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Breaking News - Operating Systems
& Middleware:
Casio Selects BEA WebLogic
Integration 8.1 As SCM Foundation
BEA Systems Inc, a leading application infrastructure software company,
announced that Casio Computer Co Ltd has chosen BEA WebLogic Integration 8.1
as the software platform for its next generation supply chain management
(SCM). This new BEA-powered system will be designed to enable Casio to manage
and monitor business processes across the entire SCM network, both inside and
outside the firewall. With BEA's technology, Casio can gain true competitive
advantage with real-time information access, enhanced two-way business
visibility and improved supply chain performance.
"As global competition intensifies, it becomes increasingly difficult to
outperform our rivals if we continue to expand our IT infrastructure using the
traditional method of optimizing each individual business unit," said Atsushi
Yazawa, general manager of Information Technology department for Casio
Computer Co Ltd. "Our business today spans multiple countries and business
units and requires the standardization of all of our IT operations on a single
technology platform. By adopting BEA WebLogic Integration 8.1 as the core
infrastructure for our supply chain and business management systems, Casio has
taken the first major step designed to connect our global technology
network."
Casio is one of the leading consumer electronics companies in the world and
has selected BEA WebLogic Integration 8.1 as its technology platform of
choice. Casio is currently building a new SCM system designed to optimize its
demand forecasting capabilities, and to enable major decreases in production
lead-time and noticeable reductions in inventory. BEA's technology is designed
to more easily facilitate the integration of these new IT systems with
existing systems, as well as those of the many manufacturing subsidiaries in
the Casio Group. BEA can also enable Casio to engage in B2B integration with
its global network of buyers and suppliers that assume component and materials
inventory management activities, as well as EMS companies. NEC Corp (Tokyo)
has been assisting in the development of the system for Casio and it is
expected to be fully operational next year.
"The people of Casio have always delivered cutting-edge consumer
electronics;
they came to BEA looking for that same innovation in a technology platform,"
said Chet Kapoor, vice president and general manager of BEA Weblogic
Integration. "BEA WebLogic Integration 8.1 can give them a foundation upon
which to build a robust supply chain management system designed to handle the
internal and external demands of their business today, and expand as Casio's
business grows in the future. BEA is pleased to add Casio to our
ever-broadening stable of customers who can benefit from our converged
application development and integration platform."
Said Atsushi Yazawa, general manager of the Information Technology
department
at Casio, "BEA understands that the effective utilization of BPM (Business
Process Management) technology is paramount to our business. When we can
visually describe both internal and external processes and then integrate that
data in real time, it can be possible to construct a system that is optimal
for our entire global network. More importantly, with BEA we can quickly
develop and launch these systems. We firmly believe that in addition to
greater cost-effectiveness, we can achieve a development environment that can
promptly respond to everyday changes in business conditions. BEA's software
occupies an important position as IT infrastructure within Casio going
forward."
BEA WebLogic Integration 8.1 can provide customers with a unified framework
for business integration, simplified production and management, as well as a
new architecture for the rapid assembly and integration of applications,
business processes and partner trading networks. BEA WebLogic Integration 8.1
can provide a seamless production environment for integration specialists and
application developers alike by leveraging BEA WebLogic Workshop development
environment and a catalog of standards-based application integration
adapters.
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