B> Zellweger Analytics, a division of Zellweger Luwa AG, the world`s leading supplier of total environmental monitoring solutions, has invested lb700,000 with JBA. The company decided to upgrade its JBA Business 400 software to JBA System 21 integrated financial, manufacturing customer service & logistics and service management software.
This will enable it to be year 2000 compliant and to invoice in euros by 1st January 1999 throughout all of its European and USA operations. The new system will be live by end of October 1998 in all the company`s manufacturing sites and major sales offices.
Hilary Wright, information technology director for Zellweger Analytics, said, "Since the introduction of the JBA system in the division, our companies have benefitted from using a single, harmonised IT solution. The investment will provide us with the enterprise solution that will allow us to have visibility across legal entities and automate inter-company transactions. Essentially JBA is providing the IT to support a global enterprise".
Zellweger Analytics provides a range of domestic to large industrial monitoring equipment for detecting flammable and toxic gases and analytical equipment for the measurement and monitoring of water quality. Zellweger Analytics` product lines are used by water companies, semi-conductor manufacturers and petro-chemical companies amongst others.
In the UK, Zellweger Analytics is also piloting JBA`s Job Management and Workshop Management software. Job Management will allow Zellweger Analytics to capture costs and generate income for specific jobs, projects or orders to bridge the gap between Project Management and Financial Accounting. Workshop Management is a comprehensive control tool which simplifies the administration of activities concerned with the repair and overhaul of its monitoring equipment at Zellweger Analytics` premises.
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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