Manufacturing Industry
Infor buys process-specific PLM vendor, Formation Systems; BEA extends portal line with Plumtree.(ACQUISITIONS)
Manufacturing Business Technology, October, 2005
Adding breadth to its process manufacturing group solution in August with the acquisition of product life cycle management (PLM) vendor Formation Systems, midmarket enterprise systems vendor Infor set forth on its fourth acquisition of the year, and the 14th since its founding in 2001. "The process PLM market is still evolving, but our process customers indicated they wanted a PLM solution, and they preferred one from us," says Bruce Gordon, VP and general manager of Infor's process group.
"We will integrate Formation Systems' product with our process ERP, supply chain management, and scheduling solutions, which will enable users to take formulas from research and development, manage multiple recipes, and do integrated costing and advanced planning to...
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