulatory compliance; lowered costs improved shareholder value

Who:  Apriso customer, British American Tobacco (BAT) will present how they turned the increased requirement for tracking and traceability of their regulated products into a competitive advantage. Using Apriso’s Operations Execution System, BAT can now track changing market data, supporting better decision making within its quickly changing production lines. This system enables BAT to proactively manage dynamic customer demand, with regards to the myriad brands they produce. Apriso FlexNet has enabled improved operations performance across multiple facilities and locations, transitioning regulatory compliance mandates from a cost of doing business into an advantage.

What:  A case study presentation will be broadcast live during this Manufacturing Business Technology (MBT) webinar. The broadcast will feature guidance for visionary manufacturers looking to optimize their operations with solutions that:

• Enable visibility into all of a manufacturer's dispersed operations
• Provide an IT infrastructure that easily integrates a manufacturer’s best practices across the enterprise
• Offer the flexibility needed for successful deployment in multiple manufacturing environments worldwide

A question and answer period will directly follow, based on feedback from attendees. Moderators and speakers will include:

Phil Harris
Global Project Manager - MES
British American Tobacco, Plc

Sidney Hill
Executive editor
Manufacturing Business Technology

Tom Comstock
SVP, Product Marketing
Apriso Corporation

When:  March 20, 2007 @ 8:00AM Pacific Time; 11:00AM Eastern Time

To Attend:  Register at: http://www.mbtmag.com/resources/techbroadcast/event.asp?eid=233
 
About Apriso
Apriso Corporation is a software company dedicated to providing competitive advantage for its customers. It does so by enabling organizations to adapt quickly and easily to market changes and unexpected events. Apriso’s FlexNet platform provides visibility, adaptability and real-time control of manufacturing operations across the enterprise and supply chain network. This is accomplished by integrating planning, execution and control, increasing operational efficiency and eliminating errors in the production process. Apriso serves more than 150 customers in 39 countries across the Americas, Europe and Asia, powering more than 500 installations worldwide. Its customers include General Motors, Lear, Honeywell, Microsoft, L'Oreal, Lockheed Martin, Becton Dickinson, Rubbermaid, Saint-Gobain, Novelis and Essilor. Please visit www.apriso.com for more information.