CONTROL: The Complete ERP Solution

What is CONTROL? CONTROL is a portfolio of business applications from
Cincom that addresses the complete business cycle of companies who build
highly engineered products. Supporting assemble-to-order, make-to-order,
and engineer-to-order environments, CONTROL encompasses activities such as
business planning, business acquisition, order management, engineering,
procurement, manufacturing, costing, financial accounting, and customer
service. It's also the unifying solution for multinational companies that
manufacture at multiple locations yet require consolidation of inventory
and financials as well as support for multiple currencies and languages.

Agile Manufacturing

Today's manufacturers must be agile enough to respond to constantly varying
market requirements. All manufacturing companies share common challenges
across industry sectors -- they must conform to increasingly stringent
quality standards, deliver on schedule despite shrinking lead times, and
reduce costs in order to offer a lower price. All of this while competing
globally.

But companies that manufacture highly engineered products have other
concerns. They need to configure products according to customer
specifications, manage a large volume of engineering changes, and trace
material for regulatory compliance. They may need to estimate and submit
formal proposals to win business, and if they operate in a project
environment, segregate materials and track costs by project.

Left uncontrolled, these activities add to the cost of doing business. But
controlling and minimizing these costs lets companies gain a valuable
advantage over the competition.

Until now, the manufacturing software industry has failed to meet the
special requirements of the highly engineered products sector. Cincom,
however, recognizes that manufacturers of highly engineered products need
capabilities which address the critical business issues throughout their
entire operation. These are the capabilities that Cincom has built into
the CONTROL product range.

The highly engineered products marketplace is an environment that Cincom
understands and in which we already possess a significant client base.
Companies like Alcoa, Boeing, Trane, Emerson, Alcatel, Ericsson,
Gulfstream, BFGoodrich, Lucas Aerospace, Allied Signal, BMW Rolls-Royce,
and many more can testify to the effectiveness of the solutions we
provide.

Business Acquisition

The area which most differentiates highly engineered product manufacturers
from other companies is the process by which they acquire business. In
this marketplace of uniquely configured products, companies must estimate
and submit formal proposals to win orders. All of these activities add
many months and subsequent cost to the sales order management cycle.

Independent research shows that preparing a bid and proposal now consumes,
on average, 12 percent of the value of a contract. Even with today's
"automated" systems (which are primarily spreadsheets) businesses often
are unable to meet bid and proposal deadlines. That's where
CONTROL:Acquire comes in.

CONTROL:Acquire, a segment of Cincom's CONTROL suite, is the only product
that integrates the processes of prospecting, product configuration,
estimating, and proposal development, to improve responsiveness while
reducing the time, effort and cost. By automating this labor-intensive
process, CONTROL:Acquire cuts sales overhead, consistently meets proposal
and bid deadlines, and avoids under or overbidding.

For a complete ERP solution, one that can stand up to the demanding needs
of highly engineered product manufacturers and multisite installations,
get CONTROL.

About Cincom

Cincinnati-based Cincom Systems has been developing and marketing quality
business software to leading organizations worldwide for more than a
quarter of a century, and is now among the world's largest software
companies. The company is one of the few in the industry that offers
business applications for manufacturing companies, as well as complete
solutions for object-oriented and fourth-generation language application
development, client/server and object-relational database, workflow
automation, and document solutions. For more information about Cincom and
its products, call 800/543-3010 or E-mail info@cincom.com.
 
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