Alliance Supports RFID Asset Management Implementation in Asia and Beyond ...

Alliance Supports RFID Asset Management Implementation in Asia and Beyond: Apriso Announces Partnership Agreement with HCL Technologies ...

Apriso and HCL alliance will drive RFID-enabled asset management implementations in the Asia-Pacific region and beyond ...

From Business Wire (press release), CA ... product genealogy, in-line production sequencing, real-time, RFID-based asset management, lean supply, successive refinement (kaizen), six-sigma quality levels ...

... Apriso(R) Corporation and HCL Technologies (NSE:HCLT.NS) have formed an alliance appointing HCL as an implementation and services partner for Apriso FlexNet(TM) application software. HCL Technologies will be engaged in FlexNet implementation projects both in the Asia-Pacific region and throughout the world on behalf of Apriso as well as HCL customers. Apriso and HCL will jointly focus on the automotive, life sciences and electronics manufacturing & supply services (EMS) industries. The HCL Manufacturing IT Group provides complete lifecycle services, from concept to deployment, in the areas of factory applications such as manufacturing execution and automation systems; enterprise application services such as product data management (PDM), product lifecycle management (PLM) supply variability and enterprise integration; and performance applications such as performance dashboards, business analytics, plant maintenance and asset utilization. ...

Apriso is the pioneer of a new class of enterprise software that for the first time enables global corporations to define, operate, and monitor supply, production and distribution processes in real time, without limits. Apriso's software, known as FlexNet(R), provides such fine-grained visibility and control of both execution processes and key performance indicators that it is an ideal platform for accomplishing the most pressing business initiatives of today: compliance, product genealogy, in-line production sequencing, real-time, RFID-based asset management, lean supply, successive refinement (kaizen), six-sigma quality levels, demand-driven supply (the "Dell" model), and the adaptive enterprise. Apriso operates in 9 countries across the Americas, Europe and Asia-Pacific, and its rapidly-growing customer base consists of more than 140 customers and over 400 installations worldwide.

HCL Technologies is one of India's leading global Technology & IT services companies, providing software- led IT solutions, BPO and infrastructure management services. Making a foray into the services domain in 1997-98, HCL Technologies focuses on technology and R&D outsourcing, working with clients in areas at the core of their business. The company leverages an extensive offshore infrastructure and its global network of 26 offices in 15 countries to deliver solutions across select verticals including Banking, Insurance, Retail & Consumer, Aerospace, Automotive, Semiconductors, Telecom and Life Sciences. For the twelve-month period ended 31st December 2004, HCL Technologies along with its subsidiaries had revenues of $664 million and 20,249 employees.