FactoryDNA™ Launches Lean Manufacturing Business Intelligence Solution
FactoryDNA™ Delivers Enterprise-Level Quality, Rapid Deployment and Low Total Cost of Ownership
AUSTIN, TEXAS - July 20, 2006 - FactoryDNA (
www.factorydna.com) pioneers in the field of lean manufacturing software and services, today announced general availability of the company's flagship software solution, LeanDNA. The release of LeanDNA signals a radical departure from traditional manufacturing software models; FactoryDNA's product is the industry's first hosted software solution for lean manufacturing business intelligence. LeanDNA is focused on delivering benefits through inventory reductions, increased service levels, and improved asset/capacity utilization.
“We have been able to implement
FactoryDNA’s LeanDNA™ in a matter of
days and have created tremendous savings for our clients,”
said Masaaki Imai, Founder of the Kaizen Institute. “FactoryDNA’s
unique lean expertise combined with a best practices platform
for lean manufacturing is helping us implement lean manufacturing
quicker and make the gains stick.”
LeanDNA delivers the functionality
and performance of an enterprise-class manufacturing application,
but can be implemented in a fraction of the time and at
a fraction of the cost of traditional solutions. On-Demand
Enterprise is a feature-rich, hosted software solution
that enhances the results and sustainability of lean manufacturing
initiatives by empowering manufacturers with innovative
lean tools. These tools include:
- Seamless Data Synchronization
with Enterprise Systems
Built from the ground
up to compliment existing systems, LeanDNA
enables rapid synchronization with ERP, APS, MES and others.
- Strategy Deployment and Modeling
On-Demand
Enterprise allows companies to model their operation,
create what-if scenarios, perform lean accounting, and
generate scorecards to be used in establishing a lean
implementation roadmap.
- Lean Manufacturing Business Intelligence
On-Demand
Enterprise offers a powerful engine to support the analysis,
design and management of different build-models using
pull-based manufacturing techniques.
- Real-Time Visibility
Key metrics such
as inventory turns, service levels, operating costs, and
lead-times can be viewed in real-time through configurable
dashboards.
LeanDNA is a J2EE application
delivered via a web-hosted model. The technical architecture
was carefully selected to reflect FactoryDNA’s commitment
to Lean principles in every facet of modern business.
This architecture allows the company to deliver a high
quality product, with fast implementation times and at
an extremely low price relative to traditional manufacturing
software providers. Furthermore, LeanDNA allows
FactoryDNA to rapidly identify and implement new product
features based on customer demand rather than a developer-centric
“product roadmap.”
FactoryDNA combines LeanDNA
with over 20 years experience delivering world-class lean
manufacturing consulting services to drive unparalleled
return on investment in lean initiatives.
“FactoryDNA is revolutionizing
the manner in which the food and consumer goods industry
manages their factories and supply chains,” said
John McCook, former executive of Unilever companies. “Corporations
like Wal-Mart are quickly forcing companies to change
from a push system to a Demand Driven environment with
a direct connection back to the factory. LeanDNA
offers companies the best tools for accelerating that
conversion.”
“Our mission is to deliver lean
software and services to power lean enterprises,”
said Richard Lebovitz, Chief Executive of FactoryDNA.
“LeanDNA is the first genuine lean software
solution that was built to support lean conversions from
beginning to end. Everything before it has been too expensive,
taken too long to implement and didn’t provide the
right tools to accelerate lean benefits and make them
sustainable. On-Demand is going to change the manufacturing
software market permanently.”
About FactoryDNA™
FactoryDNA offers a suite of software deployed under a Software-as-a-Service model to support the analysis, design, and day-to-day execution of Lean Manufacturing Operations. Built by recognized Lean manufacturing experts, who won the prestigious Shingo Prize in 2001 for their development work in the area of Lean software systems, FactoryDNA provides on-demand software to support the physical and cultural change required to achieve operational excellence.
FactoryDNA helps companies improve manufacturing efficiency and effectiveness by providing powerful tools to measure, monitor and manage Lean operations. The product provides a best-practices platform for Lean Manufacturing Execution and automates the tasks traditionally performed through spreadsheets or other manual systems.
FactoryDNA is headquartered in Austin, Texas. Please visit
www.FactoryDNA.com for more information.
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