Apriso's FlexNet For Mill Products Helps Enhance Profitability; Provides 100% Supplier Visibility, Integrated Quality, and Greater Control over Energy Costs Business Wire, May 15, 2006
LONG BEACH, Calif. New Solution Leverages OSIsoft and Greycon Capabilities to Replace Monolithic, Paper-Based Systems with Adaptive Operations Execution Platform

Apriso(R) Corporation has announced the availability of FlexNet(R) for Mill Products, a software platform designed to help mills operate more profitably and with greater agility. FlexNet helps mill products manufacturers seize control over the rising costs of energy, raw materials, machine maintenance, labor, quality assurance -- as well as constantly changing business drivers -- and other factors eating into their margins and productivity.

FlexNet addresses those issues by managing multiple mission-critical areas on a single software platform built on a unified data model. Such a system provides complete visibility into work in progress, raw materials, equipment maintenance, and other areas. Armed with such information, mills personnel can make timely decisions and take fast corrective action when needed, helping to lower costs in a number of areas:

Energy efficiency - FlexNet provides 100 percent visibility into equipment usage, enabling front-line personnel to make informed decisions for more efficient allocation of energy resources;