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Informance complements our strategic efforts to migrate all business unites to common platforms.
Ron Christenson
Cargill, Corporate VP and CTO
EMI applications, such as Informance, generally begin to deliver value within days of being installed, offering an ROI that's measured in weeks and months, not years.
Allison Smith
AMR Research, Research Director
We consistently strive for best-in-class manufacturing performance. Informance enables effective continuous improvement, which is key to manufacturing flexibility, low variability, and, ultimately, outstanding customer value.
Ish Ahamed
Diageo Plainfield, VP Supply
Informance allows us to apply TPM loss elimination principles across our plants... We now have visibility of this information regardless of where you sit and can help replicate the improvement gains across multiple factories.
Tony Lippert
Unilever, Plant Manager
Schienvar calls the Informance Manufacturing Intelligence Suite used at L'Oreal a 'beautiful tool.'
Scott Schienvar
L'Oreal, Logistic Director
Informance gives us visibility into all of the facilities across our plant network to drive operational success.
Steve Belke
AkzoNobel, Supply Chain VP
The competitive climate is changing at an increasing pace. Managers are drowning in data, but starving for relevant information.
Carol Ptak
Pacific Lutheran University,
Former President APICS
By focusing on operator-identified problems, we addressed the obstacles from each operation within the value stream.
Pat Hatem
JohnsonDiversey, Plant Manager
We can show the cost of not spending capital at the push of a button.
Rich Mosgrove
Ventura, VP Manufacturing
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INFORMANCE ANNOUNCES RECORD FOURTH QUARTER AND YEAR-END ACCOMPLISHMENTS
NORTHBROOK, IL — FEBRUARY 4, 2005 — Informance International, a leading provider of manufacturing performance management solutions, today announced the successful conclusion of 2004, with record revenue for the fourth quarter ending December 30, 2004. Sales increased 157% over the fourth quarter 2003 and 211% quarter-over-quarter. The fourth quarter was highlighted by multi plant purchases from Clorox and Johnson & Johnson and the closing of a $6 million Series B financing led by Cargill Ventures.
"The past year was extremely successful with many more to follow," said John Oskin President and CEO Informance. "Our vision to become the world leader in manufacturing intelligence solutions continues to be realized, driven by a team of dedicated employees and supportive customers, partners and investors."
Other significant accomplishment and highlights for the year include:
- The addition of new customers such as Cargill, Chevron, Emerson, Magnet Schultz of America, Merck, NIBCO, Novartis, Pass & Seymour, Stroehmann Bakeries, World°s Finest Chocolate and Wyeth
- Development of the Performance Partner Network comprised of consulting, value added resellers, and value added technology companies, such as Adaptive Micro Systems, A.T. Kearney, Cooper Engineering, Holland Automation International, Lean Value Solutions, Maverick Technologies, The ProAction Group, and TEC Engineering, whose services and technologies increase the performance-enhancing capabilities of Informance
- Release of a Web Services-based, "Hub-Node", Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA) built on top of the Microsoft .Net framework, to support global deployments at the Lowest Total Cost of Ownership possible. The new architecture supports the seamless connectivity with applications, such as SAP, to provide real-time manufacturing performance metrics for more effective supply chain planning and execution
- Introduction of the IMPACT (Improved Manufacturing Performance through ACTion) methodology that insures the successful technical installation of the Informance application, and additional value-add services that help drive adoption, action and higher levels of manufacturing performance
- Expansion of Informance°s global presence with implementations outside North America in countries such as Australia, France, Netherlands, Thailand and United Kingdom
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