DD gets software license:
PR Newswire
Friday, November 13, 1998 1:27PM
ATLANTA, Nov. 13 /PRNewswire/ via NewsEdge
Corporation -
Ross Systems, Inc. (Nasdaq: ROSS), a leading
provider of business software solutions, announced
today a new agreement in the food and beverage
sector. Delicious Alternative Desserts Ltd., with its
manufacturing facilities in Stoney Creek, Ontario,
Canada, licensed Ross' Renaissance CS(R) Enterprise
Resource Planning and Supply Chain Management
System. The business of Delicious Alternative
Desserts Ltd. is the manufacturing, marketing and
distribution of ice cream and other frozen dessert
products throughout Canada. The Corporation is rapidly
expanding its business through national brand
licensing for Canadian markets, having recently
acquired the exclusive rights to manufacture, market
and distribute certain Ben & Jerry's ice cream
products, the rights to manufacture, market and
distribute Cadbury branded ice cream products, the
distribution rights for the Weight Watchers(TM) ice
cream product line and the manufacturing and
distribution rights for Mr. Cookie Face of New Jersey,
USA.
"We are extremely pleased to have Delicious
Alternative Desserts Ltd. as a customer," said Dennis
Vohs, Ross' Chairman and CEO. "We are pleased with
our success in the food and beverage market,
particularly the dairy and dairy product sector. Today
we have nearly 20 dairy product customers including
Dairyworld Foods, Kiwi Co-op Dairies Ltd., Muller Dairy
UK, Kerry Foods, Bongards' Creameries, Compagnie
Laitiere Europeene and Golden Vale."
Ross also announced an expanded agreement with
France Telecom through its partner Kingston SCL Ltd.
Ross Systems, Inc. develops, markets and supports a
broad range of client/server business solutions,
including financials, manufacturing, maintenance,
distribution, supply chain management, transportation
management, materials management, and human
resources applications, as well as comprehensive
application development products. Ross Systems
products are available for the following open systems
environments: Microsoft Windows NT for the Intel and
Alpha chips; IBM's RS/6000; HP-UX; Digital UNIX,
Open VMS, Fujitsu DS-90 UNIX and Siemens Nixdorf.
More than 3,000 companies around the world use
business solutions from Ross Systems to run their
operations.
Ross Systems employs 599 professionals in offices
around the world to serve its customers. Corporate
headquarters are located at Two Concourse Parkway,
Suite 800, Atlanta, Georgia 30328. Please visit Ross
Systems' website at www.rossinc.com.
SOURCE Ross Systems, Inc.
CONTACT: Dennis Vohs, Ross Systems, Inc.,
770-351-9600, ext. 3058
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