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AMR and Lockheed Martin to Discuss Maximizing Efficiency Through Integrated Manufacturing Operations during Visiprise-Sponsored IndustryWeek Online Event

ATLANTA, GA - February 15, 2006 Visiprise, Inc., a leader in integrated manufacturing operations solutions, announced today the company will sponsor an IndustryWeek-hosted online event titled Lessons Learned from Lockheed Martin Aeronautics: Maximizing Efficiencies Through Integrated Manufacturing Operations. The free, online broadcast will take place on Wednesday, Feb. 22, 2006 at 2:00 p.m. EST.

The online session, which will be moderated by IndustryWeek eMedia editor Adrienne Selko will discuss typical business challenges manufactures across industries face including producing better-quality products quicker and addressing regulatory and compliance standards. Historically, manufacturers have relied on disparate systems and manual processes to run manufacturing operations. The lack of integration and real-time connection to data leads to operational inefficiencies and, ultimately leads to critical business decisions being made based on theory not fact.

Many of the world’s leading manufacturers are establishing environments that provide a single, enterprise-wide visibility across its operations and equips them with the ability to develop a closed loop process in its manufacturing operations, leading to several benefits:

• Cost and Productivity - including decreased manufacturing costs, increased inventory turns, productivity, reduced customer-experienced lead times, reduced manufacturing cycle times, and decreased WIP/Finished goods inventory
• Quality - including reduced cost of quality, improved first-pass yield, reduced detection to correction cycle time and increased rolled-throughput yield, and improved nonconformance root-cause capabilities
• Product Innovation – including increased market share, reduced cycles-of-learning in manufacturing and reduced new product introduction cycle times
• Customer Satisfaction - including increased on-time delivery and improved order fulfillment.

In this session, Kevin Reale, research director at AMR Research, will detail some of the efficiency trends that manufacturers are currently facing. Brad Leech, senior manager, electronic work instruction deployment, Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Company, will discuss how Lockheed Martin Aeronautics’ vision of a common, integrated system became a reality, including the elimination of paper dependency, increased efficiency on the factory floor and wireless shop floor terminals. David Blatner, director of Aerospace & Defense business unit with Visiprise, Inc. will then talk about the importance of an integrated manufacturing operations solution.

For more information and to register for the free webinar, visit http://www.industryweek.com/Webcasts/022206Eventregistration.aspx?eventID=172&ref=VIS13 or call 1-877-293-4938.

About Visiprise

Visiprise leads the industry with solutions that deliver the power in integrated manufacturing operations. Visiprise Solutions deliver a unique advantage with the breadth and industry-intelligence required to closely control operations and to provide a continuous loop throughout the product lifecycle. Leveraging solutions built on open technology, Visiprise provides manufacturers with a direct route to reduced operating costs, improved quality and increased manufacturing visibility. Atlanta-based Visiprise has more than 140 customers around the globe, including Solectron, Nokia Networks, ConMed, E-Z-GO Textron, Celestica, Philips Lighting, Actia and Thales Avionics. For more information, visit www.visiprise.com.

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