LEWISBURG, Pa.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 7, 1999--The JPM Company (Nasdaq: JPMX) today announced the selection of PeopleSoft version 7.5 Global Manufacturing System to facilitate the integration of its nine (9) worldwide manufacturing facilities as well as remote sales, engineering, and distribution locations during an 18 month rollout.
The ERP system includes Manufacturing, Distribution, Financial, and Human Resource Management modules, including Performance Measurement functionality.
"The selection of a tier one ERP system is consistent with our strategic plan to promote JPM's global manufacturing capacity, align our organization, and finally, implement an infrastructure and tools to integrate our worldwide operations," commented Jim Mathias, President and COO.
"The ERP project will be supported by a new network infrastructure and complemented by a new global messaging and document management system as well as CAD tools," added Mathias. "We intend to leverage PeopleSoft's E-business initiatives by integrating these information systems with our customers and suppliers via extranets, the Internet, electronic data interchange (EDI), and electronic funds transfer (EFT)."
"JPM is clearly focused on building world class leadership in our field, from providing an effective working environment for employees to delivering quality products and services to customers worldwide.
"The PeopleSoft ERP implementation will allow JPM to unify operations by providing consistency and standardization of the entire company. We specifically sought a solution that would provide an enterprise system foundation including supply chain management, customer-centric manufacturing, and support for global operations," said Jim Mathias.
PeopleSoft 7.5 gives manufacturers the information they need to effectively manage global operations," said Jeff Carr, general manager for PeopleSoft's Manufacturing Business Unit.
"It also extends our supply chain offering, allowing companies to manage activity all the way from initial forecasting to the customer's receiving dock. That means more efficient and effective supply chain and production management and a significant return on investment for our customers."
The JPM Company designs and manufactures cable assemblies and wire harness for OEMs in the computer, networking, and telecommunications sectors of the electronics industries.
Headquartered in Lewisburg, PA, JPM has manufacturing facilities in Lewisburg and Beaver Springs, PA and San Jose, CA, USA; Guadalajara, Mexico; Toronto, Ontario and Calgary, Alberta, Canada; Leuchtenberg, Germany, Bor, Czech Republic; and Sao Paulo, Brazil.
The firm also has manufacturing service arrangements in Taiwan, the People's Republic of China, and Northern Ireland.
For more information about The JPM Company, visit the company's web site at (http://www.jpmco.com/). Contact: Linda Meola, Director of Corporate Communications (570/524-8517) or Mark Huber, Manager of Enterprise System Projects (570/524-8524) at The JPM Company, Lewisburg, PA.
PeopleSoft (NASDAQ: PSFT) is a global supplier of enterprise application software for business and government. PeopleSoft solutions for manufacturing, supply chain, financial, project and human resource management are used by more than 2,700 customers worldwide.
Headquartered in Pleasanton, California, PeopleSoft employs 6,500 people and had 1997 revenues of $815 million.
PeopleSoft is on the World Wide Web at www.peoplesoft.com.
"Safe Harbor" Statement under the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995: This release may contain forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties.
Among the important factors which could cause actual results to differ materially from those in the forward-looking statements are the impact of competitive products and pricing, product demand, the presence of competitors with greater financial resources, availability of additional sources of financial and commercialization risks, costs associated with integration and administration of acquired operations, capacity and supply constraints or difficulties, the results of financing efforts and other factors detailed in the Company's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission including its recent filings of Forms 10-K and 10-Q.
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