CIMdata PLM Industry Summary Online Archive

8 March 2005

Product News

Formation Systems to Support Microsoft's Peak Performance Initiative

Formation Systems announced at National Manufacturing Week (McCormick Place, South Hall, booth #4811) that it supports Microsoft's Peak Performance Initiative. Formation Systems is demonstrating support of the initiative by delivering solutions and services that align with Microsoft's vision to improve insight and innovation across the manufacturing value chain.

The Microsoft Peak Performance Initiative is designed to help manufacturers accelerate insight through advanced analysis services, drive innovation by allowing teams to better collaborate and impact performance via increased visibility into operations across the manufacturing value chain. Based on extensive research and feedback from partners, customers and industry experts, Microsoft's Peak Performance Initiative provides an innovative and cost effective approach that allows manufacturing customers to take full advantage of their legacy investments while connecting key systems, people and organizations across the manufacturing value chain to remove the barriers that stifle innovation and competitiveness in the manufacturing industry.

"The support of companies like Formation Systems, a recognized solution provider in process manufacturing product lifecycle management, is key to Microsoft's Peak Performance Initiative," said Don Richardson, director, Manufacturing Industry Unit at Microsoft. "By using its industry expertise to deliver solutions that leverage Microsoft technologies, Formation Systems continues to be at the forefront of the industry in providing customers with the ability to improve collaboration, visibility and innovation-which are core capabilities enabled by our Peak Performance Initiative efforts."

Formation Systems' Optiva is process PLM software that completely integrates the development process for the whole product-package, formula and label. In addition to enabling Global 2000 businesses to accelerate product introduction, lower development costs and enhance product innovation, Optiva enables companies to develop compliant products for world markets.

"Formation Systems is committed to the Peak Performance Initiative and will continue to make innovation a top priority," said Trent Landreth, CEO of Formation Systems. "Formation Systems prides itself on enabling our customers to achieve new levels of success in their product development and innovation and by leveraging Microsoft's collaboration technologies we can continue to provide our customers with the most innovative and powerful solutions."

 

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