ORTEMS' New Agile Planning 7.40 Takes Manufacturing Performance and Customer Agility & Responsiveness to New Levels

ORTEMS, a leading provider of advanced planning and scheduling solutions, launches a major new release of its Agile Planning software.

The new release 7.40 meets the major requirements of manufacturers facing the economic crisis: Cut production costs while improving customer service level Stay on schedule for improved production control Improve manufacturing flexibility to match increasingly fluctuating demand Create innovative inventory strategies: optimize inventory targets, safety stock consumption and alerts, and visibility of supply sources Jean Luc Badoc, ORTEMS Technical Director, states "We developed this new release in partnership with our international clients (DCNS, NEXANS, NESPRESSO, SANOFI AVENTIS, ARCELOR MITTTAL, RHODIA, etc.) and in tune with new manufacturing requirements: demand driven production, just-in-time, reduced cycle time, etc. Our renewed commitment to Agile Manufacturing was extremely well received by our installed base, as reflected in the massive migration to 7.40 and its high value added functionality.

About ORTEMS ORTEMS, a leading provider of manufacturing planning and detailed production scheduling solutions, offers innovative solutions based on Agile Manufacturing concepts. ORTEMS is the ideal complement to ERP systems due to the power of its finite capacity optimization engines, the efficiency of its models for dynamic synchronization of production flows and the quality of its certified integrations. ORTEMS provides a dynamic, comprehensive model that integrates the performance of its synchronized MRP technology, which enables obtaining optimal customer service rates in a pull planning production environment. ORTEMS solutions are currently used by thousands of people in more than 40 countries, by international companies including Arcelor-Mittal, Rio Tinto Alcan, Alstom, Areva, Crown, DCNs, EADS, Givaudan, Johnson & Johnson, Knauf, Liebherr, Magneti Marelli, Merck, Michelin, Nestl Nexans, PSA Peugeot Citro Prysmian, Rhodia, Ricoh, Sanofi-Aventis, Seb, Total, Valeo and Wyeth. For more information about ORTEMS, please visit www.ortems.com.

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