Enterasys Networks Receives Progressive Manufacturing Award

ANDOVER, Mass., March 15, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Enterasys Networks, a Siemens Enterprise Communications company, today announced it is a winner of the seventh annual Progressive Manufacturing Awards (PM100) for its collaborative S&OP process.  Selected by the publishers of Managing Automation and an independent panel of industry experts, the PM100 awards recognize best-in-class manufacturing companies that have achieved competitive advantage and transformed their business through the innovative use of technology.  

Enterasys Networks designed and developed a fully automated global S&OP process that links an integrated set of IT tools that include Salesforce.com for sales pipeline information and BigMachines for detailed project quotes that feeds the S&OP automation solution provided by Steelwedge.  The PM100 award recognizes Enterasys Networks' outstanding achievements with S&OP, a mission-critical process that has helped the company transform itself into a service leader.  Through real-time data integration Enterasys can monitor supply and demand on a daily basis and respond immediately to demand changes and exceptions.

"Enterasys Networks is honored to be a winner of the seventh annual Progressive Manufacturing Award (PM100). This award validates the Enterasys Supply Chain continuous improvement initiatives focused on customer satisfaction as we live up to our mantra 'there is nothing more important than our customers'," said Jack Lyon, vice president of operations at Enterasys Networks.  "We developed a process and technology infrastructure partnering with Steelwedge to support global collaboration and drive real-time executive level decision making around critical supply and demand trade-offs.   Our S&OP process has helped us build a lean and responsive organization to provide optimal service to our customers."  

"We are pleased that Enterasys Networks has been recognized for its innovative use of Steelwedge technology to support a collaborative S&OP process across its global enterprise," said Glen Margolis, CEO of Steelwedge.  "This award is strong confirmation that Steelwedge can help leading companies to enhance customer service and profitably manage demand and supply."  

About Enterasys Networks and Siemens Enterprise Communications

Siemens Enterprise Communications is a premier provider of end-to-end enterprise communications, including voice, network infrastructure and security solutions that use open, standards-based unified communications and business applications for a seamless collaboration experience. This award-winning "Open Communications" approach enables organizations to improve productivity and reduce costs through easy-to-deploy solutions that work within existing IT environments, delivering operational efficiencies. It is the foundation for the company's OpenPath® commitment that enables customers to mitigate risk and cost-effectively adopt unified communications. Jointly owned by The Gores Group and Siemens AG, Siemens Enterprise Communications includes Cycos and Enterasys Networks. For more information about Siemens Enterprise Communications or Enterasys please visit www.siemens-enterprise.com or www.enterasys.com.

About Steelwedge

Founded in 2000, Steelwedge supercharges sales and operations planning (S&OP) and integrated business planning (IBP) with the power of automated collaboration and analytics. Executives depend on Steelwedge to understand fluctuating demand, balance sales and capacity trade-offs, connect S&OP with financial planning, and measure performance against strategic revenue and customer service targets. With more cloud-based S&OP deployments than all of our competitors combined, Steelwedge is proud to serve leading companies including Applied Materials, DIRECTV, Emerson, General Electric, Juniper Networks, NVIDIA and Sara Lee.  For more information about Steelwedge, please visit www.steelwedge.com.

SOURCE Enterasys Networks

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