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AspenTech releases Aspen Capable-to-Promise
CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts (September 24, 2001) – Aspen Technology (aspentech.com) has announced the release of its Aspen Capable-to-Promise, a supply chain and e-business solution designed to allow process manufacturers to streamline and optimize their sales order commitment process.
According to AspenTech, the new Web application also is designed to enable manufacturers’ customer service representatives to make immediate responses to sales requests by offering them accurate data, including inventory, current production schedule and customer order forecasts. The application is designed to offer process companies the ability to: Make reliable capacity and material-capable customer promises based on the actual state of manufacturing plants and current production schedules; make decisions based on user-defined business rules that can be customer and/or manufacturing equipment specific; consider alternate sourcing locations; and recommend alternate products or if the requested product is not available, substitute it with an approved alternative “The ability for manufacturers to have visibility into inventory as well as available manufacturing capacity, coupled with a powerful analytical decision support capability, is a compelling value proposition,” said Mary Palermo, co-Chief Operating Officer of AspenTech. “Aspen Capable-to-Promise can create tremendous value for process manufacturers by helping them to exceed customer service expectations.” The solution is currently being rolled out by several chemical and food processing companies across US, Europe and Asia.
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Study: UK, US, Canada best environments for e-commerceNEW YORK (November 19, 2002) -- A new study strategy and technology consulting firm Booz Allen Hamilton identifies the United States, the United Kingdom and Canada as the nations with the best environments for e-commerce, combining an up-to-date communications infrastructure with strong political leadership. Dow to market caustic soda on ChemConnectMIDLAND, Michigan (November 20, 2002) -– The Dow Chemical Company has announced plans to market caustic soda through an additional sales channel, ChemConnect (www.chemconnect.com), an electronic marketplace for buyers and sellers of chemicals and plastics worldwide, starting in December. 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Cyber-security: It's time to play tough with the boardIn survey after survey, CIOs and IT executives claim that they are taking the threat of cyber-security attacks very seriously in the wake of the September 11 terrorist attacks. But the fact that the Slammer worm was able to cripple the Internet last weekend proves otherwise. SAP named market leader by META Group for Energy Utility Work Management SystemsWALLDORF, Germany (March 11, 2003) – SAP, provider of integrated business software solutions, has been ranked as the market leader in META Group's recently released report, METAspectrum for Energy Utility Work Management Systems. 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(NYSE:PX) reported fourth-quarter 2002 net income of $140 million and diluted earnings per share of 85 cents, up from $118 million and 72 cents per share in the prior-year quarter. e-epoxy.com celebrates two years in businessMIDLAND, Michigan (January 29, 2002) -- e-epoxy.com, a no-frills sales channel for epoxy products started by Dow Chemical, celebrated the second anniversary of its launch today. HAHT announces demand chain management softwareRALEIGH, North Carolina (January 29, 2003) -- HAHT Commerce has announced general availability of HAHT Commerce Suite 7.1 with three new bundling options for chemical, consumer products and discrete manufacturers. DuPont declares quarterly stock dividendWILMINGTON, Delaware (January 29, 2003) -- DuPont (NYSE: DD) today declared a first quarter common stock dividend of 35 cents per share, payable March 14, 2003 to stockholders of record Feb. 15, 2003.
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