IS&O GROUP, INFORMANCE ALIGN TO DELIVER MANUFACTURING IMPROVEMENT SOLUTIONS THROUGHOUT PUERTO RICO AND LATIN AMERICA

Manufacturing firms throughout the region to benefit from proven operations excellence expertise and EMI solutions for lean manufacturing and the visual factory.

GUAYANBO, PR and REDWOOD CITY, CA — June 20, 2007 — IS&O Group, a leader in process management consulting in Puerto Rico, and Informance International, a leader in Enterprise Manufacturing Intelligence (EMI) solutions, announce an alliance to deliver comprehensive manufacturing improvement solutions to companies eager to accelerate improvement initiatives, drive operating strategies and obtain actionable insight for operational performance. The relationship leverages Informance’s leading manufacturing intelligence technology and modeling analytics combined with ISO Group’s manufacturing operations expertise to deliver process improvement solutions for continuous improvement initiatives.

ISO Group has proven domain expertise in the design and delivery of manufacturing operations improvement programs throughout Puerto Rico and Latin America. With more than twenty manufacturing clients throughout the region, ISO Group’s process management experts will leverage Informance’s manufacturing intelligence and patented analytics to enable clients to achieve, sustain and build on their continuous improvement efforts in plants and throughout the manufacturing facility network.

Key industry analysts recommend a holistic approach to process and continuous improvement initiatives and the combination of deep domain industry expertise and proven real-time metrics and analytics offered by the IS&O Group – Informance partnership will help companies sustain and build on their improvement gains and avoid the pitfalls of disconnected improvement programs or conflicting efforts.

According to AMR Research, "There is renewed interest in next-generation manufacturing strategies that cover a broad range of topics, but particularly MES, enterprise intelligence, and compliance/traceability. Predictable, compliant manufacturing is key to perfect order performance, which inside the plant translates to a need for frequent changeovers, better process and asset capabilities, increased product safety, and extensive performance management… Perfect order is the key to profitability. The transformation… starts with the business case, the potential ROI, and an understanding of the benefits that should be realized over time. Since most companies are currently involved in a deployment of some kind, this topic gets a lot of attention, but it has its challenges. We regularly see two groups in an organization claiming the same benefit!"
Jane Barrett, “Industrial Manufacturing - Current Landscape and Opportunities for Excellence,” AMR Research Report, November, 2006, AMR Research Boston, MA; http://amrresearch.com.

About ISO Group
ISO Group delivers operations and compliance solutions to companies across the pharmaceutical, medical device and consumer products industries. Our success is built on our ability to deliver a team of skilled, experienced, and committed individuals who will work with clients to identify and analyze needs, recommend solutions, and execute the implementation of those solutions. To learn more, visit www.isogrouppr.com.