Westmont, IL, April 16, 2002 — In an initiative to better analyze product returns, open order backlogs and other sales-related activities, Broomfield, Colorado-based Bestop, Inc. has opted to use the Silvon Stratum™ application for Sales Performance Management. The manufacturer of soft tops, hard tops and other accessories for 4x4 vehicles was first introduced to Stratum by Silvon partner Nexgen Technologies, the largest independent consulting company for BPCS. Bestop will be integrating Stratum to its BPCS ERP system in order to leverage the sales data from it for analysis purposes.
“We also looked at a well-known business intelligence toolset, but appreciated the way that Stratum can immediately address our business questions with minimal IT support through its pre-packaged, best practice analytics and powerful data warehousing engine,” said Rick Flanigan, Bestop’s Controller and IT Director. “We view Stratum as being extremely critical in supporting our efforts to optimize sales and customer service and believe the Silvon/Nexgen team offer the credibility and proven success we require for implementing and supporting a sales analysis solution within our IBM iSeries and BPCS environment.”
The Stratum Sales Performance Management (SPM) application offers analytic functionality for Sales Planning, Demand Forecasting and Planning, Sales and Operations Planning, New Product Forecasting, Demand Management, Open Order Analysis, Sales and Profit Performance and Inventory Analysis. This application is the core component of the Stratum product suite, consisting of seven business performance management analytic applications.
“In today’s economy, sales performance management becomes even more mission-critical for manufacturing companies that are striving to reduce costs while maintaining high customer service levels,” said Mike Hennel, president and CEO of Silvon. “We are confident that Stratum will help Bestop achieve these goals and look forward to assisting them with their performance management initiatives.”
“We believed that Stratum was a natural fit for Bestop because hundreds of BPCS users worldwide have had proven success with Silvon’s analytical software solutions,” said Alwyn J. Francis, Vice President of Services at Nexgen Software Technologies. “When augmented by Stratum, our methodology for helping manufacturers optimize performance delivers quantifiable and measurable business improvements for the BPCS customers we serve.”
About Silvon Software
Founded in 1987 and headquartered in Westmont (Chicago), Illinois, Silvon Software is a global provider of business performance management analytic applications for manufacturing, wholesale distribution and retail enterprises.
The Silvon Stratum suite of analytic applications features completely integrated modules for analyzing and managing performance in the areas of Sales, Marketing, CRM, Manufacturing, Procurement, e-Business, and Finance supported by hundreds of pre-built, best-of-breed analytical views and reports based on supply chain-specific business models.
Silvon's analytic applications run on the IBM iSeries, Windows NT and Unix platforms. Silvon provides professional services and global support along with a network of OEMs, value-added resellers and independent distributors. The company's products are currently installed in more than 1,400 sites worldwide.
About Nexgen – www.nexgeninfo.com
Nexgen Software Technologies, Inc. is the world's largest independent BPCS and PRMS consulting company. Since 1990, Nexgen has helped companies realize the full value and potential of their ERP systems. Nexgen, headquartered in Naperville, Illinois, provides business consulting services and complementary products to users of several packages on the IBM® iSeries™ (AS/400™) platform: BPCS® and PRMS™ from SSA GT™, and WorldSoftware® and OneWorld® from J.D. Edwards. The company also develops and markets NexgenCommerce™, a suite of e-business web-front applications that seamlessly integrate with BPCS, PRMS, WorldSoftware, and also with XA™ from MAPICS™.
Pat Hennel
Silvon Software, Inc.
Phone: 630-655-3313
pat.hennel@silvon.com
Tim Boivin
TechImage (for Silvon Software)
Phone: 847-279-0022 (x229
tim.boivin@techimage.com
Alwyn Francis
Nexgen Software Technologies
Phone: 630-300-6000
francis@nexgensoftware.com