Week of December 7, 1998 Manufacturing News JBA Forms Strategic Alliance With Deloitte & Touche JBA International (www.jbaworld.com), a provider of enterprise resource planning (ERP) solutions, has formed a strategic alliance with Deloitte & Touche (www.us.deloitte.com), a professional services and accounting firm, aimed at helping manufacturers maximize their investment in enterprise-wide information technology, financial and operations solutions. Deloitte & Touche will provide JBA implementation and associated services largely through its Management Solutions and Services practice. The Deloitte & Touche/JBA alliance unites the business perspective and industry experience of a leading ERP implementor, Deloitte & Touche, with the technological and industry expertise of a premier ERP software provider, JBA. The alliance also builds on the success that Deloitte & Touche has achieved on behalf of manufacturers through its implementation of enterprise-wide, integrated business solutions, not just enhanced systems applications. The overall result: manufacturers will be better equipped to meet the challenge of fundamentally improving the business processes throughout their organizations. Deloitte & Touche and JBA will continue to focus their efforts on maximizing the return on investment of ERP systems for manufacturers. The Manufacturing Report © Copyright 1997, 1998 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