Altico Advisors Form Strategic Partnership with Visibility Corporation

Andover, MA -- (ReleaseWire) -- 05/03/2007 -- Altico, a provider of ERP solutions with a specialization in manufacturing, will now be implementing and reselling Visibility Corporation's .NET based ERP solution, VISIBILITY.net. The partnership brings together Visibility's industry leading ERP software solution designed for complex product manufacturers with Altico's significant business experience, proven implementation methodology, and effective sales organization. Altico is recognized in the Northeast for delivering high quality business solutions and advisory services that provide unparalleled results for mid-market businesses. Altico Advisors, headquartered in Massachusetts, has joined Visibility's Partner Program to form a strategic relationship that will broaden the reach of both companies in the manufacturing sector that they serve.

Michael J. Kean, Altico Principal and President explains, "We have considerable expertise with numerous ERP products and business applications, but we recognized a gap in our ability to meet the needs of complex product manufacturers, which is a subset of the market we serve. Extensive research led us to Visibility for a comprehensive solution built on current technologies." Kean continues, "We're highly selective about the systems we represent and Visibility met our high standards for flexibility and usability. As a company, Visibility also has a solid reputation. And the VISIBILITY.net software is designed to drive business efficiencies through flexible workflows, resource utilization, manufacturing planning, compliance and data consolidation. The result is a product that deploys with speed and precision, improves customer service, and shortens time to market. These are the goals we share with Visibility and with our clients."

Lori Kimball, Vice President of Strategic Business Development at Visibility Corporation, notes, "Altico's implementation and business process expertise extend our coverage in the Northeastern U.S, which is critical to our worldwide expansion, and brings a solid business partner with a proven track record into our channel. We were seeking an established partner with a clear record of client successes. Altico is that partner in the Northeast. Our partners must be experts in the manufacturing market and capable of delivering process improvements in their ERP deployments. Altico is a consultative organization with the technological skills to deliver against those shared goals."

About Altico Advisors
Altico Advisors (www.AlticoAdvisors.com) is a recognized business solutions advisory firm serving the manufacturing, distribution and services communities. The entire Altico team is dedicated to a service model that allows clients to maximize their investment in software systems and have ready access to the information they require to run their businesses.


About Visibility Corporation
Visibility Corporation (www.visibility.com) is a leading developer and supplier of business software solutions designed for the unique needs of project-based, engineer-to-order and to-order manufacturers. Visibility's Enterprise Application solutions help midsize manufacturers of complex products operate their businesses effectively.

VISIBILITY.net is an integrated ERP solution and more. Offering unparalleled functionality and integrated workflow, this browser-based solution cost effectively delivers the power of .NET-based Web services for use with either a Microsoft SQL Server™ or Oracle® database. Conducting business any place, any time, any where is a reality, deployable with unprecedented flexibility.

For more information on this press release visit: http://www.releasewire.com/press-releases/release-3.htm

Flexible ETO Manufacturing Solutions Make Visibility ERP Leader

Andover, MA -- (ReleaseWire) -- 05/01/2007 -- According to Stephen Carson, executive vice-president of Visibility Corporation, "ETO/MTO manufacturers require sophisticated tools to manage and track service materials and personnel over the long, detailed lifecycles of their products. Visibility provides the visibility and control of all project lifecycle costs-from the suppliers through manufacturing, out to customers and into the aftermarket including continual product developments and enhancements."

Visibility a leading provider of extended ERP solutions for engineer-to-order and high volume manufacturers, has announced the development of a powerful yet flexible solutions framework that supports the actual ways in which Engineer-to-Order (ETO) and Make-to-Order (MTO) manufacturers operate-including concurrent or progressive engineering and simultaneous mixed modes of operation. Visibility software reacts to project changes immediately to rebalance supplies, resources, and demands to keep projects moving forward.

The advantages of utilizing Visibility to support ETO/MTO manufacturing environments.

Managing Bid & Estimate Process

• Superior estimating tools for manufacturing and service projects
• Respond quickly to Request for Quotes with bids that accurately reflect customer needs
• Life cycle costing-including standard, actual, and average-and cost visibility
• Define and track your sales proposal activities and convert data into orders
• Quote, sell and deliver complex configured products

Project Management & Analysis

• View costs by project regardless of fiscal period or by fiscal period for one or more projects
• Project accounting for accurate visibility and control of project performance
• Control of integrated project definitions for any type of project no matter how complex
• Seamlessly integrated with Microsoft Project using a bi-directional interface, which helps you develop and analyze project plans, create reports and coordinate activities
• Multi-level planning tools including date synchronization, impact analysis and simulation

Design & Engineering

• Progressive engineering cuts months and months out of lead times
• Centralized, integrated product information repository ensures quality and reduces costs
• Powerful estimating and simulation capabilities for fast, accurate sales quotes and bids
• Local structures reduce costs and risks of product and engineering changes
• Supports design, engineering, manufacturing, post-sale service and financial accounting processes to provide you with total control of the entire product lifecycle

Controlling & Planning Key Resources

• Coordinate the lead times of your suppliers with your manufacturing processes-including sub-components-to maximize efficiency and responsiveness
• Total flexibility in supplier relationships-as manual or as automated as you want them to be
• Match supplies with demands-helps you negotiate contracts with committed pricing but flexible delivery schedules
• Complete visibility into materials as well as the flexibility to define and track both materials and locations, including full lot and serial number traceability
• Plan and re-plan activities and tasks; synchronizes dates, and performs impact analysis and simulations to improve on-time completion

Post Sale Service & Support

• Plan and manage services just like materials
• Manage the delivery and procurement of services and monitor costs more efficiently
• Visibility into both existing and planned field service engineer and material availability
• Plan and execute successful product installations by managing the coordination and delivery of materials, services and other resources including sub-contractors
• Respond promptly and profitably to customer needs for repair-manage the entire service and repair cycle

Visibility Corporation (www.visibility.com) is a leading developer and supplier of business software solutions designed for the unique needs of project-based, engineer-to-order and to-order manufacturers. Visibility's Enterprise Application solutions help midsize manufacturers of complex products operate their businesses effectively. Visibility has an extensive customer base throughout North America and Europe and has the strongest representation of ERP among complex manufacturers.

For more information on this press release visit: http://www.releasewire.com/press-releases/release-3.htm

Thriving in one-of-a-kind manufacturing through .NET Solutions Profiled by Manufacturing Journalist TR Cutler

Andover, MA -- (ReleaseWire) -- 02/02/2007 -- Manufacturing Journalist TR Cutler profiled the development of .net solutions in the current issue of Accounting Software 411. the complete feature can be read at http://www.accountingsoftware411.com/Press/PressDocView.aspx?docid=8264.

Nexgen Technologies is an emerging leader in the manufacture of unique capital equipment designed for the semiconductor industry. Based in Santa Clara, CA Nexgen, leverages outsourcing of major components allowing their organization to focus on engineering, product development and testing. As a highly engineering focused manufacturer their business model is simple: be the best at delivering one-of-a-kind capital equipment. Nexgen required a solution that would give them the controls and effective technology in combination with comprehensive functionality for their complex manufacturing requirements. After many months of evaluation of ERP systems Nexgen selected VISIBILITY.net ERP. According to Naylor, "This ERP solution is exactly what we were looking for and is oriented on our type of one-of-a-kind manufacturing business. They understand our business demands and have 20 plus years of experience implementing their solution effectively. What we liked most was the comprehensiveness of the software and how it will enable us to optimize all areas of our business. From quotes, to costing, financial compliance, projects, business process improvements through workflow and will accommodate our growth with multi-entity and multi-lingual. Additionally, it was designed from the onset using Microsoft's .net which gives us a contemporary business platform to grow our business on. "

With the recent advent of .NET technology, the problems encountered by Nexgen's previous system limitations were erased with the ERP solution chosen. 100% written in .NET-managed code, the new ERP system was developed to support multi-site ETO/MTO manufacturers.

The benefits of a true multi-site ETO/MTO solution:

1. The .NET architecture eliminates the need for Citrix or other remote access applications. Instead, users can access the .net solution from anywhere in the world as long as they have a browser, like Internet Explorer, and an Internet connection. This also eliminates the need for multiple costly Unix or Citrix servers, lowering the total cost of ownership and IT maintenance requirements.
2. A true multi-site ERP system eliminates the need to maintain multiple databases. Each site can be set-up as a separate manufacturing entity within a single database. This allows a single listing of part numbers to be shared across all entities. Moreover, the part costs, pricing, and MRP planning parameters can be unique by entity. Custom solutions are not necessary to handle inventory transfers between sites.
3. Powerful security features allow each and every field within the application to be controlled. Field level control, by user, may be set to Active, Inactive, or Read Only. This feature allows full control over which users have access to costing data yielding substantial compliance benefits.

According to Stephen Carson, executive vice-president of Visibility, "Our .net ERP solution reduces hardware and maintenance costs for one-of-a-kind (ETO/MTO) manufacturers. With only a single database to manage, the inherent complexities of maintaining separate databases are eliminated, thereby increasing the accuracy of tracking costs. "

Visibility Corporation (www.visibility.com) is a leading developer and supplier of business software solutions designed for the unique needs of project-based, engineer-to-order and to-order manufacturers. Visibility's Enterprise Application solutions help midsize manufacturers of complex products operate their businesses effectively. Visibility has an extensive customer base throughout North America and Europe and has the strongest representation of ERP among complex manufacturers.

VISIBILITY.net is an integrated ERP solution and more. Offering unparalleled functionality and integrated workflow, this browser-based solution cost effectively delivers the power of .NET-based Web services for use with either a Microsoft SQL Server™ or Oracle® database. Conducting business any place, any time, any where is a reality, deployable with unprecedented flexibility.

For more information on this press release visit: http://www.releasewire.com/press-releases/release-3.htm

Visibility ETO Business Process Automation Profiled by Manufacturing Journalist TR Cutler

Andover, MA -- (ReleaseWire) -- 01/23/2007 -- According to Stephen Carson, executive vice president of Visibility Corporation, "The decision to invest in business process automation is significant and often part of a project-based manufacturer's lean initiative. ETO companies must consider the value of significantly reducing bidding, engineering and manufacturing cycle times; reducing product rework; and improving customer service and internal communication. There is additional value to the clients of ETO manufacturers when their product is designed precisely to meet customer requirements and is achieved with high quality and delivered on time and within budget."

Business Process Automation is the practice of analyzing, documenting, optimizing and automating business processes. The business process is the flow of information, modified by value-added tasks, that begins with the first contact with a prospective client and continues through delivery of a finished product. Well-developed business processes can create a seamless link from initial client interface through the supply chain. Automation of those processes improves the accuracy of the information transferred and ensures the repeatability of the value-added tasks performed.

Manufacturing Journalist Thomas R. Cutler Profiled Business Process Automation by ETO (engineer to order) manufacturers in the current issue of Industrial Market Trends. The article can be read in its entirety at http://news.thomasnet.com/IMT/archives/2006/11/engineer_to_order_automation_transforms_business_process_contributed.html?WT.mc_t=nlimt_Eng&WT.mc_n=703_E.

Because of the potential risk in underbidding projects with thin margins, knowledge capture and reuse of historical information to fulfill customer-specific orders more accurately and efficiently. Technology solutions for the ETO market must address sales, engineering and manufacturing to bring the automation process to the point of sale.

Carson noted, "In addition to engineering automation, effective ETO technology solutions drive engineering innovation as well as integration with the entire enterprise, allowing manufacturers to develop new features and add to their product offerings."

Visibility Corporation (www.visibility.com) is a leading developer and supplier of business software solutions designed for the unique needs of project-based, engineer-to-order and to-order manufacturers. Visibility's Enterprise Application solutions help midsize manufacturers of complex products operate their businesses effectively. Visibility has an extensive customer base throughout North America and Europe and has the strongest representation of ERP among complex manufacturers.

VISIBILITY.net is an integrated ERP solution and more. Offering unparalleled functionality and integrated workflow, this browser-based solution cost effectively delivers the power of .NET-based Web services for use with either a Microsoft SQL Server™ or Oracle® database. Conducting business any place, any time, any where is a reality, deployable with unprecedented flexibility.

For more information on this press release visit: http://www.releasewire.com/press-releases/release-3.htm

Nexgen Finds Right Engineer-to-Order ERP Solution

Andover, MA -- (ReleaseWire) -- 01/12/2007 -- Nexgen required a solution that could give them the controls and effective technology in combination with comprehensive functionality for their complex manufacturing requirements. After many months of evaluation of ERP systems Nexgen selected VISIBILITY.net ERP. According to Steve Naylor, Director of IT at Nexgen, "this ERP solution is exactly what we were looking for and is oriented on our type of one-of-a-kind manufacturing business. They understand our business demands and have 20 plus years of experience implementing their solution effectively. What we liked most was the comprehensiveness of the software and how it will enable us to optimize all areas of our business. From quotes, to costing, financial compliance, projects, business process improvements through workflow and will accommodate our growth with multi-entity and multi-lingual. Additionally, it was designed from the onset using Microsoft's .net which gives us a contemporary business platform to grow our business on. "

Nexgen Technologies is an emerging leader in the manufacture of unique capital equipment designed for the semiconductor industry. Based in Santa Clara, CA Nexgen, leverages outsourcing of major components allowing their organization to focus on engineering, product development and testing.

As a highly engineering focused manufacturer serving this dynamic industry their business model is simple, to be the best at delivering one of a kind capital equipment. Designing and building to customer specification is a major differentiator and the word has spread quickly much to the satisfaction of the entrepreneurial oriented Nexgen organization. Next step in continuing the success is optimizing the challenging parts of the business.

For Nexgen, operating at peak efficiency was critical for continued growth and profitability at the levels the business plan called for. According to Steve Naylor, Director of IT at Nexgen,"the challenges to growth meant we needed an integrated business system in place that add controls and facilitate the numerous challenges presented in an Engineer to Order business like ours. Critical areas we needed to improve upon included; speed and accuracy of quoting, managing actual costs, reducing cycle times between design and manufacturing, managing bom revisions and project costs, begin billing for projects based on progress, streamline our business procedures and eliminate wasted approval and notification bottlenecks."

Nexgen Technologies current ERP system, a product first released in 1991, lacks several key areas that have now become critical to their business such as, multi-site, progress billing, workflow for process improvement and many other shortcomings that were limiting this complex Engineer to Order (ETO) manufacturer. As a result, Nexgen has been forced to be encumbered with system obstacles that slowed their responsiveness, hindered their visibility to project costs, and consumed unnecessary cycles due to lack of workflow creating ineffective sneaker net communications. This was costing the company in many aspects of the business.

With the recent advent of .NET technology, the problems encountered by Nexgen's previous system limitations are erased with the VISIBILITY.net ERP solution. It is 100% written in .NET-managed code, VISIBILITY.net, has been developed from the ground up to support multi-site ETO/MTO manufacturers.

In summary, the VISIBILITY.net ERP solution reduces hardware and maintenance costs for one-of-a-kind (ETO/MTO) manufacturers. With only a single database to manage, the inherent complexities of maintaining separate databases are eliminated, thereby increasing the accuracy of tracking costs.

Visibility Corporation (www.visibility.com) is a leading developer and supplier of business software solutions designed for the unique needs of project-based, engineer-to-order and to-order manufacturers. Visibility's Enterprise Application solutions help midsize manufacturers of complex products operate their businesses effectively. Visibility has an extensive customer base throughout North America and Europe and has the strongest representation of ERP among complex manufacturers.

VISIBILITY.net is an integrated ERP solution and more. Offering unparalleled functionality and integrated workflow, this browser-based solution cost effectively delivers the power of .NET-based Web services for use with either a Microsoft SQL Server™ or Oracle® database. Conducting business any place, any time, any where is a reality, deployable with unprecedented flexibility.

For more information on this press release visit: http://www.releasewire.com/press-releases/release-3.htm

Automation.com Profiled ETO ERP Leader Visibility and Jervis B. Webb Company

Andover, MA -- (ReleaseWire) -- 12/28/2006 -- Creating the foundation for continuous improvement and following lean principles Russ Rousseau, of The Jervis B. Webb Company based in Farmington Hills, Michigan noted, "As an ETO Manufacturing and Engineering Company we found substantial improvements and cost savings were gained by working with systems such as VISIBILITY ERP that are focused on the distinctive requirements of the engineering intensive product manufacturer. It has added substantial value, less non applicable overhead and has enabled us to be highly effective."

Visibility Corporation (www.visibility.com) is a leading developer and supplier of business software solutions designed for the unique needs of project-based, engineer-to-order and to-order manufacturers. Visibility's Enterprise Application solutions help midsize manufacturers of complex products operate their businesses effectively. Visibility has an extensive customer base throughout North America and Europe and has the strongest representation of ERP among complex manufacturers.

Manufacturing Journalist Thomas R. Cutler profiled ETO Automation in the current issue of Automation.com. The full feature can be read at http://www.automation.com/sitepages/pid2636.php. According to Cutler, "Engineer-to-Order (ETO) product designers face challenges to provide "mass customization" of their products better, faster, and cheaper than their competitors. An ETO automation system allows many or all portions of the ETO process to be automated, thus providing quicker turnaround, lower engineering costs, and consistent adherence to product rules and standards."

According to Stephen Carson, Executive Vice President of Visibility Corporation, "The decision to invest in business process automation is significant and often part of a project-based manufacturers' lean initiative. ETO companies must consider the value of significantly reducing bidding, engineering, and manufacturing cycle times; reducing product rework; improving customer service and internal communication. There is additional value to the clients of ETO manufacturers when their product is designed precisely to meet customer requirements and is achieved with high quality and delivered on time and within budget."

Because of the potential risk in underbidding projects with thin margins, knowledge capture and reuse of historical information to fulfill customer-specific orders more accurately and efficiently. Technology solutions for the ETO market must address sales, engineering, and manufacturing to bring the automation process to the point of sale.

Carson noted that, "In addition to engineering automation, effective ETO technology solutions drives engineering innovation as well as integration with the entire enterprise, allowing manufacturers to develop new features and add to their product offerings."

With nearly 50% of ETO sales now based globally, the capacity to operate in a web-based ERP environment becomes more critical. ETO companies build unique products designed to customer specifications. Each product requires a unique set of item numbers, bills of material, and routings. Estimates and quotations are required to win business. Products are complex with long lead times, typically months or even years.

VISIBILITY.net is an integrated ERP solution and more. Offering unparalleled functionality and integrated workflow, this browser-based solution cost effectively delivers the power of .NET-based Web services for use with either a Microsoft SQL Server™ or Oracle® database. Conducting business any place, any time, any where is a reality, deployable with unprecedented flexibility.

For more information on this press release visit: http://www.releasewire.com/press-releases/release-3.htm

Visibility ETO ERP Profiled by Manufacturing Journalist TR Cutler

Andover, MA -- (ReleaseWire) -- 12/20/2006 -- Manufacturing Journalist Thomas R. Cutler Profiled Business Process Automation by ETO (engineer to order) manufacturers in Quality Digest. The article can be read in its entirety at http://qualitydigest.com/IQedit/QDarticle_text.lasso?articleid=10405&-session=ACCESS:4C12189C1b0d62AEF1SNnT1C2099.

According to Cutler, "In a repetitive manufacturing environment, Six Sigma's quantification is much easier than in the engineer-to-order (ETO) manufacturing environment, where no two products are identical. Six Sigma is a program that affects the entire company. What have been missing for ETO manufacturers are the central management tools to ensure the entire Six Sigma implementation is applied systematically. While Six Sigma affects external and internal users, centralized communication is critical to the program's success, particularly when there's a strong need for interaction between engineering and manufacturing."

According to Stephen Carson, executive vice president for Visibility Corp., "Many project-based manufacturers provide contract engineering and manufacturing services related to the production of components and assemblies with multiple domestic and off-shore locations. These companies must have a consistent track record of growth by concentrating and effectively competing on quality, timeliness and price. They require a state-of-the-art process and quality control system that provide both the flexibility and consistency to deliver the highest quality manufacturing services and cost effective product delivery."

Following are some key quality ETO challenges:

• Rapid expansion and addition of new facilities
• Increasing variety of manufactured products
• A requirement to achieve and sustain for full ISO quality system certification
• A need to reconcile disparate paper and electronic systems and tools used to plan, measure, and manage quality control
• A need to reduce costs and maintain or improve product quality

By defining a specific solution with well-defined integration into the core of an ETO enterprise resource planning application, project-based manufacturers meet or exceed the requirements of each challenge, while ensuring that the solution will be long-lived without bearing the burden accompanying stand-alone custom solutions.

Visibility Corporation (www.visibility.com) is a leading developer and supplier of business software solutions designed for the unique needs of project-based, engineer-to-order and to-order manufacturers. Visibility's Enterprise Application solutions help midsize manufacturers of complex products operate their businesses effectively. Visibility has an extensive customer base throughout North America and Europe and has the strongest representation of ERP among complex manufacturers.

VISIBILITY.net is an integrated ERP solution and more. Offering unparalleled functionality and integrated workflow, this browser-based solution cost effectively delivers the power of .NET-based Web services for use with either a Microsoft SQL Server™ or Oracle® database. Conducting business any place, any time, any where is a reality, deployable with unprecedented flexibility.

For more information on this press release visit: http://www.releasewire.com/press-releases/release-3.htm

Manufacturing Computer Solutions Profiles Visibility’s Business Intelligence

Andover, MA -- (ReleaseWire) -- 12/19/2006 -- Visibility Corporation (www.visibility.com) is a leading developer and supplier of business software solutions designed for the unique needs of project-based, engineer-to-order and to-order manufacturers. Visibility's Enterprise Application solutions help midsize manufacturers of complex products operate their businesses effectively. Visibility has an extensive customer base throughout North America and Europe and has the strongest representation of ERP among complex manufacturers.

For manufacturers, BI (business intelligence) should be about quantifying business assumptions that were previously too costly and time-consuming to challenge. For example, they are using it to identify hot sellers, to cut costs, and to discover new business opportunities. ACF Office seating, for example, manufactures, unsurprisingly, office seating. The company's IT manager, Paul Griffiths, was a long-time user of Visibility ERP. The most significant addition to it was the SQL Server 2000 data mart and analysis services reporting cube. We had this linked to our sales tables some 18 months ago and since then it has become the most used reporting tool in the company. The sales team uses the cube analysis daily to track sales and invoicing by month, area, product and range. It has become an indispensable tool for sales analysis and forecasting. It's easy to use and very versatile. While BI programs get at the data using different techniques, OLAP (online analytical processing) cubes that slice and dice data remain central to the methodology.

Manufacturing Journalist Thomas R. Cutler profiled Business Intelligence in the current issue of Manufacturing Computer Solutions. The full feature can be read at http://www.mcsolutions.co.uk/articles/7868/MCSOCT_P29.pdf.

An OLAP cube is a data structure suitable for fast analysis of multi-dimensional problems, converting raw data into compelling data visualizations. Using data analysis features, manufacturers can explore graphical comparisons and trends to better understand how, for example, to enhance profitability. Reports can also be web-based and can be deployed over the Internet.

VISIBILITY.net is an integrated ERP solution and more. Offering unparalleled functionality and integrated workflow, this browser-based solution cost effectively delivers the power of .NET-based Web services for use with either a Microsoft SQL Server™ or Oracle® database. Conducting business any place, any time, any where is a reality, deployable with unprecedented flexibility.

For more information on this press release visit: http://www.releasewire.com/press-releases/release-3.htm

Visibility ETO ERP Adds New Staff: Lloyd Perna

Andover, MA -- (ReleaseWire) -- 12/14/2006 -- Lloyd Perna has joined Visibility Corporation of Andover, MA as a Technical Services professional. Lloyd comes to Visibility with over 15 years of Senior Technical consulting experience in business operations, information technology and systems planning, design and implementation. Lloyd specializes in the following areas: IT strategies and infrastructure, System Architecture, Oracle E-Business Suite Technology, System Administration, Platform Support, Database Administration (SQL, Oracle), Custom Application Design and Programming, Software Interoperability and Data Conversions.

Stephen Carson, executive vice president of Visibility Corporation noted, "The growth of our company personnel reflects the demand for the .net version of our ETO ERP product. We are delighted to have Lloyd as part of our team."

Visibility Corporation (www.visibility.com) is a leading developer and supplier of business software solutions designed for the unique needs of project-based, engineer-to-order and to-order manufacturers. Visibility's Enterprise Application solutions help midsize manufacturers of complex products operate their businesses effectively. Visibility has an extensive customer base throughout North America and Europe and has the strongest representation of ERP among complex manufacturers.

VISIBILITY.net is an integrated ERP solution and more. Offering unparalleled functionality and integrated workflow, this browser-based solution cost effectively delivers the power of .NET-based Web services for use with either a Microsoft SQL Server™ or Oracle® database. Conducting business any place, any time, any where is a reality, deployable with unprecedented flexibility.

For more information on this press release visit: http://www.releasewire.com/press-releases/release-3.htm

Visibility’s Business Intelligence Profiled in Manufacturing Computer Solutions

Andover, MA -- (ReleaseWire) -- 12/08/2006 -- For manufacturers, BI (business intelligence) should be about quantifying business assumptions that were previously too costly and time-consuming to challenge. For example, they are using it to identify hot sellers, to cut costs, and to discover new business opportunities. ACF Office Seating, for example, manufactures, unsurprisingly, office seating. The company's IT manager, Paul Griffiths, was a long-time user of Visibility ERP. The most significant addition to it was the SQL Server 2000 data mart and analysis services reporting cube. We had this linked to our sales tables some 18 months ago and since then it has become the most used reporting tool in the company. The sales team uses the cube analysis daily to track sales and invoicing by month, area, product and range. It has become an indispensable tool for sales analysis and forecasting. It's easy to use and very versatile. While BI programs get at the data using different techniques, OLAP (online analytical processing) cubes that slice and dice data remain central to the methodology.

Manufacturing Journalist Thomas R. Cutler profiled Business Intelligence in the current issue of Manufacturing Computer Solutions. The full feature can be read at http://www.mcsolutions.co.uk/articles/7868/MCSOCT_P29.pdf.

An OLAP cube is a data structure suitable for fast analysis of multi-dimensional problems, converting raw data into compelling data visualizations. Using data analysis features, manufacturers can explore graphical comparisons and trends to better understand how, for example, to enhance profitability. Reports can also be web-based and can be deployed over the Internet.

Visibility Corporation (www.visibility.com) is a leading developer and supplier of business software solutions designed for the unique needs of project-based, engineer-to-order and to-order manufacturers. Visibility's Enterprise Application solutions help midsize manufacturers of complex products operate their businesses effectively. Visibility has an extensive customer base throughout North America and Europe and has the strongest representation of ERP among complex manufacturers.

VISIBILITY.net is an integrated ERP solution and more. Offering unparalleled functionality and integrated workflow, this browser-based solution cost effectively delivers the power of .NET-based Web services for use with either a Microsoft SQL Server™ or Oracle® database. Conducting business any place, any time, any where is a reality, deployable with unprecedented flexibility.

For more information on this press release visit: http://www.releasewire.com/press-releases/release-3.htm

Visibility ETO ERP and Six Sigma Profiled in Quality Digest

Andover, MA -- (ReleaseWire) -- 12/07/2006 -- In a repetitive manufacturing environment, Six Sigma's quantification is much easier than in the engineer-to-order (ETO) manufacturing environment, where no two products are identical. Six Sigma is a program that affects the entire company. What have been missing for ETO manufacturers are the central management tools to ensure the entire Six Sigma implementation is applied systematically. While Six Sigma affects external and internal users, centralized communication is critical to the program's success, particularly when there's a strong need for interaction between engineering and manufacturing.

According to Stephen Carson, executive vice president for Visibility Corp., "Many project-based manufacturers provide contract engineering and manufacturing services related to the production of components and assemblies with multiple domestic and off-shore locations. These companies must have a consistent track record of growth by concentrating and effectively competing on quality, timeliness and price. They require a state-of-the-art process and quality control system that provide both the flexibility and consistency to deliver the highest quality manufacturing services and cost effective product delivery."

Manufacturing Journalist Thomas R. Cutler Profiled Business Process Automation by ETO (engineer to order) manufacturers in Quality Digest. The article can be read in its entirety at http://qualitydigest.com/IQedit/QDarticle_text.lasso?articleid=10405&-session=ACCESS:4C12189C1b0d62AEF1SNnT1C2099.

Following are some key quality ETO challenges:

• Rapid expansion and addition of new facilities
• Increasing variety of manufactured products
• A requirement to achieve and sustain for full ISO quality system certification
• A need to reconcile disparate paper and electronic systems and tools used to plan, measure, and manage quality control
• A need to reduce costs and maintain or improve product quality

By defining a specific solution with well-defined integration into the core of an ETO enterprise resource planning application, project-based manufacturers meet or exceed the requirements of each challenge, while ensuring that the solution will be long-lived without bearing the burden accompanying stand-alone custom solutions.

Visibility Corporation (www.visibility.com) is a leading developer and supplier of business software solutions designed for the unique needs of project-based, engineer-to-order and to-order manufacturers. Visibility's Enterprise Application solutions help midsize manufacturers of complex products operate their businesses effectively. Visibility has an extensive customer base throughout North America and Europe and has the strongest representation of ERP among complex manufacturers.

VISIBILITY.net is an integrated ERP solution and more. Offering unparalleled functionality and integrated workflow, this browser-based solution cost effectively delivers the power of .NET-based Web services for use with either a Microsoft SQL Server™ or Oracle® database. Conducting business any place, any time, any where is a reality, deployable with unprecedented flexibility.

For more information on this press release visit: http://www.releasewire.com/press-releases/release-3.htm

Visibility ETO Business Process Automation Profiled in Industrial Market Trends

Andover, MA -- (ReleaseWire) -- 12/06/2006 -- Business Process Automation is the practice of analyzing, documenting, optimizing and automating business processes. The business process is the flow of information, modified by value-added tasks, that begins with the first contact with a prospective client and continues through delivery of a finished product. Well-developed business processes can create a seamless link from initial client interface through the supply chain. Automation of those processes improves the accuracy of the information transferred and ensures the repeatability of the value-added tasks performed.

Manufacturing Journalist Thomas R. Cutler Profiled Business Process Automation by ETO (engineer to order) manufacturers in the current issue of Industrial Market Trends. The article can be read in its entirety at http://news.thomasnet.com/IMT/archives/2006/11/engineer_to_order_automation_transforms_business_process_contributed.html?WT.mc_t=nlimt_Eng&WT.mc_n=703_E.

According to Stephen Carson, executive vice president of Visibility Corporation, "The decision to invest in business process automation is significant and often part of a project-based manufacturer's lean initiative. ETO companies must consider the value of significantly reducing bidding, engineering and manufacturing cycle times; reducing product rework; and improving customer service and internal communication. There is additional value to the clients of ETO manufacturers when their product is designed precisely to meet customer requirements and is achieved with high quality and delivered on time and within budget."

Because of the potential risk in underbidding projects with thin margins, knowledge capture and reuse of historical information to fulfill customer-specific orders more accurately and efficiently. Technology solutions for the ETO market must address sales, engineering and manufacturing to bring the automation process to the point of sale.

Carson noted, "In addition to engineering automation, effective ETO technology solutions drive engineering innovation as well as integration with the entire enterprise, allowing manufacturers to develop new features and add to their product offerings."

Visibility Corporation (www.visibility.com) is a leading developer and supplier of business software solutions designed for the unique needs of project-based, engineer-to-order and to-order manufacturers. Visibility's Enterprise Application solutions help midsize manufacturers of complex products operate their businesses effectively. Visibility has an extensive customer base throughout North America and Europe and has the strongest representation of ERP among complex manufacturers.

VISIBILITY.net is an integrated ERP solution and more. Offering unparalleled functionality and integrated workflow, this browser-based solution cost effectively delivers the power of .NET-based Web services for use with either a Microsoft SQL Server™ or Oracle® database. Conducting business any place, any time, any where is a reality, deployable with unprecedented flexibility.

For more information on this press release visit: http://www.releasewire.com/press-releases/release-3.htm

Visibility’s Real-time .Net ETO ERP Profiled by Manufacturing Journalist TR Cutler

Andover, MA -- (ReleaseWire) -- 12/01/2006 -- Manufacturing Journalist Thomas R. Cutler profiled ETO Automation in the Advanced Manufacturing. The full feature can be read at http://www.trcutlerinc.com/Insideindustry_AMSep06.pdf.

According to Cutler, "A flow or process may have been documented outside of an Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) system, where there is no formal way to ensure compliance. In the past, paper documents and unmanaged email have provided the best solutions, but with no controls to ensure visibility and compliance, the value was limited."

According to Stephen Carson, executive vice-president of Visibility Corporation, "The .NET workflow system enforces the process. This allows companies to improve and standardize daily functions across the company without burdensome manual administration. This provides employees visibility into the status of 'in-process' tasks, making it easier for them to execute their tasks effectively." In a "make-to-stock" environment, business processes can remain stable and unchanged for many years, or until a new product line is developed. In a "to-order" environment business processes are significantly influenced by the nature of the order or contract being executed. Not only can each order or contract involve different type of process, but the value of contracts can have a significant influence.

Automating business processes streamlines business operations thus minimizing overhead costs and forcing disciplines based on best practices.

Together this helps preserve the integrity of the business data and ensures the users of the ERP system adhere to the process that are set by the business. Process compliance assures the best value for the business efforts, helps to contain costs and maintain the value of corporate data. Carson notes, "Process flow mapping and tracking of business events guarantees that employees are automatically notified when important events occur, or when a transaction requires input. This ensures that cycle times of critical and complex business process are optimized."

Visibility Corporation (www.visibility.com) is a leading developer and supplier of business software solutions designed for the unique needs of project-based, engineer-to-order and to-order manufacturers. Visibility's Enterprise Application solutions help midsize manufacturers of complex products operate their businesses effectively. Visibility has an extensive customer base throughout North America and Europe and has the strongest representation of ERP among complex manufacturers.

VISIBILITY.net is an integrated ERP solution and more. Offering unparalleled functionality and integrated workflow, this browser-based solution cost effectively delivers the power of .NET-based Web services for use with either a Microsoft SQL Server™ or Oracle® database. Conducting business any place, any time, any where is a reality, deployable with unprecedented flexibility.

For more information on this press release visit: http://www.releasewire.com/press-releases/release-3.htm

Visibility Corporation Business Intelligence Technology Solutions Profiled in Manufacturing & Logistics IT

Andover, MA -- (ReleaseWire) -- 12/01/2006 -- With an analysis of reporting requirements driving Hallis Hudson's business, Visibility designed a system that retrieved information already captured in the firms business systems (Lotus Notes & Movex). Particular focus was paid to the data represented in Sales, Invoicing, and CRM (Customer Relationship Management) across multiple business entities.

Hallis Hudson had considered an upgrade of their Movex Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) system (running on an IBM AS400) but realized that a Visibility Business Intelligence implementation would be much more cost-effective (without the need to upgrade their ERP system.) The direct benefits from a reporting and analysis solution at a fraction of the upgrade cost was a decision supported by their Independent Manufacturing Consultant, Steve Fern, who had previously seen a Visibility Business Intelligence implementation at another customer site (E H Taylor Ltd.).

Manufacturing Journalist Thomas R. Cutler profiled Business Intelligence Technology Solutions in the current issue of Manufacturing & Logistics IT. The full feature can be read at http://www.logisticsit.com/absolutenm/templates/article-manufacturing.aspx?articleid=2538&zoneid=2.

Once the foundations of the system were in place (Sales Data Warehouse) Visibility implemented an online operational report that incorporated a customer search field for the call centre operatives. This report allowed the call centre team to recall customer purchasing patterns over the last three years with graphical representations and drill through to detail capability, while analyzing when the customer was last contacted and by method. This has allowed for cross-selling, providing better customer service, and maintaining the brand image of Hallis Hudson as a quality supplier.

Alastair Soper, Hallis Hudson Operations Director noted, "With this system, we can give our customers a much improved level of service now that our sales teams have comprehensive information at their finger tips, without having to access a number of different systems."

Visibility Corporation (www.visibility.com) is a leading developer and supplier of business software solutions designed for the unique needs of project-based, engineer-to-order and to-order manufacturers. Visibility's Enterprise Application solutions help midsize manufacturers of complex products operate their businesses effectively. Visibility has an extensive customer base throughout North America and Europe and has the strongest representation of ERP among complex manufacturers.

VISIBILITY.net is an integrated ERP solution and more. Offering unparalleled functionality and integrated workflow, this browser-based solution cost effectively delivers the power of .NET-based Web services for use with either a Microsoft SQL Server™ or Oracle® database. Conducting business any place, any time, any where is a reality, deployable with unprecedented flexibility.

For more information on this press release visit: http://www.releasewire.com/press-releases/release-3.htm

Business Process Automation by Visibility Profiled in Industrial Market Trends

Andover, MA -- (ReleaseWire) -- 11/30/2006 -- Manufacturing Journalist Thomas R. Cutler Profiled Business Process Automation by ETO (engineer to order) manufacturers in the current issue of Industrial Market Trends. The article can be read in its entirety at http://news.thomasnet.com/IMT/archives/2006/11/engineer_to_order_automation_transforms_business_process_contributed.html?WT.mc_t=nlimt_Eng&WT.mc_n=703_E.

Business Process Automation is the practice of analyzing, documenting, optimizing and automating business processes. The business process is the flow of information, modified by value-added tasks, that begins with the first contact with a prospective client and continues through delivery of a finished product. Well-developed business processes can create a seamless link from initial client interface through the supply chain. Automation of those processes improves the accuracy of the information transferred and ensures the repeatability of the value-added tasks performed.

According to Stephen Carson, executive vice president of Visibility Corporation, "The decision to invest in business process automation is significant and often part of a project-based manufacturer's lean initiative. ETO companies must consider the value of significantly reducing bidding, engineering and manufacturing cycle times; reducing product rework; and improving customer service and internal communication. There is additional value to the clients of ETO manufacturers when their product is designed precisely to meet customer requirements and is achieved with high quality and delivered on time and within budget."

Because of the potential risk in underbidding projects with thin margins, knowledge capture and reuse of historical information to fulfill customer-specific orders more accurately and efficiently. Technology solutions for the ETO market must address sales, engineering and manufacturing to bring the automation process to the point of sale.

Carson noted, "In addition to engineering automation, effective ETO technology solutions drive engineering innovation as well as integration with the entire enterprise, allowing manufacturers to develop new features and add to their product offerings."

Visibility Corporation (www.visibility.com) is a leading developer and supplier of business software solutions designed for the unique needs of project-based, engineer-to-order and to-order manufacturers. Visibility's Enterprise Application solutions help midsize manufacturers of complex products operate their businesses effectively. Visibility has an extensive customer base throughout North America and Europe and has the strongest representation of ERP among complex manufacturers.

VISIBILITY.net is an integrated ERP solution and more. Offering unparalleled functionality and integrated workflow, this browser-based solution cost effectively delivers the power of .NET-based Web services for use with either a Microsoft SQL Server™ or Oracle® database. Conducting business any place, any time, any where is a reality, deployable with unprecedented flexibility.

For more information on this press release visit: http://www.releasewire.com/press-releases/release-3.htm

ETO Automation by Visibility Profiled by Manufacturing Journalist TR Cutler

Andover, MA -- (ReleaseWire) -- 11/29/2006 -- Manufacturing Journalist Thomas R. Cutler profiled ETO Automation in the current issue of Automation.com. The full feature can be read at http://www.automation.com/sitepages/pid2636.php.

According to Cutler, "Engineer-to-Order (ETO) product designers face challenges to provide "mass customization" of their products better, faster, and cheaper than their competitors. An ETO automation system allows many or all portions of the ETO process to be automated, thus providing quicker turnaround, lower engineering costs, and consistent adherence to product rules and standards."

According to Stephen Carson, Executive Vice President of Visibility Corporation, "The decision to invest in business process automation is significant and often part of a project-based manufacturers' lean initiative. ETO companies must consider the value of significantly reducing bidding, engineering, and manufacturing cycle times; reducing product rework; improving customer service and internal communication. There is additional value to the clients of ETO manufacturers when their product is designed precisely to meet customer requirements and is achieved with high quality and delivered on time and within budget."

Because of the potential risk in underbidding projects with thin margins, knowledge capture and reuse of historical information to fulfill customer-specific orders more accurately and efficiently. Technology solutions for the ETO market must address sales, engineering, and manufacturing to bring the automation process to the point of sale.

Carson noted that, "In addition to engineering automation, effective ETO technology solutions drives engineering innovation as well as integration with the entire enterprise, allowing manufacturers to develop new features and add to their product offerings."

Creating the foundation for continuous improvement and following lean principles Russ Rousseau, of The Jervis B. Webb Company based in Farmington Hills, Michigan noted, "As an ETO Manufacturing and Engineering Company we found substantial improvements and cost savings were gained by working with systems such as VISIBILITY ERP that are focused on the distinctive requirements of the engineering intensive product manufacturer. It has added substantial value, less non applicable overhead and has enabled us to be highly effective."

With nearly 50% of ETO sales now based globally, the capacity to operate in a web-based ERP environment becomes more critical. ETO companies build unique products designed to customer specifications. Each product requires a unique set of item numbers, bills of material, and routings. Estimates and quotations are required to win business. Products are complex with long lead times, typically months or even years.

Visibility Corporation (www.visibility.com) is a leading developer and supplier of business software solutions designed for the unique needs of project-based, engineer-to-order and to-order manufacturers. Visibility's Enterprise Application solutions help midsize manufacturers of complex products operate their businesses effectively. Visibility has an extensive customer base throughout North America and Europe and has the strongest representation of ERP among complex manufacturers.

VISIBILITY.net is an integrated ERP solution and more. Offering unparalleled functionality and integrated workflow, this browser-based solution cost effectively delivers the power of .NET-based Web services for use with either a Microsoft SQL Server™ or Oracle® database. Conducting business any place, any time, any where is a reality, deployable with unprecedented flexibility.

For more information on this press release visit: http://www.releasewire.com/press-releases/release-3.htm

One-of-a-kind manufacturer Nexgen Technologies Goes with Visibility ETO ERP

Andover, MA -- (ReleaseWire) -- 11/27/2006 -- Nexgen Technologies is an emerging leader in the manufacture of unique capital equipment designed for the semiconductor industry. Based in Santa Clara, CA Nexgen, leverages outsourcing of major components allowing their organization to focus on engineering, product development and testing. As a highly engineering focused manufacturer serving this dynamic industry their business model is simple, to be the best at delivering one of a kind capital equipment. Designing and building to customer specification is a major differentiator and the word has spread quickly much to the satisfaction of the entrepreneurial oriented Nexgen organization. Next step in continuing the success is optimizing the challenging parts of the business.

For Nexgen, operating at peak efficiency was critical for continued growth and profitability at the levels the business plan called for. According to Steve Naylor, Director of IT at Nexgen,"the challenges to growth meant we needed an integrated business system in place that add controls and facilitate the numerous challenges presented in an Engineer to Order business like ours. Critical areas we needed to improve upon included; speed and accuracy of quoting, managing actual costs, reducing cycle times between design and manufacturing, managing bom revisions and project costs, begin billing for projects based on progress, streamline our business procedures and eliminate wasted approval and notification bottlenecks."

Nexgen Technologies current ERP system, a product first released in 1991, lacks several key areas that have now become critical to their business such as, multi-site, progress billing, workflow for process improvement and many other shortcomings that were limiting this complex Engineer to Order (ETO) manufacturer. As a result, Nexgen has been forced to be encumbered with system obstacles that slowed their responsiveness, hindered their visibility to project costs, and consumed unnecessary cycles due to lack of workflow creating ineffective sneaker net communications. This was costing the company in many aspects of the business.

Nexgen required a solution that could give them the controls and effective technology in combination with comprehensive functionality for their complex manufacturing requirements.

After many months of evaluation of ERP systems Nexgen selected VISIBILITY.net ERP. According to Steve Naylor, Director of IT at Nexgen, "this ERP solution is exactly what we were looking for and is oriented on our type of one-of-a-kind manufacturing business. They understand our business demands and have 20 plus years of experience implementing their solution effectively. What we liked most was the comprehensiveness of the software and how it will enable us to optimize all areas of our business. From quotes, to costing, financial compliance, projects, business process improvements through workflow and will accommodate our growth with multi-entity and multi-lingual. Additionally, it was designed from the onset using Microsoft's .net which gives us a contemporary business platform to grow our business on. "

With the recent advent of .NET technology, the problems encountered by Nexgen's previous system limitations are erased with the VISIBILITY.net ERP solution. It is 100% written in .NET-managed code, VISIBILITY.net, has been developed from the ground up to support multi-site ETO/MTO manufacturers.

In summary, the VISIBILITY.net ERP solution reduces hardware and maintenance costs for one-of-a-kind (ETO/MTO) manufacturers. With only a single database to manage, the inherent complexities of maintaining separate databases are eliminated, thereby increasing the accuracy of tracking costs.

Visibility Corporation (www.visibility.com) is a leading developer and supplier of business software solutions designed for the unique needs of project-based, engineer-to-order and to-order manufacturers. Visibility's Enterprise Application solutions help midsize manufacturers of complex products operate their businesses effectively. Visibility has an extensive customer base throughout North America and Europe and has the strongest representation of ERP among complex manufacturers.

VISIBILITY.net is an integrated ERP solution and more. Offering unparalleled functionality and integrated workflow, this browser-based solution cost effectively delivers the power of .NET-based Web services for use with either a Microsoft SQL Server™ or Oracle® database. Conducting business any place, any time, any where is a reality, deployable with unprecedented flexibility.

For more information on this press release visit: http://www.releasewire.com/press-releases/release-3.htm

Visibility’s Business Intelligence Profiled by Manufacturing Journalist TR Cutler

Andover, MA -- (ReleaseWire) -- 11/20/2006 -- Manufacturing Journalist Thomas R. Cutler profiled Business Intelligence in the current issue of Manufacturing Computer Solutions. The full feature can be read at http://www.mcsolutions.co.uk/articles/7868/MCSOCT_P29.pdf.

For manufacturers, BI (business intelligence) should be about quantifying business assumptions that were previously too costly and time-consuming to challenge. For example, they are using it to identify hot sellers, to cut costs, and to discover new business opportunities. ACF Office seating, for example, manufactures, unsurprisingly, office seating. The company's IT manager, Paul Griffiths, was a long-time user of Visibility ERP. The most significant addition to it was the SQL Server 2000 data mart and analysis services reporting cube. We had this linked to our sales tables some 18 months ago and since then it has become the most used reporting tool in the company. The sales team uses the cube analysis daily to track sales and invoicing by month, area, product and range. It has become an indispensable tool for sales analysis and forecasting. It's easy to use and very versatile. While BI programs get at the data using different techniques, OLAP (online analytical processing) cubes that slice and dice data remain central to the methodology.

An OLAP cube is a data structure suitable for fast analysis of multi-dimensional problems, converting raw data into compelling data visualizations. Using data analysis features, manufacturers can explore graphical comparisons and trends to better understand how, for example, to enhance profitability. Reports can also be web-based and can be deployed over the Internet.

Visibility Corporation (www.visibility.com) is a leading developer and supplier of business software solutions designed for the unique needs of project-based, engineer-to-order and to-order manufacturers. Visibility's Enterprise Application solutions help midsize manufacturers of complex products operate their businesses effectively. Visibility has an extensive customer base throughout North America and Europe and has the strongest representation of ERP among complex manufacturers.

VISIBILITY.net is an integrated ERP solution and more. Offering unparalleled functionality and integrated workflow, this browser-based solution cost effectively delivers the power of .NET-based Web services for use with either a Microsoft SQL Server™ or Oracle® database. Conducting business any place, any time, any where is a reality, deployable with unprecedented flexibility.

For more information on this press release visit: http://www.releasewire.com/press-releases/release-3.htm

Visibility ETO ERP and Six Sigma Profiled in Quality Digest

Andover, MA -- (ReleaseWire) -- 11/17/2006 -- According to Stephen Carson, executive vice president for Visibility Corp., "Many project-based manufacturers provide contract engineering and manufacturing services related to the production of components and assemblies with multiple domestic and off-shore locations. These companies must have a consistent track record of growth by concentrating and effectively competing on quality, timeliness and price. They require a state-of-the-art process and quality control system that provide both the flexibility and consistency to deliver the highest quality manufacturing services and cost effective product delivery."

Manufacturing Journalist Thomas R. Cutler Profiled Business Process Automation by ETO (engineer to order) manufacturers in Quality Digest. The article can be read in its entirety at http://qualitydigest.com/IQedit/QDarticle_text.lasso?articleid=10405&-session=ACCESS:4C12189C1b0d62AEF1SNnT1C2099.

According to Cutler, "In a repetitive manufacturing environment, Six Sigma's quantification is much easier than in the engineer-to-order (ETO) manufacturing environment, where no two products are identical. Six Sigma is a program that affects the entire company. What have been missing for ETO manufacturers are the central management tools to ensure the entire Six Sigma implementation is applied systematically. While Six Sigma affects external and internal users, centralized communication is critical to the program's success, particularly when there's a strong need for interaction between engineering and manufacturing."

Following are some key quality ETO challenges:

• Rapid expansion and addition of new facilities
• Increasing variety of manufactured products
• A requirement to achieve and sustain for full ISO quality system certification
• A need to reconcile disparate paper and electronic systems and tools used to plan, measure, and manage quality control
• A need to reduce costs and maintain or improve product quality

By defining a specific solution with well-defined integration into the core of an ETO enterprise resource planning application, project-based manufacturers meet or exceed the requirements of each challenge, while ensuring that the solution will be long-lived without bearing the burden accompanying stand-alone custom solutions.

Visibility Corporation (www.visibility.com) is a leading developer and supplier of business software solutions designed for the unique needs of project-based, engineer-to-order and to-order manufacturers. Visibility's Enterprise Application solutions help midsize manufacturers of complex products operate their businesses effectively. Visibility has an extensive customer base throughout North America and Europe and has the strongest representation of ERP among complex manufacturers.

VISIBILITY.net is an integrated ERP solution and more. Offering unparalleled functionality and integrated workflow, this browser-based solution cost effectively delivers the power of .NET-based Web services for use with either a Microsoft SQL Server™ or Oracle® database. Conducting business any place, any time, any where is a reality, deployable with unprecedented flexibility.

For more information on this press release visit: http://www.releasewire.com/press-releases/release-3.htm

Visibility ERP Selected by TSS Inc

Andover, MA -- (ReleaseWire) -- 11/13/2006 -- According to Bob Meyer at TSS, "We were interested at the time in a system that was fully integrated and could tie the manufacturing with the financials. We wanted to be able to better track inventory and job costing. We wanted the ability to know where the parts were at all times on the shop floor and to account for the actual costs for more effective cost analysis."

TSS Inc. provides a full range of services with specialized experience in aerospace, automotive, medical systems, packaging and aviation power & marine. A team of 3 employees were appointed to review various systems to see which one might fit the company's needs of the manufacturing environment. The general manager, Vice President and finance manager were the three high level senior managers who made the decision to select Visibility Corporation as the correct project-based ERP system.

Prior to Visibility, TSS used a Texas Instrument system which had individual modules. Meyer noted, "We had a very limited inventory system."

Founded in 1988 Visibility Corporation (www.visibility.com) is a leading developer and supplier of business software solutions designed for the unique needs of project-based, engineer-to-order and to-order manufacturers. Visibility has more than 18,000 end-users. Visibility's Enterprise Application solutions help midsize manufacturers of complex products operate their businesses effectively. Visibility has an extensive customer base throughout North America and Europe and has the strongest representation of ERP among complex manufacturers. Visibility's headquarters are located ten miles north of Boston in Andover, Massachusetts.

VISIBILITY.net is an integrated ERP solution and more. Offering unparalleled functionality and integrated workflow, this browser-based solution cost effectively delivers the power of .NET-based Web services for use with either a Microsoft SQL Server™ or Oracle® database. Conducting business any place, any time, any where is a reality, deployable with unprecedented flexibility.

For more information on this press release visit: http://www.releasewire.com/press-releases/release-3.htm

Cadalyst Profiles ETO ERP Leader Visibility

Andover, MA -- (ReleaseWire) -- 11/13/2006 -- According to Stephen Carson, executive vice-president with Visibility Corporation, "Rules-based generation of product structures, costs and pricing must be delivered in a flexible, guided interface through the use of embedded workflow. The embedded workflow allows for integration with quoting, order entry and engineering delivering efficient data entry and reliable generation of configure-to-order items."

Manufacturing Journalist Thomas R. Cutler profiles in the current issue of Cadalyst the fact that, "Today's enterprise technologies pair with CAD so manufacturers can compete effectively in the world of engineered-to-order." The complete article can be read at http://manufacturing.cadalyst.com/manufacturing/article/articleDetail.jsp?id=373711.

VISIBILITY.net is one of the first enterprise business applications to be written from the onset entirely using the Microsoft.NET framework and web services architecture. This provides complex manufacturers with a distinct set of advantages when it comes to deploying the application. IT administration benefits include "client-side" PC configuration issues, and fast, reliable deployment of upgrade patches.

Complex manufacturers have more than fifty percent of their business in international markets. The need to access the dynamic communication interface has never been stronger according. Strategic advantages across the entire enterprise must include Operations Management, Technology, Business Performance Management, Collaboration, Material & Production Planning, Financial Management, Customer Relationship Management and Engineering & Product Lifecycle Management.

VISIBILITY.net has a highly functional user interface, providing complex manufacturers with a multi-document interface (multiple windows) in a single browser session. Visibility has extended the standard Microsoft ASP.NET development environment to provide a highly intuitive, interactive user experience that would not normally be possible with an Internet application. All of this is achieved with zero client interface. VISIBILITY.net does not download any software onto a client PC in order to operate. Any client PC with Internet Explorer 5.5 SP2a or later is capable of operating VISIBILITY.net. (Visibility recommends the use of Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 or later.)

Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) software for the Complex Manufacturing sector, non-repetitive manufacturing, has been less than effective in accomplishing these strategic advantages until VISIBILITY.net. Business integration, comprehensive functionality, collaborative capabilities, global features and compliance based controls enable effective decision making, increased organizational productivity, and a system infrastructure optimized for profitable business growth.

Visibility Corporation (www.visibility.com) is a leading developer and supplier of business software solutions designed for the unique needs of project-based, engineer-to-order and to-order manufacturers. Visibility's Enterprise Application solutions help midsize manufacturers of complex products operate their businesses effectively. Visibility has an extensive customer base throughout North America and Europe and has the strongest representation of ERP among complex manufacturers.

VISIBILITY.net is an integrated ERP solution and more. Offering unparalleled functionality and integrated workflow, this browser-based solution cost effectively delivers the power of .NET-based Web services for use with either a Microsoft SQL Server™ or Oracle® database. Conducting business any place, any time, any where is a reality, deployable with unprecedented flexibility.

For more information on this press release visit: http://www.releasewire.com/press-releases/release-3.htm

Project-based Collaborative Environment Wins Visibility Corporation Raves

Andover, MA -- (ReleaseWire) -- 11/08/2006 -- Previously engineered solutions required lengthy bid generation processes before the supplier could deliver a strong response to a proposal request. Interaction between engineering and manufacturing was hindered because of the lack of system tools and lack of integration between CAD and ERP systems.

According to Stephen Carson, executive vice-president of Visibility Corporation, "The requirements of each company end product in many environments, especially ETO type of environments, often starts with being able to quickly design and configure custom products for them. If a company is not configuring from a preset mix of common components, the need for a collaborative environment is extremely important to design to the customer specifications".

Currently the process and system enhancements allow many enterprises to excel in this complex environment. The best designers have a feel for what would be the right answer and utilizing integrated tools dramatically adds value; the speed to respond, innovation in design, competitive pricing based on superior knowledgebase of similar projects offers historical information and where appropriate reusable parts.

Carson asserts, "What end customers want is an end partnership that includes close collaboration for developing new product innovation and extends beyond design and becomes integral to manufacturing and long term supportability.

Visibility Corporation (www.visibility.com) is a leading developer and supplier of business software solutions designed for the unique needs of project-based, engineer-to-order and to-order manufacturers. Visibility's Enterprise Application solutions help midsize manufacturers of complex products operate their businesses effectively. Visibility has an extensive customer base throughout North America and Europe and has the strongest representation of ERP among complex manufacturers.

VISIBILITY.net is an integrated ERP solution and more. Offering unparalleled functionality and integrated workflow, this browser-based solution cost effectively delivers the power of .NET-based Web services for use with either a Microsoft SQL Server™ or Oracle® database. Conducting business any place, any time, any where is a reality, deployable with unprecedented flexibility.

For more information on this press release visit: http://www.releasewire.com/press-releases/release-3.htm

Complex Manufacturers ERP 100% Browser Based

Andover, MA -- (ReleaseWire) -- 10/24/2006 -- VISIBILITY.net is one of the first enterprise business applications to be written from the onset entirely using the Microsoft.NET framework and web services architecture. This provides complex manufacturers with a distinct set of advantages when it comes to deploying the application. IT administration benefits include "client-side" PC configuration issues, and fast, reliable deployment of upgrade patches.

Complex manufacturers have more than fifty percent of their business in international markets. The need to access the dynamic communication interface has never been stronger according. Strategic advantages across the entire enterprise must include Operations Management, Technology, Business Performance Management, Collaboration, Material & Production Planning, Financial Management, Customer Relationship Management and Engineering & Product Lifecycle Management.

VISIBILITY.net has a highly functional user interface, providing complex manufacturers with a multi-document interface (multiple windows) in a single browser session. Visibility has extended the standard Microsoft ASP.NET development environment to provide a highly intuitive, interactive user experience that would not normally be possible with an Internet application. All of this is achieved with zero client interface. VISIBILITY.net does not download any software onto a client PC in order to operate. Any client PC with Internet Explorer 5.5 SP2a or later is capable of operating VISIBILITY.net. (Visibility recommends the use of Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 or later.)

Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) software for the Complex Manufacturing sector, non-repetitive manufacturing, has been less than effective in accomplishing these strategic advantages until VISIBILITY.net. Business integration, comprehensive functionality, collaborative capabilities, global features and compliance based controls enable effective decision making, increased organizational productivity, and a system infrastructure optimized for profitable business growth.

Visibility Corporation (www.visibility.com) is a leading developer and supplier of business software solutions designed for the unique needs of project-based, engineer-to-order and to-order manufacturers. Visibility's Enterprise Application solutions help midsize manufacturers of complex products operate their businesses effectively. Visibility has an extensive customer base throughout North America and Europe and has the strongest representation of ERP among complex manufacturers.

VISIBILITY.net is an integrated ERP solution and more. Offering unparalleled functionality and integrated workflow, this browser-based solution cost effectively delivers the power of .NET-based Web services for use with either a Microsoft SQL Server™ or Oracle® database. Conducting business any place, any time, any where is a reality, deployable with unprecedented flexibility.

For more information on this press release visit: http://www.releasewire.com/press-releases/release-3.htm

Pharmaceutical & Medical Packaging News Features Stephen Carson of Visibility Corporation

Andover, MA -- (ReleaseWire) -- 10/23/2006 -- The current issue of Pharmaceutical & Medical Packaging News can be read at http://www.devicelink.com/pmpn/current_issue.html including David Vaczek's feature article.

Rebecca Gill of Technology Group International, Stephen Carson of Visibility Corporation, and Stephen Parker of Datacraft Solutions are profiled in the feature article. Recent technology adoption and trend data by TR Cutler, Inc. is also provided in the feature.

Visibility Corporation (www.visibility.com) is a leading developer and supplier of business software solutions designed for the unique needs of project-based, engineer-to-order and to-order manufacturers. Visibility's Enterprise Application solutions help midsize manufacturers of complex products operate their businesses effectively. Visibility has an extensive customer base throughout North America and Europe and has the strongest representation of ERP among complex manufacturers.

According to Stephen Carson, executive vice-president of Visibility Corporation, "The requirements of each company end product in many environments, especially ETO type of environments, often starts with being able to quickly design and configure custom products for them. If a company is not configuring from a preset mix of common components, the need for a collaborative environment is extremely important to design to the customer specifications".

VISIBILITY.net is an integrated ERP solution and more. Offering unparalleled functionality and integrated workflow, this browser-based solution cost effectively delivers the power of .NET-based Web services for use with either a Microsoft SQL Server™ or Oracle® database. Conducting business any place, any time, any where is a reality, deployable with unprecedented flexibility.

Pharmaceutical & Medical Packaging News is a comprehensive resource for medical and pharmaceutical manufacturing professionals who need focused, reliable, and timely information to make intelligent packaging decisions.

Each month, PMP News brings a broad range of useful information collected in a series of specialized columns, including the current online issue with a feature article by David Vaczek about the selection of technology such as ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning) software and other manufacturing solutions. Lean technologies impacting the demand driven supply chain are also addressed in this important feature.

For more information on this press release visit: http://www.releasewire.com/press-releases/release-3.htm

Visibility Corporation Leads in Project-based Collaborative Environment

Andover, MA -- (ReleaseWire) -- 09/20/2006 -- Visibility Corporation (www.visibility.com) is a leading developer and supplier of business software solutions designed for the unique needs of project-based, engineer-to-order and to-order manufacturers. Visibility's Enterprise Application solutions help midsize manufacturers of complex products operate their businesses effectively. Visibility has an extensive customer base throughout North America and Europe and has the strongest representation of ERP among complex manufacturers.

According to Stephen Carson, executive vice-president of Visibility Corporation, "The requirements of each company end product in many environments, especially ETO type of environments, often starts with being able to quickly design and configure custom products for them. If a company is not configuring from a preset mix of common components, the need for a collaborative environment is extremely important to design to the customer specifications".

Previously engineered solutions required lengthy bid generation processes before the supplier could deliver a strong response to a proposal request. Interaction between engineering and manufacturing was hindered because of the lack of system tools and lack of integration between CAD and ERP systems.

Currently the process and system enhancements allow many enterprises to excel in this complex environment. The best designers have a feel for what would be the right answer and utilizing integrated tools dramatically adds value; the speed to respond, innovation in design, competitive pricing based on superior knowledgebase of similar projects offers historical information and where appropriate reusable parts.

Carson asserts, "What end customers want is an end partnership that includes close collaboration for developing new product innovation and extends beyond design and becomes integral to manufacturing and long term supportability.

VISIBILITY.net is an integrated ERP solution and more. Offering unparalleled functionality and integrated workflow, this browser-based solution cost effectively delivers the power of .NET-based Web services for use with either a Microsoft SQL Server™ or Oracle® database. Conducting business any place, any time, any where is a reality, deployable with unprecedented flexibility.

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