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INFOR ACQUIRES MES COMPANY LIGHTHOUSE SYSTEMS
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nfor has announced the acquisition of Lighthouse Systems, a provider of manufacturing execution system (MES) software for smart manufacturing. The company’s flagship product, Shopfloor-Online, helps manufacturing companies manage and improve manufacturing operations across production, quality, inventory, and maintenance. Lighthouse Systems’ MES solution, which can be fully integrated into Infor CloudSuite ERP (enterprise resource planning) systems, will help Infor address a critical customer requirement of 24×7 manufacturing operations. For those manufacturing companies that are looking to implement ERP and MES together, Infor anticipates that its ability to offer a fully integrated solution “out of the
Kevin Samuelson, CEO, Infor
box” will significantly shorten time to value for customers. “MES solutions are critical for manufacturing organisations that
want to ensure data consistency and real-time visibility across all plant operations,” said Infor CEO Kevin Samuelson. “Integrating these capabilities with our industry-specific ERP systems will help us deliver even more powerful solutions to manufacturing organisations, as they look to digitize their operations and grow their businesses.” Based in Crawley, UK, about 30 miles south of London, Lighthouse Systems has major offices in the UK, the United States and Singapore. Its approximately 100 employees serve customers worldwide in focus industries such as automotive, building & construction, food & beverage, life science, machinery & equipment, packaging, and sustainable energy.
AVEVA ANNOUNCES UPGRADED DESIGN AND PROCESS SIMULATION TOOLS AVEVA has introduced three add-ons to AVEVA E3D Design – infusing AI capabilities into its advanced engineering design software which maximises efficiency through cloud collaboration. The FTSE 100 company also announced a sustainability enhancement for AVEVA Process Simulation – an integrated platform spanning the process engineering lifecycle of design, simulation, training, and operations. “Digital transformation is the key enabler for sustainability, efficiency and agility. AVEVA E3D Design and AVEVA Process Simulation enable organisations to build digital plant designs that will empower the future. With E3D Design, teams can collaborate across disciplines to avoid rework and on-site retrofits,” said Amish Sabharwal, Executive Vice President, Engineering Business Unit at AVEVA. 6
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“Meanwhile, with AVEVA Process Simulation, organisations can quantify, track, and optimise greenhouse gas emissions from the earliest stages of design to operations. The simulation platform empowers companies to design the sustainable processes of the future and bring new processes to market more quickly by accelerating the process design cycle.” The latest enhancements of AVEVA E3D Design and AVEVA Process
Simulation empower organisations from chemicals, oil and gas, power, marine, and mining, metals and minerals to design sustainable processes and plants at the speed the market demands. The new AVEVA E3D Design add-ons improve engineering quality and efficiency through expedited, streamlined design processes, while AVEVA Process Simulation enables organisations to move beyond linear, wasteful workflows to implement circular, sustainable processes.
