Serus and FlowVision® Partner to Deliver Comprehensive Lean Solutions to High Tech Companies

Combined Capabilities Produce Optimized Inventories, Increased Efficiencies and Improved Customer Service Results for High Tech Companies

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. & DILLON, Colo.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Serus® Corporation, a global provider of Intelligent Operations Management (IOM) technology and managed services for companies with distributed or outsourced manufacturing operations, and FlowVision® LLC, a full service provider of Lean Business and Supply Chain Consulting Services, today announced that they have formed a partnership to deliver Lean business solutions to the High Tech industry. This partnership provides a comprehensive, on-demand software application that incorporates proprietary and proven Lean/Flow algorithms that are uniquely configurable through business rules together with a full range of Lean consulting services.

The combined capabilities offers OEMs, IDMs, Contract Manufacturers, and Distributors in the High Tech market a uniquely comprehensive solution suite that delivers the benefits of Lean Manufacturing methodologies, including improved demand and supply chain visibility, optimized inventory levels, and improved product delivery times. The joint solution offering is characterized by implementations which are completed rapidly, often in a matter of weeks.

The benefits of Lean methodologies are typified by the results achieved by FlowVision customer FCI, a leading manufacturer of innovative connectors for a wide range of consumer and industrial applications, with operations in 30 countries.

“We switched from a traditional, forecast-driven MRP process to FlowVision’s Lean methodologies and immediately observed a dramatic improvement in our customer service as our on-time delivery performance improved from a low-80% range to 95% and higher,” said George Colby, vice president of logistics at the Electrical Division of FCI. “It was immediately apparent to the organization that the long-running battle over whether we were making ‘the right product at the right time’ had been eliminated. When the solution signaled us to launch a replenishment order, that order was truly aligned with current and future demand. This has allowed our business to be highly competitive in our market space.”

Serus is recognized as an award-winning provider of Intelligent Operations Management software and managed services solutions which provide customers with the benefits of Lean methodologies—the demand and supply ecosystem visibility, inventory optimization, compliance management and enhanced collaboration—needed to improve their business results.

FlowVision delivers Lean and Flow Manufacturing expertise and services including education, implementation, and formalization of Lean operation within the customer’s facilities or throughout their supply chain, based on proprietary algorithms and business rules. FlowVision’s expertise was spotlighted recently when they won Cisco Systems’ Supplier of the Year Award.

“For too long, much of the High Tech industry’s supply ecosystem has relied on methodologies which impair collaboration and visibility into demand, inventory, and customer service levels,” said Indu Navar, CEO at Serus. “The capabilities represented in a Serus-FlowVision partnership reverse this situation and offer OEMs, IDMs, Contract Manufacturers, distributors and others the improved visibility and precise execution they need to eliminate waste, improve decision making, monitor compliance, and optimize inventory levels. We’re pleased to be working with FlowVision, a leader in the Lean methodologies arena, to deliver, knowledge-based solutions that enables our customers to realize the financial rewards of operational excellence.“

“FlowVision has long provided our customers with industry-leading, proprietary mathematical solutions to implement Lean operations throughout their supply chain,” said John Denzel, CEO at FlowVision. “The combined solution of software and services provided by FlowVision and Serus provides the High Tech community with a unique opportunity to quickly and efficiently implement industry-leading Lean methodologies within their factories, and connect to their trading partners. The FlowVision team is pleased and excited to be working with the professionals at Serus. We look forward to jointly providing even greater service and value to our customers.”

About Serus Corporation

Serus Corporation is a global provider of Intelligent Operations Management (IOM) technology and managed services for companies with distributed or outsourced manufacturing operations. Founded in 2001, Serus’ solutions complement a company’s existing IT investments with tools and services that synchronize business and manufacturing operations, helping accelerate corporate performance from product design to corporate profitability. Serus draws upon deep industry experience and knowledge to increase supply chain velocity and empower efficient decision-making across a global network of partners and customers. Based in Mountain View, Calif., Serus' customers include companies such as AMD, Cisco and Flextronics, as well as others in the fabless semiconductor and high-technology manufacturing markets. For more information, please visit www.serus.com.

About FlowVision

FlowVision LLC is leading provider of consulting services for lean business, flow manufacturing and supply chain solutions. Founded in 1998, FlowVision has implemented Lean/Flow operational techniques throughout the world. FlowVision’s real-world expertise in lead-time reduction and supply chain management make today's manufacturers more profitable and competitive. For more information, go to www.flowvision.com.

Serus is a registered trademark of Serus Corporation, and Intelligent Operations Management is a trademark of Serus Corporation. FlowVision is a registered trademark of FlowVision LLC. All other brands and product names may be trademarks of their respective owners.

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Serus Corporation
Media Support, 650-450-5505
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or
FlowVision®, LLC
John E. Denzel, 408-382-1944
Chief Executive Officer
denzel@flowvision.com

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