Aspen Technology (ticker: AZPN, exchange: NASDAQ Global Market (.O))
News Release -
6-Dec-2011
CORRECTING and REPLACING New Release of aspenONE Supply Chain
Delivers Redesigned User InterfaceAspenTech Makes it Easier to Navigate Supply Chain Complexity and
Profitably Respond to Unexpected Market Conditions
BURLINGTON, Mass., Dec 06, 2011 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Please replace the release with the following corrected version due to
multiple revisions.
The corrected release reads:
NEW RELEASE OF ASPENONE SUPPLY CHAIN DELIVERS REDESIGNED USER
INTERFACE
AspenTech Makes it Easier to Navigate Supply Chain Complexity and
Profitably Respond to Unexpected Market Conditions
Aspen
Technology, Inc. (NASDAQ: AZPN), a leading provider of software and
services to the process industries, announced a new release of aspenONE
Supply Chain software for chemical, specialty chemical, polymer, CPG,
life sciences and other process companies. A redesigned user interface
for Aspen Supply Chain Planner and the Aspen Plant Scheduler Family
makes it easier to navigate supply chain complexity, providing faster
access to information that expedites more profitable responses to
unexpected market conditions.
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The new user interface allows planners and schedulers to quickly
access the most important information for optimal supply chain
decision making. The re-design features intelligent data
visualization, multi-screen viewing, active user assistance, improved
navigation, streamlined workflows and user configurable layouts. As a
result, process manufacturers can accelerate return on investment with
more GUI capabilities out-of-the box.
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Personalized user layouts increase productivity of planners and
schedulers by saving and retrieving favorite layouts and screen
configurations with a single click. This makes it easy to adapt the
application for specific business needs.
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Improved data editing, filtering, and analysis capabilities shorten
the time required to perform rigorous business simulation and what-if
scenario analysis, expediting decision making.
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Advanced visual exception reporting improves support of the Sales &
Operations Planning (S&OP) process. Planners can quickly identify the
most critical and urgent problems along with pre-configured analysis
steps on how to resolve those issues.
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The drag and drop functionality of a modernized planning board
provides enhanced drill downs and active user assistance, allowing
schedulers to create better production schedules faster.
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The redesigned interface of the new release leverages the look and
feel of Microsoft Office applications, providing an easy to learn and
use environment that reduces training time and improves productivity.
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The new release of aspenONE Supply Chain software is available
immediately. For more information, visit http://www.aspentech.com/v7.
Supporting Quotes
Kamil Beffa, SVP Supply Chain and Distribution Project, Lafarge
"When we first chose AspenTech's supply chain technology in central
Europe, the deciding factor was its ability to solve our complex
optimization problems. With this new release, AspenTech has made
powerful supply chain software easy to use with faster access to the
information that allows us to make decisions. It is the right direction
for the product and it will deliver real business benefits for us."
Manolis Kotzabasakis, Executive Vice President, Products, AspenTech
"AspenTech is committed to delivering fast, flexible, and easy to use
supply chain optimization solutions. For years, the world's top chemical
and process industry companies have used powerful Aspen Supply Chain
Planner and Aspen Plant Scheduler functionality to optimize their
planning and scheduling for greater profitability. With this release we
have combined high performance with an intuitive and engaging user
experience. The enhanced user experience of this release underscores our
vision for aspenONE - to solve optimization problems, from the simplest
to the most complex, with the easiest to use software."
Supporting Resources
About aspenONE Supply Chain
With AspenTech supply chain products, chemical, specialty chemical,
polymer, CPG, life sciences and other process industry companies more
accurately model even the most complex planning and scheduling
processes. They are better able to optimize procurement, production,
inventory, and distribution, model constraints at a detailed level, and
accurately evaluate alternatives for quick decision-making.
About AspenTech
AspenTech is a leading supplier of software that optimizes process
manufacturing - for energy, chemicals, pharmaceuticals, engineering and
construction, and other industries that manufacture and produce products
from a chemical process. With integrated aspenONE solutions, process
manufacturers can implement best practices for optimizing their
engineering, manufacturing and supply chain operations. As a result,
AspenTech customers are better able to increase capacity, improve
margins, reduce costs and become more energy efficient. To see how the
world's leading process manufacturers rely on AspenTech to achieve their
operational excellence goals, visit www.aspentech.com
© 2011 Aspen Technology, Inc. AspenTech, aspenONE, the 7 Best Practices
of Engineering Excellence. OPTIMIZE and the Aspen leaf logo are
trademarks of Aspen Technology, Inc. All rights reserved. All other
trademarks are property of their respective owners.
SOURCE: Aspen Technology
Aspen Technology, Inc.
Erik Mason, +1 781-221-8386
erik.mason@aspentech.com
or
North America
Lois Paul & Partners (for AspenTech)
Michael Parker, +1 617-986-5714
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