Evan Garber, President of Escape Velocity Systems (www.evs-sw.com) recently announced that Organic Milling selected the firm’s process manufacturing software solution. Garber commented, “We are delighted to have a leader in the cereal, granola, and snack products sector recognize the unique merit and value in our technology solution and are confident Organic Milling will experience enormous value and benefit.”

For over 40 years Organic Milling has been producing wholesome and delicious cereal, granola and snack products for health conscious consumers and retailers. Located in San Dimas, California, the firm produces a wide array of products with specific formulations that are unique to food process manufacturers. With more people aware of the health implications of eating quality food products, Organic Milling offers snack mixes, cereal bars, and other products that contain high fiber, high protein, low sugar, low glycemic index, as well as organic. These designations require rigorous tracking of all food content and ingredients; Escape Velocity Systems was the best manufacturing technology solution to meet these needs.

Escape Velocity Systems (EVS) was formed in 2001 to combine specific industry knowledge related to process manufacturing, distribution, and ERP implementations with cutting edge software development. The company focus is to create tools that enable mid-market enterprises to achieve their goals, focusing on lean processes and ROI. According Garber, “We realize that good ERP software is the hub of information in any process manufacturing enterprise. Timely, reliable, and centralized data are non-negotiable elements for businesses competing in the 21st century.”

The term escape velocity refers to the speed that is necessary for an object to overcome gravity and soar into space. EVS provides direct applications for businesses looking for a catalyst, not just a software package. Process manufacturers require the best software solution coupled with industry experience that will accelerate the velocity with which they race towards their goals. The gravity of status-quo opposes aggressive, cutting edge organizations as they strive towards high quality and short lead time delivery while reducing inventories and operating costs.

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Evan Garber, President of Escape Velocity Systems (www.evs-sw.com) recently announced that Albaugh, Inc. selected the firm’s process manufacturing software solution. Garber commented, “We are delighted to have a leader in the Agri-business sector recognize the unique merit and value in our technology solution and are confident Albaugh will experience enormous value and benefit.”

Albaugh, Inc. is a U.S. owned company with U.S. manufacturing and formulation facility at St. Joseph, Missouri dedicated to providing the North American distributor with a constant supply of high quality crop protection chemicals that competes on a global cost basis. This central location allows 24-hour delivery to most major distribution outlets using the firm’s own fleet of bulk trailers and accredited profession freight carriers.

Today, Albaugh, Inc. is recognized as the largest, wholly-owned, independent formulator and packager of crop protection products in the industry. Albaugh markets products to distribution networks located in all fifty states. The company was founded by Dennis Albaugh in 1979 and he retains 100% ownership of the company today. The company, having experienced rapid growth sought a software technology solution that was designed specifically for chemical process manufacturing and selected Escape Velocity Systems.

Escape Velocity Systems (EVS) was formed in 2001 to combine specific industry knowledge related to process manufacturing, distribution, and ERP implementations with cutting edge software development. The company focus is to create tools that enable mid-market enterprises to achieve their goals, focusing on lean processes and ROI. According Garber, “We realize that good ERP software is the hub of information in any process manufacturing enterprise. Timely, reliable, and centralized data are non-negotiable elements for businesses competing in the 21st century.”

The term escape velocity refers to the speed that is necessary for an object to overcome gravity and soar into space. EVS provides direct applications for businesses looking for a catalyst, not just a software package. Process manufacturers require the best software solution coupled with industry experience that will accelerate the velocity with which they race towards their goals. The gravity of status-quo opposes aggressive, cutting edge organizations as they strive towards high quality and short lead time delivery while reducing inventories and operating costs.

Albaugh, Inc. is a U.S. owned company with U.S. manufacturing and formulation facility at St. Joseph, Missouri dedicated to providing the North American distributor with a constant supply of high quality crop protection chemicals that competes on a global cost basis. This central location allows 24-hour delivery to most major distribution outlets using the firm’s own fleet of bulk trailers and accredited profession freight carriers.

Today, Albaugh, Inc. is recognized as the largest, wholly-owned, independent formulator and packager of crop protection products in the industry. Albaugh markets products to distribution networks located in all fifty states. The company was founded by Dennis Albaugh in 1979 and he retains 100% ownership of the company today. The company, having experienced rapid growth sought a software technology solution that was designed specifically for chemical process manufacturing and selected Escape Velocity Systems.

Evan Garber, President of Escape Velocity Systems (www.evs-sw.com) recently announced that Albaugh, Inc. selected the firm’s process manufacturing software solution. Garber commented, “We are delighted to have a leader in the Agri-business sector recognize the unique merit and value in our technology solution and are confident Albaugh will experience enormous value and benefit.”

Escape Velocity Systems (EVS) was formed in 2001 to combine specific industry knowledge related to process manufacturing, distribution, and ERP implementations with cutting edge software development. The company focus is to create tools that enable mid-market enterprises to achieve their goals, focusing on lean processes and ROI. According Garber, “We realize that good ERP software is the hub of information in any process manufacturing enterprise. Timely, reliable, and centralized data are non-negotiable elements for businesses competing in the 21st century.”

The term escape velocity refers to the speed that is necessary for an object to overcome gravity and soar into space. EVS provides direct applications for businesses looking for a catalyst, not just a software package. Process manufacturers require the best software solution coupled with industry experience that will accelerate the velocity with which they race towards their goals. The gravity of status-quo opposes aggressive, cutting edge organizations as they strive towards high quality and short lead time delivery while reducing inventories and operating costs.

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Victorian Epicure, located on Vancouver Island in British Columbia, Canada in an 80,000 sq. ft. facility recently selected ERP leader BatchMaster. Victorian Epicure, marketing under the banner of Epicure Selections, is a food and cookware company specializing in gourmet spice blends, rubs, and jellies. They are a unique organization in their niche since their marketing is done primarily through a direct-to-consumer distribution model via their thousands of field sales consultants, who facilitate in-home sales parties (similar to Tupperware or Mary Kay Cosmetics) and follow a multi-level-marketing (MLM) business expansion.

This past June, Victorian Epicure decided they wanted to proceed with a complete review of BatchMaster. After performing interviews to understand the tasks and critical issues of each major role within their organization, BatchMaster prepared a demonstration that included the company’s business processes and how the ERP software would address critical issues of inventory management, forecasting, planning and production scheduling; this was especially important since the company has several raw materials that are shipped from overseas.

Victorian Epicure required a product that could be integrated with their web-based sales system; the company leaders were adamant about not replacing that core existing technology. The decision was made and the company ordered 10-users of the BatchMaster Enterprise solution with MRP/MPS and eConnect for the integration with their sales system.

The bulk of the implementation process starts in January 2007 following a busy holiday season.

BatchMaster assists with compliance regulations applied to the process manufacturing industry, including the Bio Terrorism Act, HACCP, 21 CFR Part 11, and MSDS. Using BatchMaster for new and current product development includes the use of formula management, laboratory, and samples management to bring dependability to the process manufacturing warehouse. To provide flawless process manufacturing benefits, BatchMaster also offers material and capacity planning. If a product is formula- or recipe-based, it is likely BatchMaster Process Manufacturing ERP will improve operating effectiveness and efficiencies.

About BatchMaster

BatchMaster Software, Inc. has provided advanced ERP solutions for over two decades with more than one thousand five hundred installations worldwide. BatchMaster’s customers can be found in every formula or recipe-based business, including food, beverage, cosmetic, personal care, paint, coating, nutraceutical, pharmaceutical, and specialty chemical industries. Flexible, easy to learn and use, and scalable to grow with a process manufacturing business, BatchMaster is the definitive solution for the challenges facing small to midsize process manufacturers. BatchMaster has more than a hundred technical staff numbers of highly-qualified software professionals.

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Kim Olesen, B.Sc.,C.P.P., Distribution Manager of Innovative Chemical Technologies Canada Ltd. (ICTC), is the Project Manager for the selection of a Process Manufacturing ERP (enterprise resource planning) system and worked on three other implementations in previous positions from a very large corporate environment to a small company size. Olesen selected O2, by Escape Velocity Systems (www.evs-sw.com) for a variety of reasons including:

• How the system handled QA/QC

• The system’s ability to produce the necessary MSDS and TDG (transportation of dangerous goods) reporting and labeling

• The system’s ability to integrate blending and production (process manufacturing)

• The system’s ability to simplify the company’s commercialization process by ensuring that product is put into the right package with the right MSDS and TDG labeling and will also address the safety requirements

• Sage MAS 500′s accounting/financial backbone is very strong with excellent drilldown and reporting capabilities, audit trails

What prompted the need for this new ERP system was the rapid growth ICTC experienced in recent years. According to Olesen, “We needed a system that would handle growing financial and process manufacturing needs; with O2 by Escape Velocity Systems, ICTC was able to get the scope and breadth out of the system needed plus the ability of the system to scale as ICTC continues to grow.”

Morphix Business Consulting (www.morphix.biz), the strategic alliance consulting firm working with Escape Velocity Systems, was instrumental in helping ICTC select O2. Morphix came into ICTC very “low key” without pressure to buy; spoke about needs, business issues and pains without software pushing. The initial consultation was followed up with a demonstration to the main ICTC contact who was quite excited with the initial presentation and Morphix followed up with a second demonstration with a few other key players including lab and sales and the direct reporting vice-president.

ICTC’s next step was to take to the project to the executives (including President/CFO); following this demonstration Morphix was asked to prepare a quote immediately; the project was approved without being budgeted (extra-ordinary purchase). Customer testimonial on the software solution were shared and Morphix had patience with ICTC during the buying process (15-month buying cycle), and helped with proving the ROI (return-on-investment) in the ERP purchase.

ICTC is a process manufacturer; process manufacturing describes a manufacturing process whereby materials are blended, cooked, or mixed as opposed to assembled from discrete units. Some needs common to process manufacturing industries are:

• Formulas (or recipes) are ratios, not static bills of material

• Split bill of material: several products can share one formula, yet have different packaging

• Flexibility with units of measure

• Stringent quality control, with recall ability

• Lot grading / attribute tracking and calculation

Escape Velocity Systems (EVS) was formed in 2002 to combine specific industry knowledge related to process manufacturing, distribution, and ERP implementations with cutting edge software development. The company focus is to create tools that enable mid-market enterprises to achieve their goals, focusing on lean processes and ROI. According to President Evan Garber, “We realize that good ERP software is the hub of information in any process manufacturing enterprise. Timely, reliable, and centralized data are non-negotiable elements for businesses competing in the 21st century.”

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Tempo Aerospace Inc. of Toronto, a member of the AllColour Coatings Group in Oakville, Ontario Canada, is a manufacturer of high quality aircraft and transportation polyurethane and epoxy topcoats and primers. With its emphasis on outstanding customer service, the company has been able to meet demands for a number of new specialized coatings. While this has given Tempo an opportunity for rapid growth, it has made clear a need for more sampling of new formulations and for tighter control of inventories of existing and new raw materials and intermediates. The company selected BatchMaster ERP software.

BatchMaster Software, Inc. has provided advanced ERP solutions for over two decades with more than one thousand five hundred installations worldwide. BatchMaster’s customers can be found in every formula or recipe-based business, including food, beverage, cosmetic, personal care, paint, coating, nutraceutical, pharmaceutical, and specialty chemical industries. Flexible, easy to learn and use, and scalable to grow with a process manufacturing business, BatchMaster is the definitive solution for the challenges facing small to midsize process manufacturers. BatchMaster employs over one hundred highly-qualified software professionals and continues to enhance and enlarge its ERP solution to meet the emerging challenges of its rapidly growing customer base.

The company’s legacy formulation system was not designed to support Tempo’s variety of formulations and the rapid increase of raw material inventories and suppliers. Rather than upgrade the legacy system, Tempo began a search for a commercial manufacturing software system with a full feature set and the ability to grow with Tempo’s business.

Harry Tappen, Tempo Aerospace’s Plant Manager, led an evaluation team in assessing commercial ERP solutions to determine which was most appropriate to their requirements, based upon “out of the box” features and the flexibility to be tailored to Tempo’s specific requirements. After an exhaustive search, Mr. Tappen and his team concluded that BatchMaster ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning) software provided the following advantages:

• Met or exceeded needs for batch tickets, inventory control, lot tracking, QA testing, formulating features

• Geared toward the paint industry – BatchMaster consulting staff understood Tempo’s requirements better than the others

• Reasonable total cost of ownership (initial investment and ongoing maintenance/support)

• Wide selection of standard reports supporting timely communication and decision making

• Ability to develop custom reports (in house or through BatchMaster’s support center)

Mr. Tappen noted, “We are starting out using batch tickets, purchasing (materials and supplies), raw material and intermediate inventory control, QC testing and formulating modules. We are definitely going to expand our use of BatchMaster to include sales orders, finished goods inventory, finished goods picking and shipping modules. The system is dependable and has been working up to our expectations; the technical support group is responsive and has done an excellent job in answering our questions about the numerous features available. From Tempo’s perspective, BatchMaster is the clear winner in the ERP race.”

Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) software for the Complex Manufacturing sector, non-repetitive manufacturing, has been less than effective in accomplishing these strategic advantages until VISIBILITY.net. Business integration, comprehensive functionality, collaborative capabilities, global features and compliance based controls enable effective decision making, increased organizational productivity, and a system infrastructure optimized for profitable business growth.
Baldwin & Francis Limited, headquartered in Sheffield, UK has selected VISIBILITY.net ERP. According to Mark Thornton of Visibility Corporation, “One of the biggest factors in their decision was to take advantage of the latest technology in combination with the comprehensive To-Order functionality.”

Baldwin & Francis began back in 1919 and is a leading technology company that designs and supplies total mining electrical solutions for underground coal mines. Their 25 users expect to go live in August of 2006.

Complex manufacturers have more than fifty percent of their business in international markets. The need to access the dynamic communication interface has never been stronger according. Strategic advantages across the entire enterprise must include Operations Management, Technology, Business Performance Management, Collaboration, Material & Production Planning, Financial Management, Customer Relationship Management and Engineering & Product Lifecycle Management.

Visibility Corporation (www.visibility.com) is a leading developer and supplier of business software solutions designed for the unique needs of project-based, engineer-to-order and to-order manufacturers. Visibility’s Enterprise Application solutions help midsize manufacturers of complex products operate their businesses effectively. Visibility has an extensive customer base throughout North America and Europe and has the strongest representation of ERP among complex manufacturers.

VISIBILITY.net is an integrated ERP solution and more. Offering unparalleled functionality and integrated workflow, this browser-based solution cost effectively delivers the power of .NET-based Web services for use with either a Microsoft SQL Server™ or Oracle® database. Conducting business any place, any time, any where is a reality, deployable with unprecedented flexibility.

Toledo Ohio based Technology Group International (TGI), a leading ERP software solution provider, announced that Hebert Confections, LLC has selected Enterprise 21 ERP software as the replacement package for its existing legacy system.

Originally founded by Fredrick Hebert over eighty years ago, the New England based company has a long standing tradition of manufacturing traditional boxed chocolates, gourmet candies, chocolate bars, fudge and other confections. The company is now owned and operated by Longmeadow Capital, who distributes the fine Hebert product line through grocery, mass merchant trade, and through its own direct-store-delivery network and retail store.

When arriving at Hebert Confections, the company’s Chief Operating Officer, Jeff Goodman, quickly discovered he needed to replace its existing software package with a robust manufacturing, inventory control, and accounting system. Goodman soon located IQ Consulting Services, a local consulting firm specializing in enterprise systems and selection projects. IQ Consulting Services helped Hebert Confections review Enterprise 21′s functionality to determine if the package was a good fit for the company and its operational needs.

Goodman listed the competitive advantages of TGI’s ERP software by stating their decision to select Enterprise 21 was based on the following criteria:

Enterprise 21 provided robust financials and manufacturing functionality

The manufacturing module was complete and flexible

The financial applications were completely integrated and had data available for all necessary reports

The system required no customizing and it provided all the necessary functionality from only one software vendor

The product was available for installation with a straightforward implementation process

Two demonstrations were enough to show Goodman and his team the full functionality Enterprise 21 offered and that the package was a best choice for his company.

Continuing the long tradition of the Hebert family, visits to The Candy Mansion remain a regular practice of many New England families. The Hebert team still continues to provide factory tours and holiday events to young and old visitors alike.

About Technology Group International, Ltd.

Founded in 1990 and headquartered in Toledo, Ohio, Technology Group International is a proven technology leader delivering Tier 1 application software functionality at a price performance level that can be readily accepted by organizations of all sizes. Specializing in software solutions for small and mid-market manufacturing and distribution companies, TGI’s integrated Enterprise Series software suite is a complete business process management solution. The product offering includes Enterprise Resources Planning (ERP), Manufacturing Resource Planning (MRP), Supply Chain Management (SCM), Warehouse Management System (WMS), Advanced Planning and Scheduling (APS), Decision Support System (DSS), Business Intelligence, Manufacturing Execution System (MES), and eCommerce. TGI implements, maintains, enhances, and supports its packaged distribution and manufacturing software solutions directly and via its channel partners.

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