Week of January 22, 1999 Manufacturing News SCS Signs Deal With Frontec Structured Computer Systems (SCS) (Avon, Conn.; www.scsinfo.com), a provider of procurement and materials management software, has selected AMTrix 4.2 software from Frontec AMT (Stamford, Conn.; www.frontec.com), a provider of extended application integration software, to develop an application connector for the SCS Reality procurement automation software. The deal will allow SCS customers to link Reality with systems supported by AMTrix, including IBM's MQ Series, SAP R/3, Oracle, J.D. Edwards' OneWorld, and other packaged applications. SCS will use the AMTrix message broker software system to develop a connector to readily integrate numerous applications and further streamline the procurement process. The connector will make it easier for SCS customers to visually define data maps and communications workflow between Reality and other enterprise application environments. AMTrix provides the tools to build, manage and operate solutions that bridge the gaps between hardware platforms, databases, messaging formats and communications methods. The Manufacturing Report © Copyright 1997, 1998, 1999 by Lionheart Publishing, Inc. All rights reserved. E-mail Editorial Dept: tmr-editorial@lionhrtpub.com Lionheart Publishing, Inc. 2555 Cumberland Parkway, Suite 299, Atlanta, GA 30339 USA Phone: 770-431-0867 | Fax: 770-432-6969 E-mail: lpi@lionhrtpub.com Web Design by Premier Web Designs E-mail: lionwebmaster@preweb.com