MOUNTAIN VIEW, CA -- 04/18/08 --
Omnitrol Networks announced today that it
has entered a strategic partnership with Croop-LaFrance Inc., a premier IT
solutions provider serving both the Commercial and Government Sectors.
With this partnership the two companies are delivering complete end-to-end,
EPC-based traceability and tracking solutions for the aerospace and defense
industries.
The companies' joint traceability/tracking solutions advance the use of
RFID technologies to enhance supply chain, MRO, Logistics, and
manufacturing processes. Among the advantages is the creation of a real
time "sense and respond" network that enhances Global Asset Tracking, Item
Level Track & Trace, Part Pedigree, Warranty Tracking, and MR&O
Work-In-Progress (WIP) Tracking and Alerting.
At the center of the partnership announced today is Omnitrol Networks'
OMNITROL™ Asset and WIP Tracking and Traceability Solutions. The solution
evolves existing manual and barcode tracking to EPC (Electronic Product
Code) based tags automatically from existing shop floor business processes.
The real-time visibility further improves efficiencies in plant operations,
lean manufacturing, MRO and logistics disciplines like Just-In-Time and
Kanban. This integrated solution extends customer operations into a global
tracking infrastructure to track items throughout the supply-chain.
Together, Omnitrol Networks and Croop-LaFrance will target key accounts for
the OMNITROL Asset and WIP solutions. Croop-LaFrance has 13-plus years of
delivering solutions to the commercial sector for such companies as Xerox,
Kodak and Bausch & Lomb. The company has made significant inroads into the
defense sector, and has current contracts with the USAF, US Army and
others. Croop is leveraging its experience from leading commercial
customers to help clients in the government sector.
A full-service eSystem and network consulting, design, implementation and
management consulting company, Croop-LaFrance is 8A certified and currently
holds a GSA contract with the federal government.
"The aerospace and defense industries are constantly looking for better
ways to manage complexity. Among their goals are the creation of 'sense
and respond' supply chains that help warfighters increase availability of
their weapons systems to ensure mission readiness. Omnitrol Networks'
award-winning track and trace infrastructure solution is a proven, scalable
and elegant approach to help existing ERP, MRO, and logistical systems
achieve these goals in the aerospace and defense sectors," said David
Croop, CEO of Croop-LaFrance Inc.
"Croop-LaFrance has a stellar record of deploying solutions based on
best-of-breed technologies," noted Raj Saksena, president and CEO of
Omnitrol Networks. "Its exceptional expertise, combined with our proven
EPC-global asset tracking and traceability solution, will result in a
powerful resource for aerospace and defense Industries seeking to solve and
scale the challenges faced in maintaining complete traceability of their
assets."
Omnitrol Networks' OMNITROL integrates with EPC tags, sensors, RFID
readers, mobile handhelds, and PLC equipment to provide real-time
intelligence to existing manufacturing, MRO and logistics business
processes. The OMNITROL network delivers a scalable real-time location,
visibility and automated asset pedigree capture infrastructure. The
simple, versatile and all-in-one systems substantially lowers the total
cost of ownership while providing powerful services such as workflow
service creation and emulation, back-end integration, including complete
device and service management and web-based provisioning.
To learn more about Omnitrol Networks' OMNITROL Asset and WIP Tracking and
Traceability Solutions, log on to www.omnitrol.com/solutions.cfm.
Additional background about Croop-LaFrance can be found at
www.croop-lafrance.com.
About Omnitrol Networks, Inc.
Omnitrol Networks Inc. is a leading provider of complete EPC based business
application solutions for the emerging wireless, RFID and sensor automation
market. The company's award-winning OMNITROL appliance and Edge Application
and Services Engine (EASE™) software have pioneered the market for "Always
On" real-time operational visibility, traceability and automation
solutions. The OMNITROL's unique edge-centric solution architecture enables
the industry's most flexible and reliable means to deploy scalable Auto-ID
application intelligent networks at the lowest total cost of ownership in
the market. Omnitrol Networks is a privately held company with corporate
headquarters in Mountain View, California, USA. Additional information
about Omnitrol Networks' products and services are available at
www.omnitrol.com.
About Croop-LaFrance
Croop-LaFrance is a privately held, Native American Certified 8A Small
Business company headquartered in Rochester, NY. Croop-LaFrance has quickly
evolved into one of the premier Information Technology service providers
supporting both the U.S. Government and commercial Fortune 500 clients.
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