Solidifying their commitment to providing manufacturers with the industry`s most comprehensive manufacturing solution, JBA International today announces its strategic alliance with American Software USA, Inc.
The relationship unites the technological and industry expertise of JBA, a premier supplier of Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) software with American Software, the industry`s leading innovator in state-of-the-art Flow Manufacturing technology. With the agreement, American Software`s Flow Manufacturing becomes the preferred solution for JBA`s System 21 AS/400 customers.
Industry analyst firm AMR Research (AMR) in their October 20, 1998 Enterprise Applications Alert, believes that, "For manufacturers, the combination of JBA`s System 21 and American Software`s Flow product establishes a competitive manufacturing capability in an industry that has already internalized the impact that Flow Manufacturing can have on delivery performance and overhead management."
"The alliance of JBA`s world-class ERP solutions with American Software`s leading management and manufacturing solutions, means companies will find they have a fully integrated, automated system that continually drives disciplines into place by standardizing procedures across teams and sites," says Bruckner de Villiers, JBA South Africa`s Managing Director.
"As the first to bring a fully functioning flow manufacturing system to the market, American Software has an outstanding reputation for providing strategic enterprise solutions to the industry. Flow Manufacturing is a demand-driven practice companies are increasingly capitalizing on with hugely successful results," states Bruckner. "Our relationship with American Software marks another significant step for JBA in providing forward thinking solutions to our customers."
Based in Atlanta, American Software develops, markets and supports the industry`s most comprehensive offering of integrated enterprise management and manufacturing solutions. Its Flow Manufacturing solution is the first dedicated application for automating pull-based, flow manufacturing as a best-of-class client/server extension to ERP solutions.
Editors note
JBA South Africa (Pty) Limited, is the South African subsidiary of JBA International Plc, which in turn owned by London Stock Exchange listed JBA Holdings, a leading world-wide provider of enterprise management software solutions, with local offices in Johannesburg, Cape Town, and Durban.
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