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Energy consumption is becoming increasingly important in the industry due to rising costs and regulatory requirements. CONTACT’s new energy management app enables companies to reduce emissions and combine climate protection with competitiveness. Energy-efficient production is a top priority for many manufacturing companies: it not only contributes to climate protection but also lowers costs and the Product Carbon Footprint (PCF). CONTACT Software has now expanded its Elements for IoT platform with energy management functions that enable companies to transparently break down their energy usage and reduce it with lasting effect. The tool calculates audit-proof KPIs, creates visual comparisons, and generates reports. Digital energy management is essential for a continuous improvement process: By comparing key figures from successive reference periods, companies can identify savings potentials and derive optimization measures. CONTACT’s solution meets the requirements of ISO 50001 so that companies can benefit from government subsidies. Making energy data transparent Meter readings are either recorded automatically, entered manually, or

Sage, the leader in accounting, financial, HR, and payroll technology for small and mid-sized businesses (SMBs), announces new enhancements and updates for Sage Intacct customers globally, to streamline financial operations and enhance security worldwide. As part of this major expansion, Sage Intacct is rolling out AP Automation globally. In the US, businesses are already processing over 10,000 bills per month using this innovative tool, which utilizes AI to halve the time taken for accounts payable processes while saving organizations over $100,000 per year. AP Automation streamlines financial workflows by automatically creating draft bills from uploaded documents, promptly identifying issues such as duplicates, and significantly reducing data entry efforts and costs. “Supporting our customers to focus on growing their business is fundamental to the technologies we are building,” said Dan Miller, EVP Financials and ERP Division at Sage. “AP Automation is a prime example of this and makes us the first mid-market solution to

Procore Technologies, Inc., the leading global provider of construction management software, announced that it will host an investor call with Chief Revenue Officer, Larry Stack, on Friday, August 16, 2024 at 1:00 p.m. (Pacific time) to address questions from shareholders following its Q2 FY2024 earnings call. To access this webinar, please email 

Aspen Technology, Inc., a global leader in industrial software, announced an expansion of its strategic partnership with Omaha Public Power District (OPPD) to support the utility’s goal of net zero carbon production by 2050. AspenTech will provide its Digital Grid Management (DGM) software suite to monitor, intelligently schedule and control distributed energy resources (DERs) on OPPD’s grid while maintaining reliability for a population of 885,000 people across 5,000 square miles in the state of Nebraska. OPPD will use AspenTech OSI Distributed Energy Resource Management System™ across both transmission and distribution operations to plan for and manage DER assets within a single platform. The solution, a key component of AspenTech’s DGM suite, will integrate with AspenTech generation, transmission, advanced distribution management and outage management systems, giving the utility comprehensive real-time control and optimization across its grid. “As we move toward net zero carbon production by 2050, OPPD sees an exciting opportunity ahead to be a decarbonization leader,” said Doug Peterchuck, Director, Enterprise

Centric Software® is pleased to announce that Chinese beauty company Beltonway will implement their Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) solution, Centric PLM™. Centric Software provides the most innovative enterprise solutions to plan, formulate, develop, procure, manufacture and sell consumer goods products in cosmetics & personal care, food & beverage, fashion and multi-category retail to achieve strategic and operational digital transformation goals. Founded in 2014, Ningbo Beltonway Brand Management Co., Ltd. (Beltonway) is an e-commerce pioneer in China, retailing multiple brands including geoskincare, MedRepair, SKYNFUTURE, Little Dream Garden and GALIMARD. Beltonway also has an R&D team in Shanghai and an independent product innovation and development center that has incubated five proprietary brands, such as boben, Carekeeps, Lexose and more. Competition in the beauty market is fierce, and Beltonway is focusing on long-term strategic investment in digitalization to continuously improve product capabilities, meet consumer needs and drive long-term growth. Mr. Jiang Wei, General Manager of Beltonway, says,

CGS, a global provider of software and business applications, enterprise learning, and outsourcing services, announced that Delta Galil Industries, Ltd., a global manufacturer and marketer of branded and private label intimate, activewear, loungewear, and denim apparel, is enhancing their operations with BlueCherry Shop Floor Control. Part of the BlueCherry Enterprise Suite, Shop Floor Control transforms factory processes, helping to reduce manual labor with streamlined operations that also boost productivity. BlueCherry Shop Floor Control is the most widely used fashion-focused shop floor control solution in the world. It provides a comprehensive view of department and factory activity by digitizing the real-time collection and reporting of production activities, such as order tracking, line balancing, absenteeism, and low productivity via tablets on the factory floor. This real-time visibility equips companies with the ability to make faster, better-informed business decisions and address potential delays and challenges before they escalate. Adi Nov, Delta Galil’s Global CIO said,

Pick n Pay Group, a leading retailer with over 1,650 stores across seven African countries, has partnered with OpenText™ to supercharge its software testing processes. By leveraging generative-AI and private large language models (LLM), Pick n Pay has automated 95% of its software testing, cutting testing times by up to three days and significantly improving its digital services for ecommerce customers. Pick n Pay integrated OpenText’s cloud-based value stream management (VSM) and DevOps platform, OpenText™ ValueEdge™, with the pioneering AI capabilities of OpenText™ DevOps Aviator, to meet the escalating customer demand for innovative digital shopping tools. By activating OpenText DevOps Aviator within its existing OpenText ValueEdge workspace, Pick n Pay unlocked a new era of efficient and precise software test automation, gaining a substantial information advantage to better serve its expanding online customer base. "Our partnership with OpenText transcends conventional support.” said Leon Van Niekerk, Head of Testing and Quality at Pick n Pay Group. "OpenText

Tech designers and patternmakers alike can benefit from unparalleled render quality, true-to-life validation for designs and save on multiple production samples, shipping time, and costs. All can be done in real time, with a simple and intuitive GUI from the Optitex PDS 3D window, powered by Siemens Iray+ high-end visualization libraries. The Iray+ Software Developer Kit (SDK) allows to easily integrate highly performant photorealistic rendering into 3D software applications. It is a mature solution that builds on NVIDIA’s original Iray® technology, made openly available by Siemens to other software vendors. Supported by Siemens Iray+, Optitex PDS 3D enables designers to present superior quality rendering of their style with all the material and trim details on a photorealistic avatar, in a scene of their choice. Avatars’ skin and hair look exceedingly realistic, and end-users can experience a seamless visualization workflow, without the need for rendering expertise. Optitex’s decade-long integration of Iray® technology has amplified the

SoftInWay, a leading provider of turbomachinery and thermal-fluid technology solutions, proudly announces the release of Peter, an AI chatbot developed to streamline the design process for AxSTREAM users. This product was named after Petr (Peter) Pagur, the original architect of AxSTREAM, and utilizes AI technology to leverage technical information that assists engineers with their daily tasks. This advancement transforms turbomachinery and thermal-fluid system design, enabling quicker achievement of technical goals and higher-quality results Pagur was a world-class software developer and devoted family man. During the early development of AxSTREAM, SoftInWay CEO Leonid Moroz relied on Petr, who was critical in shaping the user experience and overall platform development. Petr’s dedication through sleepless nights and countless discussions made AxSTREAM a unique software. He became a pivotal friend, colleague, and mentor to engineers across the global turbomachinery community, including those at SoftInWay, as well as to customers and partners worldwide. In the last half-decade,

Xometry, the global AI-powered marketplace connecting enterprise buyers with suppliers of manufacturing services, announced it is beta-testing laser tube cutting and tube bending capabilities through its AI-powered marketplace. Through its partnership with Google Cloud and Google Cloud Consulting experts, Xometry is leveraging Vertex AI to accelerate the deployment of new auto-quote methods and models on its digital manufacturing marketplace. The new tube cutting and tube manufacturing processes will offer buyers instant pricing and lead times through Xometry’s extensive supplier network of industrial tube manufacturing. When the new offerings are rolled out later this quarter, Xometry is expected to be one of the first marketplaces to offer instant-quoting and lead times for both tube cutting and tube bending. “Xometry is rapidly expanding its marketplace offerings as part of its mission to digitize manufacturing globally and give buyers the instant pricing and lead times they need to produce their parts and create resilient supply chains,” said Matt Leibel, Xometry’s