Intercim
Joins Open Applications Group Manufacturing
Execution System from Intercim will be “We
have become members of the Open Applications Group (OAG) in order to provide
additional value to our customers.” said John Todd, President and CEO of
Intercim, Inc. “By adopting OAG
integration specification standards for our software development we are ensuring
dramatically lower deployment and maintenance costs for our customers.” By
joining OAG, Intercim is picking up on previous work performed as a member of
the CIIMPLEX Consortium, a National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)
Advanced Technology Program (ATP) sponsored initiative.
As a result of its participation in the CIIMPLEX Consortium, Intercim
developed integration capabilities utilizing the OAG Integration Specification
(OAGIS). “This
standard offers the opportunity for true plug-and-play interoperability for
enterprise applications,” said Chet Moutrie, Intercim Vice-President of
Engineering. “Customers will find that our FACTORYnet MES solution will
integrate seamlessly with other enterprise applications utilizing these
standards. This is a crucial industry-wide step in the development of agile
eBusinesses and effective supply chain integration.” The
Open Applications Group is a non-profit consortium focusing on best practices
and process based XML content for eBusiness and Application Integration.
It is the largest publisher of XML based content for business software
interoperability in the world. Open
Applications Group, Inc. members have over 5 years of extensive experience in
building this industry consensus based framework for business software
application interoperability and have developed a repeatable process for quickly
developing high quality business content and XML representations of that
content. "I
am pleased that Intercim has joined the Open Applications Group and will be
lending their expertise to building the highest quality and most robust library
of XML-based interoperability specifications in the world," said David
Connelly, CEO of the Open Applications Group.
"The people of Intercim have a deep level of knowledge and
experience that will improve the work of the Open Applications Group, thus
ensuring that customer needs are met and that vendors can implement the
work." Intercim
specializes in providing eContent for the manufacturing supply chain through the
electronic collection and sharing of information.
Intercim’s MES software provides value to enterprises through current
and accurate information on every aspect of their manufacturing process – from
design to final shipping. Intercim’s
parent company, IFS, develops and supplies business applications that offer
step-by-step evolution to the extended enterprise. IFS is the world's
fastest-growing company in the business applications market. |