INDIANAPOLIS, August 29, 2006—Cimnet Systems Inc., a business unit of Made2Manage Systems Inc. and a leading global supplier of enterprise resource planning (ERP) software and services to the printed circuit board (PCB) industry, today announced that Springfield, Mo.-based Northrop Grumman Interconnect Technologies has selected Cimnet Systems’ comprehensive suite of PCB-specific ERP solutions to revolutionize the way it manages its growing PCB fabrication operations.
From the initial design phase to production and through delivery, Cimnet Systems’ innovative manufacturing software applications provide the electronics industry with an expansive sales, engineering, collaboration and manufacturing management toolset.
According to Jeff Coiner, director of information technology for Northrop Grumman Interconnect Technologies, the company purchased the following solutions to integrate business systems, increase its productivity, and improve its efficiency:
• i-Quote™—An intelligent and open quotation system that aggregates Web-based inputs, a rules-based costing engine, workflows and quote analysis before quickly and accurately generating quotes.
• Paradigm®—A set of real-time, integrated software modules that provide tools for managing sales, material, pre-production engineering, and production with additional functionality available for cost accounting, statistical process control, cycle time performance, financial accounting, sales forecasting, intelligent engineering, lot tracking, plant maintenance, just-in-time performance, electronic data interchange, and executive information systems.
• Engenix®—A pre-production engineering solution that extracts and analyzes engineering, shop floor, and business data, and generates stack-ups and travelers with a rules-based engine, while optimizing the bill of materials with ERP system integration.
• Engenix ST—A stack-up and impedance solution that automatically calculates complex lamination structures, dielectric Dk, trace profiles, thickness, cost, and impedance parameters through event-based rules.
• Navipoint™—An executive dashboard portal that aggregates data from multiple systems at various data points to provide a unified view of enterprise performance, facilitates management-by-exception capability, and enables better collaboration with customers, suppliers, and other business partners.
Steve Vetter, director of engineering, stated that Northrop Grumman Interconnect Technologies chose the Cimnet suite of solutions because “Cimnet Systems’ existing capabilities are the best fit for our current needs and future expansion.”
According to Mike Davis of Northrop Grumman Interconnect Technologies’ engineering team, "Cimnet Systems’ Engenix job module will greatly speed up the process of creating stack-ups, bills of material, and routers for basic, as well as complex, sequentially laminated jobs. These improvements will result in reduced front-end tooling time and costs, as well as improved accuracy of the job planning process."
“We’re very excited about this opportunity to work with Northrop Grumman Interconnect Technologies and employ our experience within the electronics industry to help them better manage their business processes,” stated Mehul Davé, general manager of Cimnet Systems. “We’re confident that our software solutions, which have all been specifically designed to meet the unique needs of the PCB manufacturing community, will allow Northrop Grumman Interconnect Technologies to compete at a much higher level over time.”
About Northrop Grumman Interconnect Technologies
Northrop Grumman Interconnect Technologies, a unit of Northrop Grumman's Electronic Systems sector, is a world-leading supplier of high-performance daughtercards, midplane and backplane solutions to major blue-chip customers in markets as diverse as network and wireless infrastructure, defense, and electronic data processing. Northrop Grumman Interconnect Technologies is headquartered in Springfield, Mo. For more information, visit www.ngpcb.com or call (800) 682-7585.
About Cimnet Systems Inc.
Based in Downers Grove, Ill., Cimnet Systems Inc. develops and markets its Paradigm, Engenix, i-Quote, Navipoint, and other software solutions and services to manage the unique sales, engineering, production and collaboration processes of printed circuit board (PCB) manufacturers. Through a direct sales force with offices in the U.S., India, China (Mainland, Hong Kong, Taiwan), and Germany, Cimnet Systems serves more than 100 customers worldwide, including such leading PCB manufacturers as Viasystems, Tyco, Fuba, Teradyne, WUS, Elec & Eltek, Ibiden, Hitachi Chemicals, DDI, Coretec, Aspocomp (PCB Center), CCTC, ShenNan and UMTC. For more information about Cimnet Systems and its suite of ERP solutions, visit www.cim-sys.com or call (630) 874-5500.
About Made2Manage Systems Inc.
Made2Manage Systems has a 20-year history of helping companies achieve and sustain productive operations, satisfied customers, and profitable results through technology and services. The enterprise software and services provider is dedicated to becoming a valued business partner by helping each and every customer continuously improve their business processes over time. Toward this mission, Made2Manage Systems invests in the people, processes, technology and tools needed to provide its customers with a unique combination of customer care; product fit; a broad range of consulting, IT and business services; and industry expertise. Made2Manage Systems serves more than 4,300 customers worldwide and across a variety of industries, including manufacturing, distribution, financial services, health care, contact center, high tech, and local government. For further information, visit www.made2manage.com, e-mail at info@made2manage.com, or call (800) 626-0220.
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