To help automate its demand-driven, lean flow manufacturing practices, a supplier of complete factory and tool automation solutions is to use collaborative flow manufacturing software systems.
Pelion Systems, a company specializing in automating lean flow manufacturing through software and services, today announced that Brooks-PRI Automation, has selected Pelion's Collaborative Flow Manufacturing (CFM) software to help automate its demand-driven, lean flow manufacturing practices. Brooks-PRI Automation, a supplier of complete factory and tool automation solutions to the semiconductor, magnetic media and flat panel industries, is automating its complete line design process using CFM, resulting in significant cost savings due to increased efficiencies and improved performance. 'To achieve the full value of our demand-driven practices we quickly recognized that software tools were needed to automate and expand the capabilities of our current operations,' said Stu Zerneri, director of operations for Brooks-PRI Automation.

'We considered several lean flow software packages available today and determined that Pelion's CFM was the most powerful solution for automating and optimizing our flow initiative.' Pelion's CFM software has demonstrated improved financial performance for customers by reducing manufacturing cycle times, decreasing inventories and increasing factory productivity.

Designed exclusively to optimize lean flow manufacturing, the software provides a practical, modular approach that is proven to rapidly gain and sustain lean flow success by automating key processes, such as creating flow production lines and linking suppliers and customers to the factory floor.

CFM combines the best of lean flow and existing MRP systems.

'As a global leader that helps manufacturing customers automate factory production, Brooks-PRI Automation clearly understands that effective, sustained lean flow practices can result in significant improved financial performance,' said Tom Plunkett, president and CEO of Pelion Systems.

'Their selection of our CFM software, after a thorough review process, reinforces our mission to develop the industry's most powerful suite of software tools for true demand-driven manufacturing.' About Pelion Systems - founded in 1996, Pelion Systems provides software and services designed to improve financial performance.

The company helps manufacturers automate lean flow manufacturing by rapidly gaining and sustaining lean flow success with software tooling and expertise.

Pelion's CFM suite combines the best of lean flow with MRP and links suppliers and customers directly to the factory floor.

Pelion customers include Detector Electronics (a division of Kidde plc) and Colorado MEDTech.