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Apriso Expands Quality Offering with Advanced SPC and Analytics
Extended partnership with Predisys provides an integrated architecture to harness the power
of SPC across multiple plants and across end-to-end manufacturing processes
LONG BEACH, CA – (May 4, 2010) – Apriso ® , a leading provider of manufacturing software solutions for
sustained manufacturing operational excellence, today announced an expanded partnership agreement with
Predisys to deliver advanced Statistical Process Control (SPC) and Quality Data Analytics (QDA) as an integrated
FlexNet ® capability. FlexNet Advanced SPC offers a revolutionary, web-based approach for global manufacturers
to improve product quality, expedite new product introductions and lower the total cost of quality, leading to
elevated manufacturing excellence.
This new product combines Predisys’ industry-leading advanced statistical calculation and analytics engine with
Apriso’s depth of operations management and execution capabilities by leveraging a common technology
platform based on Microsoft .NET and SharePoint Server connectivity. Global manufacturers can now better
capture critical manufacturing KPIs from Apriso’s unified data model and implement SPC and QDA not only for
quality monitoring, but also to trigger faster response and corrective actions through Apriso’s native Business
Process Management (BPM) capabilities. As a result, manufacturers can respond faster to quality events while
delivering a higher level of manufacturing operational excellence.
“To ensure a truly networked approach to quality management, companies need to have visibility into and
understanding of the quality events that pose risk. (Too often) companies initiate corrective action processes only
once a complaint or failure has been discovered and formally registered versus capturing them in production as
they occur. Instead of being able to identify and mitigate risk trends, companies end up either chasing the same
complaint at multiple facilities, or events slip through the cracks at some of the facilities,” Simon Jacobson,
Research Director, AMR Research.
The capability to expedite root-cause analyses, preventive and corrective actions with integrated SPC, analytics
and Apriso’s BPM technologies across multiple facilities enable manufacturers to rapidly improve production yield
and overall quality while introducing new products faster than previously possible.
“Manufacturing operations managed by FlexNet can be analyzed either in-line or off-line on a continuous or adhoc
basis, to better understand variability in product quality and manufacturing processes as well as within
systems, test equipment or measurement tools,” offered John Fishell, vice president of product management at
Apriso. “The Apriso data model, extending across all the elements of manufacturing with full interlocking
traceability, is uniquely suited to provide the necessary access to operational data for Quality Analytics and future
continuous improvement.”

“We are pleased to have joined forces with Apriso to deliver such an innovative, intuitive and integrated solution
for quality improvement,” said Bo Sorensen, vice president of sales and marketing at Predisys. “As a combined
solution, our mutual manufacturing customers have already demonstrated the positive financial impact that can be
achieved by easily gaining full insight into product quality.”
By applying complex mathematical analyses to key historical production line metrics, manufacturers can reduce
current and future variability of processes to reduce waste spanning multiple plants, functions and geographies.
FlexNet’s advanced global capabilities and its new advanced SPC and quality data analytics lets customers easily
embed or quickly modify any manufacturing process, helping to enforce Six Sigma and Lean best practices on a
global scale.
About Predisys
Predisys Inc. is a leading provider of web-centric statistical process control (SPC) software, manufacturing business
intelligence and quality control solutions for organizations seeking to optimize product quality and process efficiency, reduce
the cost of compliance, and enhance manufacturing visibility across the product life cycle and supply chain. Predisys
is the technology leader in turning massive plant floor databases into useful intelligence for use by product development,
engineering and manufacturing. Predisys Analytical Suite is the company's flagship solution combining tools for managing
and harvesting data with powerful statistical analysis and reporting of vast amounts of production data within an enterprise
wide Microsoft SharePoint Portal platform. For more information, please go to http://www.predisys.com.
About Apriso
Apriso Corporation is a software company dedicated to providing competitive advantage for its customers. It does so by
enabling organizations to adapt quickly and easily to market changes and unexpected events. Apriso’s FlexNet platform
provides visibility, adaptability and real-time control of manufacturing operations across the enterprise and supply chain
network. This is accomplished by integrating planning, execution and control, increasing operational efficiency and eliminating
errors in the production process. Apriso serves more than 180 customers in 41 countries across the Americas, Europe and
Asia. Its customers include General Motors, Lear, Honeywell, L’Oréal, Trixell, Lockheed Martin, Becton Dickinson, Saint-
Gobain, Novelis and Essilor. For more information, please go to http://www.apriso.com.
Apriso and FlexNet are registered trademarks of Apriso Corporation. All other trademarks and registered trademarks are the
property of their respective owners.
Media Contact:
Gordon Benzie
Apriso Corporation
+1 (562) 951-8054
gordon.benzie@apriso.com
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