| Ultriva enables manufacturing companies to become | | | | identify ideal Kanban parts and potential inventory |
| customer centered by leaning their business from | | | | savings. |
| distribution all the way to their global supply chain. | | | | - Production Sequencing – An |
| Elimination of stock outs, reduction in lead times, | | | | Add-on feature to the Internal Kanban module for |
| increases in inventory turns, productivity | | | | managing cell level production |
| improvement and inventory reduction are the primary | | | | - Call-off Replenishment – A |
| factors why customers choose Ultriva. | | | | module that enables engineered to order products |
| | | | | to get raw materials (with long lead times) |
| Ultriva, the lean leader, with an electronic kanban | | | | just-in-time |
| focus, announced strong performance for 2008 | | | | - Lean Scheduling – A SaaS tool |
| despite of the challenging economic conditions. | | | | that allows final assembly cells to front load, back fill |
| Ultriva’s subscription and license revenue grew | | | | or level load production based on the customer want |
| by 80% year over year, while its net income grew | | | | date instead of just capacity |
| by 92%. Overall revenue, including services, grew by | | | | |
| 60%. This growth was a result of acquiring several | | | | Laksham noted that “Ultriva continues to lead |
| new customers including Dresser, CNH, Trane, Plews | | | | this market segment by delivering new products |
| & Edelmann, HHT, Thermo Fisher, and Owens | | | | using the lean expertise it has gained over the past |
| Corning. Existing customers also expanded | | | | ten years. Ultriva has very flexible delivery |
| deployments by adding more plants using Ultriva lean | | | | infrastructure and is the only software company that |
| supply chain solution. During 2008, Ultriva went live in | | | | provides “SaaS on Demand” as well as |
| thirty-six plants. | | | | “SaaS on Premise.” This flexibility is critical |
| | | | | for large companies like Emerson which has hosted |
| Narayan Laksham, Founder and CEO said | | | | “SaaS on premise” at their IT Shared |
| “Ultriva’s core message of ‘Free up the | | | | Services infrastructure. They currently have |
| capital tied in the inventory’ resonated very well | | | | forty-three plants across five divisions hosted on |
| with our target market. Our ability to quickly deploy | | | | Ultriva and continue to deploy two additional plants |
| the software and get our customers to go live, led | | | | every quarter. |
| to this substantial revenue growth. “ | | | | |
| | | | | Ultriva is live at over 120 plants across 10 countries. |
| | | | | Companies like Emerson, BE Aerospace, Trane, |
| Complementing the revenue success Ultriva also | | | | Ingersoll-Rand, McKesson, AO Smith, FRANKE and |
| announced various products to help customers | | | | AGCO among others are using Ultriva to collaborate |
| accomplish their goals. Some of the key modules that | | | | with over 4000 suppliers and transacting $1.5 billion of |
| were released were: | | | | purchased parts every year. |
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| - Lean Assessment Tool – A | | | | |
| patent pending analytical SaaS | | | | |
| (software-as-a-service) tool that simulates historical | | | | Ultriva |
| MRP data and superimposes Kanban replenishment to | | | | Cindy 408.248. |