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Deerfield,
IL, February 16, 2004 -- Friedman Corporation, an enterprise software
provider to to-order manufacturers, today announced that Aluminite,
a manufacturer of quality stock and custom patio screen doors, has
selected Friedman’s Frontier system to standardize its business
processes across multiple sites for part of its manufacturing operations.
The agreement includes plans for implementation of Frontier at six
Aluminite manufacturing sites in North America.
For nearly 50 years Aluminite has sustained a reputation
for meeting customers’ unique requirements for
quality stock and custom window screens and patio screen
doors. Brian Cummings, Controller at Aluminite, comments:
“The demand for our product has been growing aggressively
over the last few years and so we recognized that we
need a fully integrated system to improve efficiency
across the whole business to help us keep up with increasing
customer demand. Friedman has proven experience in the
window/door industry and offers an integrated, flexible
solution that will help to maintain and build upon our
current levels of success.”
With strong configuration ability of Frontier and interplant
integration Aluminite will be able to increase efficiency
throughout the whole enterprise by improving access to
information and facilitating the flow of information
between all departments and employees. Frontier will
enable Aluminite to eliminate the manual processes of
gathering information from six plants to create company-wide
reports. Automated data collection into a single database
will lead to more efficient and accurate reporting and
the ability to perform what-if analyses. Friedman will
also help Aluminite enhance bar coding on the shop floor
and in shipping for better manufacturing tracking and
shipment verification. Aluminite will be able to gain
efficiencies by grouping like orders and improve accuracy
by sorting and maximizing truck loading.
“We are delighted that Aluminite has selected
Friedman as a strategic ERP partner,” said Craig
Yamauchi, Friedman’s president and CEO. “We
have worked closely with our existing customers in the
window and door industry to continue to develop a market-leading
solution for the sector. Friedman’s solutions are
designed to handle the growing business pressures that
exist within the window and door industry providing a
strong, scalable end-to-end solution. We are looking
forward to our long-term partnership.”
About Aluminite
With nearly 50 years of reputation for quality and service,
Aluminite is known for manufacturing highest quality
of aluminum window screens, steel patio screen doors,
and extruded aluminum patio screen doors at each of their
six facilities across United States. All products are
produced to meet and exceed customers’ unique requirements.
For more information, please visit Aluminite's website,
www.alumco.com.
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