FlexNet Global Manufacturing Suite

The manufacturing industry’s first Enterprise Operations Execution system

One user interface. One unified data model. One consistent view of the world. One system on which to run your operations.

In the ever-shifting global marketplace, manufacturers who can control production processes and quickly adjust to market pressures and opportunities have a huge competitive advantage.

But getting there requires an integrated manufacturing system that lets you synchronize activities in one plant, and across multiple plants, quickly and easily, with as little interruption to your business as possible.  In short, you need an “enterprise” system for your manufacturing operations.

That system is here today. FlexNet® Global Manufacturing Suite™ from Apriso, the first packaged solution for managing multiple manufacturing and operations facilities – both yours and those of your suppliers, customers and partners.

Global Manufacturing. Start here, go anywhere.

Global Manufacturing Suite is built on Apriso’s FlexNet, an adaptive operations execution platform proven in more than 150 companies worldwide.  Three separate but fully integrated FlexNet modules act as the integration ‘layer’ across ‘siloed’ operations and systems, empowering you to synchronize activities throughout your operations and extended enterprise so they work as a cohesive whole.  Working within FlexNet, they fulfill the key requirements of global manufacturers for plant control and data reporting:

• Global Process Manager – Makes deployment and management of process flows faster and more reliable, whether in a facility, an enterprise, or across a supply network.  In addition, the module manages FlexNet configurations to ensure synchronization with all instances of FlexNet in your distributed manufacturing computing environment.
• Global Production Manager – Tracks and traces materials and products across your enterprise and those of your suppliers and contract manufacturers;
• Global Performance Manager – Built on a robust KPI analytics engine, provides detailed visibility into production status, product attributes, SPC and quality for resources, material, labor and machines, both locally and across multiple locations.

New Time-Saving Configuration Feature

The Suite draws upon Apriso’s deep expertise in deploying wide-scale implementations for some of the world’s largest manufacturers – implementations that typically include multiple instances of FlexNet to ensure 24x7 availability.  Based on that experience, Apriso has built into the Suite a configuration management and deployment application that synchronizes all instances of FlexNet in your network, in any location, making a once-tedious and time consuming task quicker and easier.

Seamless integration enhances the power of ERP
Integration with ERP is built into the Apriso platform, so it readily adapts to your existing IT infrastructure and enhances the effectiveness of your business systems and plant operations.

Apriso – the leader in global manufacturing systems

Apriso is a pioneer in enterprise operations execution solutions for global manufacturing, the next generation of manufacturing execution systems.  The company has deployed more multi-site rollouts than any other software vendor in its class – some consisting of more than 80 sites.  Forward-looking organizations have turned to Apriso for the IT flexibility, global process management capabilities, and tight ERP integration needed to coordinate activity on a global basis.

• A top 10 Tier I automotive supplier in Europe – 77 sites for shop floor and warehouse, in multiple languages;
• A major software developer – 85 plants in 24 countries for tracking 200 million certificates of authenticity;
• The world’s largest supplier of automotive glass – machine utilization, labor and other resources across more than 45 sites;
• A supplier of engines, transmissions, castings and components for a Tier I automotive manufacturer – traceability (spill containment) across more than 29 facilities;
• One of the world’s largest providers of paper products – day-to-day manufacturing, logistics and maintenance execution across 80 sites, including a comprehensive RFID deployment;

Get there all at once. Or one plant at a time.

Whatever your strategic goals, FlexNet Global Manufacturing Suite allows you to add operational areas as your business grows or changes.  Apriso is the leader in delivering real-time solutions for enterprise operations execution. Our Global Manufacturing Suite enables companies to define, operate, and monitor supply, production and distribution processes in real time, around the world. Apriso operates in nine countries across the Americas, Europe and Asia-Pacific. The company has more than 150 customers and over 400 installations worldwide.