System Software Associates (SSA) has announced the release of BPCS Client/Server V6.0.04 for the automotive industry. It is, says SSA, the enterprise management industry`s most advanced global solution for Automotive Component Manufacturers today, providing complete integration of the flow of information between customers and suppliers throughout the supply chain. BPCS Client/Server V6.0.04 for Automotive provides comprehensive capabilities across manufacturing, financial and supply chain management. "The automotive release of BPCS Client/Server delivers a standard global automotive solution, regardless of the country a component supplier operates in, or supplies to," says Reg Mitchell, country manager for SSA South Africa. "This is an increasingly critical capability as the automotive industry experiences further consolidation and results in fewer and larger, global automotive component manufacturers." SSA`s extensive Automotive Industry experience is already endorsed by more than 1 100 automotive components manufacturers worldwide. One of them is existing UK client, LucasVarity HVBS, which has long recognised the importance of industry expertise. Back in 1993, LucasVarity HVBS searched for "an expert supplier" - a company with in-depth understanding of not only the best and most appropriate technology available but which was also experienced in the automotive Industry. Paul Foster, then logistics manager for LucasVarity HVBS, comments: "SSA had an impressive automotive user base and a proven track record in this industry sector. SSA`s automotive team understood our requirements and, more importantly, they understood our business." LucasVarity has since bought BPCS Client/Server V6.0.04 for Automotive. Other major Tier 1 automotive component manufacturers which have committed to BPCS Client/Server V6.0.04 for Automotive include Bundy (part of the TI Group), Rieter Automotive Systems AG, GKN and Lucas Aftermarket Operations. This new release of BPCS Client/Server now also delivers the most technically advanced solution in the automotive industry today, says Roger Covey, CEO and chairman of SSA. "With its Distributed Object Computing Architecture (DOCA) and SSA`s FASTresults program, BPCS Client/Server for Automotive can be implemented in as little as three months," he says. "With the pace of change fast and furious, short implementation cycles are critical. The configurability and re-configurability of the product once implemented is also key as the automotive industry demands continue to change. And with a product development strategy fed by direct dialogue with both vehicle assemblers and component manufacturers, BPCS Client/Server V6.0.04 for Automotive is quickly becoming recognised as a standard package application for the Automotive Industry."
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