Posted December 12, 2001 Manufacturing News Baan launches suite of collaborative business solutions for electronics industry Baan (Voorthuizen, Netherlands; www.baan.com) has announced its new iBaan for Electronics suite for the high-tech/electronics industry. iBaan for Electronics provides Engineer-To-Order (ETO), Assemble-To-Order (ATO) and Make-To-Order (MTO) companies with integrated front-office, back-office and B2B solutions. Its new functionality includes support for demand/pricing and order/configuration/logistics/quality/knowledge management, pricing and promotion strategy, product development, procurement, manufacturing execution, production planning, service and maintenance, customer acquisition, sourcing, and master scheduling. High-tech and electronics is Baan's largest industry group. With the launch of iBaan for Electronics, Baan will provide contract manufacturers and OEM organizations with tighter integration of complex processes, enable closer collaboration with trading partners, and empower companies to provide employees with build-to-order shop floor data and supply information. The solution offers enterprise-wide intranet/extranet web visibility; simple adjustment to business process changes; improvements in speed of information and material flow throughout the B2B value chain, alongside web-enabled supply chain management information for both customer and business partners; and real-time information exchange with advance planning, optimization and execution modules. Baan supports organizations in the manufacturing, logistics, service and engineering industries as they move towards tighter integration of their complex processes, closer collaboration with customers and partners, and providing employees with build-to-order shop floor data and supply information. Baan has more than 15,000 customer sites worldwide, and is part of the Invensys Software Systems Division - a global provider of e-business/automation solutions. The Manufacturing Report © Copyright 2001 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