Leading Global Electronics Company Streamlines Production, Supports Seamless Supply Chain Visibility and Provides Best-in-Class Customer Service
Charlotte, NC — October 9, 2008 — Camstar Systems, Inc., a leading provider of Enterprise Manufacturing and Quality Execution Systems, announced today that Hitachi Electronic Devices (Wujiang) Co. Ltd., one of world’s leading electronics companies and an existing Camstar customer, recently entered into a new agreement with Camstar to expand Hitachi’s use of Electronics Suite to manage production of cold cathode fluorescent lamps (CCFL) at its plant located near Suzhou, China. Since its first phase implementation in September 2007, Camstar’s Electronics Suite has been successfully helping Hitachi to control its shop-floor production operations through real-time visibility, traceability, and consistent product quality needed to meet ever-growing demand for its products.
Hitachi selected Camstar’s Electronics Suite for its out-of-the-box functionality designed specifically for Electronics manufacturing processes, and for its ability to streamline production through electronic management and enforcement of process specifications, and for the system’s unique multi-level work-in-process (WIP) tracking capabilities. Hitachi now efficiently collects accurate and timely information on work orders, WIP status, yield, high-investment production equipment, material usage and defect analysis. As a result, Hitachi more accurately controls and manages production planning, work order progress, materials, quality, full product build traceability, and equipment certification - all critical business requirements.
“Camstar was the ideal choice for us because of the solution’s easy-to-use functionality that aligns closely with our manufacturing methods and process requirements,” said Mr. Mutou Satoshi, Deputy Managing Director for Hitachi. “I look forward to the next phase of our implementation of Camstar’s Electronics Suite to support our continuous growth.”
"We are very pleased with Hitachi’s rapid success. Their continued confidence in Camstar reflects our commitment to exceptional service in the APAC region,” said Scott Toney, President and CEO of Camstar. “This is another example of how Camstar’s Electronics Suite is readily adopted by leading electronics companies to help them make better business decisions based on real-time, accurate information.”
About Hitachi, Ltd.
Hitachi, Ltd., (NYSE: HIT / TSE: 6501), headquartered in Tokyo, Japan, is a leading global electronics company with approximately 390,000 employees worldwide. Fiscal 2007 (ended March 31, 2008) consolidated revenues totaled 11,226 billion yen ($112.3 billion). The company offers a wide range of systems, products and services in market sectors including information systems, electronic devices, power and industrial systems, consumer products, materials, logistics and financial services. For more information on Hitachi, please visit the company's website at www.hitachi.com for more information.
About Camstar Systems, Inc.
Camstar’s Enterprise Manufacturing Execution, Quality and Intelligence platform enables “Closed-Loop Quality Execution,” the end-to-end business process that surrounds manufacturing and quality operations. Camstar’s unparalleled solution optimizes the innovation and risk equation by monitoring and controlling global manufacturing and quality, and by delivering process interoperability and best practices. The result is shorter time-to-market and time-to-volume, the highest quality products, and leaner, more efficient operations.
Designed for ultimate configurability and built on a service-oriented architecture, Camstar’s comprehensive solution set includes industry-specific, out-of-the-box applications and a proven implementation methodology that ensures successful deployment and rapid time to benefit. More than 100 leading companies, including AMD, Amkor, ASAT, Corning, dpiX, GEM Services, Genesis Microchip, Hitachi, IBM, Kodak, NXP (Philips Semiconductors), SanDisk, SCHOTT, Sony Ericsson, Renesas, Spansion, Xilinx, Roche and Zeiss, rely on Camstar as a trusted software partner.
For more information, please visit www.camstar.com or visit our Chinese language website at www.camstarsystems.cn. You may also contact us at:
Camstar Asia Competency Center
Room 1515, POS Plaza
No. 1600 Century Avenue
Pudong, Shanghai 200122 China
Phone: +86 21 3850 5200
Fax: +86 21 6876 0552
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