Manufacturing and Distribution Companies Across EMEA Select Oracle For Better Information and Efficiencies
The need for greater choice and support drives leading manufacturing companies to invest in Oracle
Geneva, Switzerland
13-NOV-2006 07:47 AM
As organisations in the manufacturing and distribution
industries seek to increase their competitiveness and build lean, profitable organisations,
Oracle continues to be the choice for information technology products and services
in the Europe, Middle East & Africa (EMEA) region. During the six months to
August 2006, companies such as B&B Italia, Husqvarna AB (Sweden), and Konex
(Poland) have endorsed Oracle's strategy of choice and support.
Relying on Oracle, manufacturing and distribution companies are able to optimise
their business processes to help them operate more efficiently and to help drive
down costs. Manufacturers are finding that only Oracle offers the preferred
functionality to strengthen their ability to adapt to market changes quickly
and to achieve their goal of increasing customer satisfaction to help stand
out from competitors. Oracle's family of products which includes Oracle®
E-Business Suite, PeopleSoft Enterprise, JD Edwards EnterpriseOne, Siebel applications,
Oracle Fusion Middleware and Oracle Database 10g enables organisations to get
better information and better results. Oracle is Number 1 in Supply Chain Management
globally.
"Using Oracle, our manufacturing and distribution customers are able to
create demand-driven supply networks by driving collaboration deeper with customers,
suppliers and partners," said Per-Magnus Karlsson, Senior Director Applications
- Supply Chain, Oracle Europe, Middle East & Africa. "As a result,
we're seeing more high-tech, manufacturing and distribution companies select
Oracle to help maximise profitability and build high-quality products at the
lowest possible cost."
B&B Italia
B&B Italia, a leading company in contemporary furniture, is transforming
its business model and has chosen Oracle E-Business Suite because of its capacity
to adapt within its Lean Enterprise project. At the same time, Oracle E-Business
Suite is also able to manage B&B Italia's two lines of business: one business
manages the production and distribution of design products, and the other manages
international complex 'turn-key' contracts for furnishing, from logistics and
material procurement to installation. The adoption of Oracle E-Business Suite
will allow a better internal data flow among all B&B Italia strategic functions,
achieving cost savings and business optimisation.
Konex Co. Ltd
Konex of Poland is a leading producer and distributor of plastic and wooden
household articles, exporting their products to over 30 countries. Konex holds
ISO 9001/2000, and produces over 2 million articles per month. "Oracle
E-Business Suite Special Edition is the perfect solution for Konex, and will
help our business grow in the future," said Albert Czajka, Vice President,
Konex.
Husqvarna AB
Husqvarna AB, an industrial manufacturer of professional and consumer outdoor
products, plans to consolidate their financial and manufacturing systems and
use Oracle JDE EnterpriseOne as a strategic platform worldwide. "Oracle
is one of the two largest outsourcing vendors to Husqvarna," said Lennart
Dorthe, CIO.
Manufacturing and distribution organisations that selected Oracle in the
six months to end August 2006 include:
Umdasch (Austria), Mondi Business Paper Austria (Austria), VOEST (Austria),
Kordarna a.s.(Czech Republic), Thales Electronic Systems (Greece), B&B Italia
Spa (Italy), Omar A. Balubaid Co. Ltd (Saudi Arabia), Jane (Spain), Husqvarna
AB (Sweden), Chopard (Switzerland), Yesim Tekstil A.S (Turkey), Konex (Poland),
Action (Poland), and Wincanton (UK).
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