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Systems Plus awarded 2003 APICS Corporate Innovation Award of Excellence Greensboro, NC-- Oct 8, 2003 -- Systems Plus, Inc., a software company based in Greensboro, N.C. with representatives throughout the US, has been recognized by APICS (The Educational Society for Resource Management) as recipient of the 2003 Corporate Innovation Award of Excellence for valuable new software technique. The award recognizes the development of a new technique or product that has significantly advanced the resource management industry. Systems Plus developed On-Time Orders (OTTO), which offers significant benefits to users of traditional ERP, MRP, and MRP II systems by bringing all the order and inventory information together through an approach called Rapid priority management (RPM). Rapid Priority Management is a methodology for using existing MRP/ERP data in a new way to provide clear visibility as to which activities can contribute directly to shipping product today, tomorrow, and the next day. RPM works completely outside existing system files and programs to create a data warehouse where it does all of its calculations and reporting. The OTTO software provides clear priorities for planned and released manufacturing and purchasing activities and gives advance warning of which activities are most likely to cause shipping delays. OTTO self-installs in a very short time and is relatively immune to MRP/ERP system updates. "The nice thing about RPM software is that it can be written totally outside the existing ERP system and is therefore immune to system upgrades and version concerns unless there is a change in the database structure. OTTO breathes new life into traditional MRP II and ERP systems and helps companies improve on-time shipment and reduce inventory," says James F. Rittenmeyer, president of Systems Plus. By using OTTO, one company increased its on-time shipping of customer orders from 50 percent to between 98.3 percent and 99.5 percent, which is well above the 96 percent goal set by management. "This honor recognizes the importance of the RPM approach in providing companies with the right information that they need to more effectively run the plant and satisfy customers," said Systems Plus president Rittenmeyer. "We are proud to have contributed to the manufacturing management body of knowledge and the toolset that manufacturers have at their disposal to become and remain competitive in today's challenging markets." About APICS APICS is a not-for-profit international educational organization, recognized worldwide as the primary source of knowledge and expertise for manufacturing and service industries across the entire supply chain in such areas as materials management, information services, purchasing and quality. The APICS Corporate Awards of Excellence recognize companies for significant contributions and performance excellence in the resource management industry. |