Apriso Hosts Sixth Annual Customer Community Summits

LONG BEACH, Calif. - May 21, 2013 - PRLog -- Apriso, the leading provider of global manufacturing software solutions, today announced it will host its sixth annual Apriso Community Summit, themed Innovation Exchange 2013. This year’s exclusive Apriso customer events will take place in Cleveland, Ohio on June 5-6 and in Marktoberdorf, Germany on June 19-20, to accommodate Apriso’s global network of customers and partners. These annual events offer a unique opportunity for Apriso customers to network, share experiences and new best practices with other FlexNet end users. Apriso’s product management team will be in attendance to offer insights into future updates on Apriso’s platform-based solutions for Manufacturing Operations Management (http://www.apriso.com/solutions/manufacturing_operations_management.php) (MOM) and Enterprise Manufacturing Intelligence (http://www.apriso.com/solutions/Global_Enterprise_Manufacturing_Intelligence.php) (EMI).

Notably, the event in Cleveland will be hosted by Lincoln Electric, a global manufacturer and the market leader of the highest quality welding, cutting and joining products. Attendees will see firsthand how this manufacturer is using Apriso’s solutions during a tour of their nearby facility. Those attending the Marktoberdorf, Germany event will have a chance to visit AGCO’s Fendt facility. As the world’s largest manufacturer of tractors and the third largest supplier of agricultural machinery, this manufacturer has come to depend upon Apriso’s solution to maintain their product innovation leadership while supporting their recently expanded production capacity.

Apriso Community Summits are attended by leading manufacturing executives from corporate, line of business and IT functions. The event is geared towards senior managers, directors and C-Level executives seeking ways to transform their global manufacturing operations in order to meet current production and supply chain challenges. Attendees will have the opportunity to learn how to better optimize, expand and govern their FlexNet deployments on a multi-plant, global scale to achieve and sustain manufacturing excellence.

“Apriso Community Summits bring together the world’s leading manufacturers to discuss best approaches to solving today’s top global manufacturing operations challenges,” stated Jim Henderson, president and CEO of Apriso. “As the manufacturing industry continues to evolve, there is a strong need for better approaches to meeting today’s growing set of challenges. We look forward to discussing these pressing issues with our clients and partners as we continue to redefine industry best practices.”

About Apriso Corporation
Apriso is a software company dedicated to helping its customers transform the performance of their global manufacturing operations. It does so by enabling manufacturers to achieve and sustain manufacturing excellence while adapting quickly to market changes. FlexNet, Apriso's manufacturing software, uniquely enables companies to manage processes and share best practices across their operations with its BPM platform-based architecture. Apriso supports continuous improvement initiatives by delivering visibility into, control over and synchronization across manufacturing and the product supply network. Apriso serves nearly 200 customers in 45+ countries across the Americas, Europe, Asia and Africa. Customers include GM, Tesla Motors, Volvo CE, Cummins Inc., L'Oréal, Luxottica, Lockheed Martin, Bombardier, Textron Systems, MBDA and Saint-Gobain. Learn more at: apriso.com (http://www.apriso.com/).

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