nMetrics 4C Interfaces with Machines on the Shop Floor to Foresee Prospective Problems Demonstrates with Partner Starthis in Sun Microsystems Booth at National Manufacturing Week, March 3-6

nMetric today announced that it will be demonstrating at National Manufacturing Week, how the 4C@Site software suite uses its J2EE architecture to communicate directly with industrial machines and controllers on the plant floor to anticipate any potential production and delivery problems.

COSTA MESA, CALIF. - March 4, 2003 -- nMetric today announced that, in the Sun Microsystems booth at National Manufacturing Week, it is demonstrating how the 4C@Site software suite uses its J2EE architecture to communicate directly with industrial machines and controllers on the plant floor to anticipate any potential production and delivery problems. In tandem with partner Starthis, the only provider of software which allows enterprise applications running on a J2EE applications server to communicate via Programmable Logic Controllers (PLC) with production equipment, attendees are observing the flow of real time data between plant floor systems and 4C.

Manufacturing operations are streamlined and optimized only when they employ such enhanced visibility of the factory floor," advises nMetric CEO Tom Carpenter. Such a system is mandatory for manufacturing execution today. Manufacturers, especially mid-sized and smaller, must be able to sustain the promise of just-in-time manufacturing across the supply chain by employing a real-time, 'always on, accurate, forward-looking scheduling execution tool. To be viable, this system must use data from a variety of operational levels, including machines and controllers on the shop floor, to anticipate the future state of production. 4C does exactly that."

According to Carpenter, real time input from a PLC can immediately inform 4C@Site of units completed through a process. 4C will interpret this information and recompute the schedule for down-line operations, if necessary. For example, if the operation being monitored in real time is going to be finished significantly (user defined) early or late, 4C will make adjustments to the succeeding operations/processes and inform the effected parties in time to assure customer satisfaction.

With 4C, users can track and monitor all resources used in production and order progression in real time," Carpenter emphasizes. At last, companies truly have visibility into shop floor operations and up-to-date knowledge of individual order status in real time."

About nMetric

nMetrics 4C system is the only software that provides mid-sized and smaller manufacturers with live scheduling, monitoring and tracking, messaging updates and analyses so that they can completely oversee all steps of their manufacturing process and proactively supervise the dynamics of their supply chain in real time to accurately predict what will happen. Company headquarters are at 3070 South Bristol Avenue, Costa Mesa, Calif. 92626. Phone is 888-561-9700. Website is www.nmetric.com.

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