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IMPERIAL TOBACCO SELECTS ASI's DDA SOLUTION
FOR WAREHOUSE DATA COLLECTION/ERP INTEGRATION
Southfield, MI -April 19, 1999- Imperial Tobacco Ltd. (Montreal, Canada) has
selected Advanced Systems International's ATLink(tm) DDA (data distribution
and access) solution to integrate mobile warehouse data collection terminals
at two of their plants that use SAP R/3 Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP)
system.
Imperial Tobacco, the leading Canadian manufacturer of tobacco products, is
widely known for its top-selling du Maurier, Player's and Matinee cigarette
brands. ATLink(tm) will be used at two of Imperial's manufacturing plants in
Canada, but will be implemented first at Imperial's GLT (Green Leaf
Threshing) plant in Aylmer, Ontario.
"The initial phase of the contract, valued at approximately $650,000, is a
fraction of the cost of conventional integration based on point-to-point
interfaces that rely on customized code," said Gerry Pesut, president and
CEO of Advanced Systems International (ASI). "Imperial will realize
significant cost savings due to the open-systems design of ATLink(tm). This
added value is in line with ASI's competitive strategy that calls for 80%
project completion at the installation phase and 20% from on-going
maintenance. This allows ASI to transfer ownership of the application to the
customer more quickly which is opposite of what happens in today's
industry."
Over a year in development, ATLink(tm) was formally introduced in March
1999. ATLink(tm) meets all industry standard criteria for universal Data
Distribution and Access software for ERP systems. It is a true client/server
DDA solution that is platform driven, database-independent, scaleable and is
built on non-proprietary, industry-standard modules (GUI, RDBMS, ODBC, SQL,
ADO, DCOM/COM, ActiveX/OLE).
According to Pierre Paquete, Imperial's Project Manager for Automated Data
Collection, "ASI was chosen because of the experienced level of staff and
the advanced modularity of ATLink(tm) open systems technology that will
reduce costs associated with both the implementation and maintenance of the
application. ATLink(tm) is flexible in meeting our current specific needs
and can easily be adapted to future technical advancements. Finally, ASI has
demonstrated a willingness to establish a strong partnership. We feel that
is essential to a successful interactive working relationship in this
innovative environment."
ATLink(tm) will be used at Aylmer to track 200-kilogram cases of
semi-finished tobacco throughout the grading process in real-time. The data
collection devices will be advanced VMU's (vehicle mounted units) with
bar-code scanners. Mounted on the forklift trucks, the touch-screen based
Windows(tm)* 95 terminals will feature a small business-rule driven Visual
Basic developed application.
Paquete said, "Our goal is to empower our shop floor users to work in
self-directed teams to control their own business process. That's why we
felt that user-friendly, GUI terminals were essential tools. ATLink(tm)
enables bi-directional data flow between the terminals and the ERP system
for real-time data entry. It puts powerful warehouse management tools at the
team member's disposal, just as if they were sitting in front of a
conventional terminal."
Paul Abraham, Manager of Engineering for ASI, said, "The ATLink(tm) product
will link to the GUI terminal via ASI's standard interface written in
Microsoft's Visual Basic. This eliminates 90% of the custom code typically
required for this type of implementation. The other 10% will be specific to
Imperial's system."
Advanced Systems International is a leading supplier of time and attendance
and labor allocation applications, as well as data distribution and access
(DDA) solutions for the Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) environment.
ASI's cost effective, comprehensive product offering includes the
application software, hardware, implementation services and on-going support
necessary for rapid deployment of enterprise-wide distributed processing.
Key markets include automotive, automotive supply, packaged goods,
pharmaceuticals, food processing and other manufacturing industries.
Investor Relations:
Quentin Mai
Telephone: (248) 263-0000
Toll Free: (888) 399-7000
www.advsysintl.com
qmai@advsysintl.com
*Windows is a registered trademark of Microsoft Corporation.
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or performance are forward-looking statements that involve risks and
uncertainties, including but not limited to, risks of product non-approval
or product development and market acceptance risks, the impact of
competitive products and pricing, the results of current and future
licensing and other collaborative relationships, the results of financing
efforts, developments regarding intellectual property rights and litigation,
and other risks identified in the Company's informational documents provided
to brokers pursuant to SEC Rule 15c2-11. Actual results, events or
performance may differ materially. Readers are cautioned not to place undue
reliance on these forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the
date hereof. The Company undertakes no obligation to release publicly the
results of any revisions to these forward-looking statements that may be
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the occurrence of unanticipated events.
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