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AnswerThink and Camstar to "e-Connect" Internet Solutions To The Manufacturing and Business Process
February 21, 2000
AnswerThink will leverage their proven methodology for developing e-Business strategies by utilizing its experience with the Camstar solutions and integrating them with the AnswerThink service offerings. These services include e-Branding, Interprise supply chain management, technology integration, and business process transformation into effective e-Business solutions. AnswerThink's recent merger with THINK New Ideas has enhanced the company's capabilities with front-end interfaces, Internet Web sites, portals, intranets and and other environments, enabling AnswerThink to rapidly develop and integrate complex end-to-end Internet-based solutions for FORTUNE 1000 companies and "dot-com" organizations.
"As the role of the Internet becomes increasingly vital to the operational and business infrastructure of major corporations, we are faced with increasingly sophisticated management and customer expectations and requirements," says Joe Dugan, Managing Director at AnswerThink. "This partnership will enable us to deploy solutions that e-connect key components of the business and operational systems in a rapid and meaningful manner, enabling us to rapidly execute solutions that have a direct, positive impact on business performance and results. Camstar's MESA and InSite MES products are backbone applications that are essential for establishing the critical connection between the business and operational levels of the manufacturing companies we are working with through our supply chain practice."
Camstar's AS/400-based MESA and Windows NT-based InSite will provide connectivity and real-time communication between plant floor operations and the business-level manufacturing and distribution systems – such as enterprise resource planning and supply chain management – that are part of the e-Business value proposition. At the same time, the ability of MESA and InSite to provide manufacturing management with detailed reporting and analysis of process-level plant operations will allow manufacturers to reduce their cycle times to the levels required by the near-instantaneous demands of the emerging e-Business extended-enterprise model.
Bill Swanton of AMR Research says "An e-business strategy must link the customer's request to a flexible execution capability which provides total visibility to the extended enterprise. Starting with Camstar's strong MES, AnswerThink adds the consulting and technical integration services for a successful e-Business deployment."
"We are delighted to have formed this partnership with AnswerThink," says Dave Cone, President of Camstar. "Their growth and market penetration in recent years has been phenomenal, establishing them clearly as a world-class leader for e-Business solutions. The innovative approach they've chosen for structuring and delivering their e-Business consultation and technology integration services enables them to accelerate for our clients the deployment and return on investment of our high-connectivity, high-functionality, plant floor MES software."
About AnswerThink:
AnswerThink Consulting Group (www.answerthink.com) is a leading, integrated e-business solutions provider. With its recent merger with THINK New Ideas, the company now helps design, build, market and support the e-business efforts of a growing list of FORTUNE 1000 and dot-com clients. AnswerThink offers a wide range of integrated solutions, including e-business consulting, interactive marketing, branding and creative content development, web-design, benchmarking and best practices, e-business transformation, custom application development, software package implementation, e-commerce and decision support technology. The company's "end-to-end" focus provides its clients with a unique combination of accountability and expertise, leveraging e-solutions across multi-entity functional areas that include brand and product management, business strategy, e-commerce, supply chain, sales and marketing, customer relationship management, finance, human resources and information technology. For more information please contact 1-888-2solve-IT.
About Camstar:
Founded in 1984, Camstar Systems, Inc. supplies its manufacturing execution system (MES) software to the semiconductor, electronics, textiles, paper, metals, and food markets, as well as to other industries for which tracking, traceability, quality data collection, and process control are mission-critical to corporate success. The company offers and supports two distinct MES products – MESA for the IBM AS/400 series and InSite for Microsoft's Windows NT platform. Camstar Systems, Inc. is located at 900 E. Hamilton Ave., Suite 400, Campbell, CA 95008, 408/559-5700, Fax: 408/558-9350, http://www.camstar.com.
