CIMdata PLM Industry Summary Online Archive
8 September 2004
Implementation Investments
Pericom In Production Using the Ingenuus Smart Expediter to Release Engineering Change Notices
Ingenuus Software Inc. , developer of flexible and affordable enterprise class Business Process automation solutions, announced that Pericom Semiconductor of San Jose, California recently went into production on the Ingenuus Smart ExpediterT Professional 5.0, a scalable enterprise-class business process fusion solution managing engineering change notices.
Pericom plans to use the Smart Expediter as a process automation platform to automate several complex product data processes such as bills of materials, part number assignment, and processes involving their contract manufacturing partners. Before implementing the Smart Expediter, it was taking Pericom 2 weeks to complete an engineering change notice. Now, they can release a notice in 4 hours.
The engineering change notice process was production ready in just 60 days.
Pericom is also using the Smart Expediter to automate several administrative processes, many of which address Sarbanes-Oxley compliance. They are able to develop highly iterative flows using the Smart Expediter Flow Designer.
After going into production with the ECN process, they immediately began working on other processes. Pericom expects to release a new process roughly every two weeks. They have released an IT ticket process, several marketing processes, and sales support processes that are very well received by their user community. Users, from the CEO to the field sales offices, are reporting ease of use and increased dependability once these processes are automated.
Pericom designs and develops high-performance interface integrated circuits used for the transferring, routing, and timing of high-speed digital and analog signals within and between computer, networking, and multimedia systems.
"Pericom is using the Smart Expediter to save the company several thousand dollars each year," said Ingenuus CEO Christopher Williams. Pericom also plans to integrate to its enterprise resource planning software and begin managing bills of materials using the Smart Expediter.
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