Leading Manufacturers are beating the competition by simultaneously responding to changing demand and supply conditions while staying Lean; Apriso discussion will show benefits of a tightly integrated system with real-time collaboration between the plant floor and supply chain applications

--Apriso Corporation:

Who: Apriso Corporation, a provider of adaptive software solutions for global manufacturers, has been selected to explain how Apriso customers achieve global synchronization between their extended supply chain networks and distributed manufacturing facilities, achieving real time visibility and control over global operations execution. Tom Comstock, senior vice president products and strategy at Apriso, will present how a large, multi-national manufacturer enhanced return on investment (ROI) of their SAP Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) system with Apriso FlexNet, which they have now installed at 44 locations across nine countries. The system automates their shop floor production, providing a highly adaptive operations management solution with real-time flexibility and visibility, integrating ERP with production and supply chain management applications.

What: The Fifth Annual International Symposium on Supply Chain Management is a two-day event focusing on partnership building through technology, and the role of third party service providers to optimize the management of distributed, global supply chains.

Where: The Grand Hotel & Suites, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

When: Session FB1 - Global Supply Chains II, Friday, October 19, 2007, 10:45 AM EST

To Attend: Learn more by visiting: http://www.scmsymposium.org/

About Apriso

Apriso Corporation is a software company dedicated to providing competitive advantage for its customers. It does so by enabling manufacturing organizations to adapt quickly and easily to market changes and unexpected events. Apriso FlexNet applications provide visibility, adaptability and real-time control of manufacturing operations across the enterprise and supply chain network. Apriso leads the industry in multi-site, globally integrated Operations Execution Systems. Many of Apriso’s customers have chosen to integrate planning, execution and control to increase operational efficiency and eliminate errors in their production process. Apriso serves more than 160 customers in 40 countries across the Americas, Europe and Asia, powering more than 600 installations worldwide. A partial listing of customers includes 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.