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Infor®, the industry cloud company, announced that Cueros Velez, a Colombian company with presence in Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Panamá and Perú, is achieving extraordinary results after implementing Infor WMS to manage warehouse operations. The solution was sold and implemented by Cerca Technology, Infor´s channel partner.  Cueros Velez was founded more than 35 years ago and is dedicated to the manufacturing of leather goods. It has six production plants with end-to-end processes from receiving raw materials to delivery to stores and customers through multi-channel sales. In 2016, it opened a new leather plant in Colombia considered one of the most modern in Latin America with a capacity of producing more than 30,000 leather products per month in sustainable processes.  Cueros Velez’s strategy was to redesign its supply model, and one of the main activities was to implement a modern warehouse management solution. The company selected Infor WMS as part of its digital transformation.  “Infor

Aspen Technology, Inc., a global leader in industrial software, announced that it was selected by DuPont to optimize the company’s industrial data strategy and create greater access, visibility and insights across its business. DuPont successfully migrated more than 20 years of historical data to AspenTech’s data historian in less than two days while reducing implementation costs by 45 percent. “A complicated process that should have taken us months, took just days with AspenTech,” said Rahul Bhavsar, Global Service Delivery Manager, DuPont. “Migrating our data could have been cumbersome, expensive and labor-intensive. However, in record time, AspenTech helped us seamlessly migrate our historical data to its scalable data historian, which has now become fundamental to improving our overall data infrastructure.” AspenTech and DuPont collaborated with IT services, consulting and business solutions organization Tata Consultancy Services, to successfully migrate DuPont’s historical data to AspenTech’s data platform. As a result, DuPont minimized business disruptions and costs during

EinDollarBrille e.V. is bringing affordable eyeglasses to the world’s most in need communities using Solid Edge® software from Siemens Digital Industries Software. Founded in 2012, EinDollarBrille provides tools and training to enable its team and partners across 10 countries to manufacture the OneDollarGlasses eyewear without electricity using a revolutionary machine that is now being further developed and manufactured using software from the Siemens Xcelerator portfolio. “I wanted to create eyeglasses for less than a dollar's worth of materials, so that even the poorest could afford them,” says Martin Aufmuth, founder and CEO, EinDollarBrille. “To really offer long-term and sustainable help we didn’t want to simply ship out glasses, but rather enable the people in the respective countries to help themselves. That’s why our plan was to get the OneDollarGlasses designed and manufactured onsite with a machine that didn’t require electricity.” After developing his initial concepts, prototypes and sketches using mainly manual and

Centric Software®, the Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) market leader, is proud to announce that GOBI Cashmere, the sustainable cashmere company, has selected both Centric PLM® and Centric Pricing™ solutions to support global expansion. Centric Software provides the most innovative enterprise solutions to plan, design, develop, source and sell products such as apparel, footwear, sporting goods, furniture, home décor, consumer electronics, cosmetics, food & beverage and luxury to achieve strategic and operational digital transformation goals. Founded in 1981 with a strong focus on growing the local economy in a sustainable, authentic and eco-friendly way, GOBI Cashmere produces high quality, yet affordable cashmere apparel and accessories. The company practices the purest form of sustainability from the raw materials they use, to their manufacturing and supply chain. GOBI is a proud Mongolian company employing 1500+ people, with sales in over 30 countries around the world. They sell via physical stores and their DTC e-commerce site which ships

Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) has entered into a strategic academic partnership with Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), one of the largest and most prestigious universities in Norway, to collaborate on the development of advanced battery cell technologies and expedite the global transition to sustainable energy. TCS will work closely with NTNU’s Department of Energy and Process Engineering (EPT) on the design, development, and digital testing of sustainable energy solutions. TCS will provide technology consultancy and digital innovation across each stage of the battery value chain, including fabrication, lifecycle management, cell assembly and testing, and digital twins for solid state and lithium-ion batteries. The partnership will see TCS offer dedicated support to the EPT in the form of technology collaboration, talent exchange, digital innovation, and startup engagement, for developing sustainable energy solutions that take health, climate changes and available resources into consideration. TCS will be responsible for developing and testing a 'sustainable

Oracle and Uber Technologies, Inc., announced a seven-year strategic cloud partnership to accelerate Uber’s innovation, help deliver new products to market, and drive increased profitability. As Uber continues to grow and enter new markets, it is increasingly important for the business to focus resources on its core strengths and strategic initiatives. By migrating some of the company’s most critical workloads to Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI), Uber will be in a position to modernize its infrastructure while also accelerating its path to profitability. “Uber is revolutionizing the way people, products, and services move across continents and through cities,” said Uber CEO, Dara Khosrowshahi. “To deliver on that promise for customers while building value for shareholders, we needed a cloud provider that will help us maximize innovation while reducing our overall infrastructure costs. Oracle provides an ideal combination of price, performance, flexibility, and security to help us deliver incredible customer service, build new products,

Accenture has acquired Morphus, a privately held Brazil-based cyber defense, risk management and cyber threat intelligence services provider, expanding its practice capabilities in Brazil and Latin America. Financial terms were not disclosed. Founded in 2003, Morphus is headquartered in Fortaleza, which is in the Ceará region in northeastern Brazil, with offices in Recife, São Paulo, Rio de Janeiro and Santiago, Chile. Morphus’s end-to-end portfolio includes red and blue team services; governance, risk and compliance services; enterprise risk management; cyber strategy; threat intelligence; and managed security services (MSS).  According to Accenture’s recent Cyber Threat Intelligence research, Brazil is one of the top victims of infostealer malware – a malicious software designed to steal victim information such as passwords. “Together with the capabilities and experienced leadership of Morphus, we will work as one team to help organizations build a cyber resilient business and better secure their digital core, their technology and supply chains,” said Paolo Dal Cin, who leads

Christophe Sut, President of Business Area segment Sandvik Manufacturing Solutions, has decided to leave Sandvik for a CEO position in a different company. He will leave Sandvik as of August 11, 2023. The process to find a successor will now be initiated. “Christophe Sut has made a strong contribution during his time at Sandvik, strengthening our digital manufacturing offering. He has been an appreciated member of the Group Executive Management. While we of course would have liked to see him stay at Sandvik, this also shows our capability to build excellent leaders within Sandvik. I wish him all the best for the future,” says Stefan Widing, CEO and President of Sandvik. To view the original press release, please click here. Search for Sandvik on CIMdata.com

Following Dr. Michael Scott’s decision to join Coreform full-time, we are excited to announce an updated corporate organization. Matthew Sederberg has assumed the new role of Chief Strategy Officer, and Dr. Scott is succeeding him as CEO. Other co-founders continue in their pre-existing roles with the following titles: Dr. Michael A. Scott: Chief Executive Officer Mr. Matthew Sederberg: Chief Strategy Officer Dr. Derek Thomas: Chief Technical Officer Dr. Kevin Tew: Chief Information Officer Dr. Michael Borden: Chief Product Officer To view the original press release, please click here. Search for Coreform on CIMdata.com

Sage – the leader in accounting, financial, HR and payroll technology for small and mid-sized businesses (SMBs) – announces the appointment of Eduardo Rosini as its new executive vice president of partners and alliances. As Sage bolsters its indirect business, this role sees Rosini take on responsibility for driving global partner strategy, supporting Sage’s ecosystem of resellers, ISVs, developers, and strategic alliances to drive mutual growth. Rosini brings more than 25 years’ experience in global sales, marketing, and business development to this role. Prior to joining Sage, he was vice president, mid-market and corporate sales at Intuit, with responsibility for leading a sales business by meeting the evolving needs of SMB customers. He was previously chief revenue officer at Turi, a machine learning start-up acquired by Apple, and he also held several SMB and partner ecosystem leadership roles during his tenure at Microsoft. Aziz Benmalek, President, Sage North America, says : “Our partners are