Leading Manufacturing Company Selects CRG emPerform for Strategic Succession Planning and Goal Management

(PRWEB) March 13, 2012

Propulsys Inc., a leading manufacturer of hydraulic drive products, has selected CRG emPerform to globalize its performance management processes and build an effective succession planning strategy. Based out of Hopkinsville, Kentucky, Propulsys Inc. relies on its global team of over 500 employees to deliver world-class products and customer service. Propulsys plans to use emPerform to ensure that company-wide performance expectations are consistently aligned with corporate objectives, and that succession gaps can be identified and addressed in an efficient manner.

“Succession planning and setting performance goals are critical processes that challenge a manufacturing company every day,” said Larry Dean, Global Director of Human Resources for Propulsys. “Using accurate performance data as a basis for succession forecasting and decision making is critical to our success and will save countless dollars in future training and development.”

Prior to selecting emPerform, Propulsys relied on a manual form-based appraisal system for evaluating employee performance. The overall process was not effective for a global workforce and the standardization of performance evaluations was impossible. “Clearly our processes had to be automated,” continued Larry. “We looked very hard at four different software vendors and selected emPerform for the fact that succession planning capabilities were built into the software versus having to buy constant upgrades or additional modules. Getting an all-in-one solution was a big cost-saver for our company”.

“Using emPerform, our employees will have a simple and consistent evaluation process and a better understanding of how their performance contributes to company goals,” said Larry. “We have several business units and emPerform provides real-time visibility into the performance health at every level within the organization”.

When asked about the implementation process, Larry commented, “Implementing emPerform was made much easier due to experience and diligence of the emPerform support team. They were very patient in helping us re-do and define a very critical process [talent management and succession]. User adoption was as expected some employees resisted a different process but after they used the system, they have been receptive and even complimented the ease-of-use and accessibility”.

CRG emPerform comes standard with the nine-box talent matrix for succession planning. Performance metrics and potential data from appraisals, self-assessments, 360 reviews and surveys are automatically fed into emPerform’s Succession Manager and gives managers and HR a snapshot of the performance health of their organization. Employees ready for advancement can be easily identified and employees in need of development can be addressed. Results from the Succession Manager can be monitored in real-time or exported for decision making. Succession Manager comes standard with emPerform. Customers are not charged extra for this powerful functionality.

About Propulsys Inc.

Founded as White Hydraulics, Inc. in 1977 by Harvey and Hollis White, Jr. and now in its second generation of family ownership, Propulsys has become a leading manufacturer of hydraulic drive products low-speed high-torque motors, orbital steering, axial piston pumps, brakes, and accessories. With wholly-owned manufacturing facilities in Hopkinsville, KY, and Zhenjiang, Jiangsu, China, as well as sales and distribution offices in the US, China, and Europe, over 520 Propulsys employees serve customers around the world. In addition to the core hydraulic drive business, the Propulsys companies also include White Drive Products, Inc., K Products, Inc., White Staffing Management, Inc. and a joint-venture, Peerless Manufacturing (Zhenjiang) Co. Ltd. http://www.propulsys.com/

About Corporate Renaissance Group

For over 20 years, Corporate Renaissance Group (CRG) has been a global provider of innovative business solutions that improve business performance and increase efficiency. CRG is a member of the Microsoft Partner Network headquartered in Ottawa, Canada, with offices throughout Canada, South Africa, India and the United States. For more information, visit http://www.crgroup.com.

CRG emPerform is an all-inclusive Performance and Talent Management solution, one of many solutions offered by CRG. This all-in-one suite includes robust functionality to simplify and automate core talent management processes, including: performance appraisals, compensation management, 360 degree multi-rater feedback, succession planning and reporting and analytics. CRG emPerform has a diverse customer base within sectors that include professional services, not for profits, healthcare, financial services, manufacturing, hospitality and public sector. For more information regarding CRG emPerform, visit http://www.employee-performance.com.

For additional information:

Natalie Trudel

Marketing Communications Specialist

CRG emPerform

ntrudel(at)employee-performance.com

613-232-4295 x252

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Leading Manufacturing Company Selects CRG emPerform for Strategic Succession Planning and Goal Management

EAST Manufacturing Enters New Era with Configure One

Oak Brook, IL (PRWEB) March 22, 2012

Configure One http://www.configureone.com, a leading provider of web-based product configurator and electronic catalog software, today announced that EAST Manufacturing Corporationa leading aluminum trailer manufacturerselected Configure Ones Concept Enterprise Product Configurator

EAST Manufacturing Enters New Era with Configure One

BACnet International Welcomes Leviton Manufacturing

Atlanta, GA (PRWEB) July 12, 2012

BACnet International has welcomed Leviton Manufacturing Co., Inc., a pioneer in electrical devices, lighting controls and network solutions as silver members. As a trailblazer in intelligent buildings and lighting energy management, Leviton works to enhance safety and increase savings for customers in the areas of energy, time and cost.

By joining BACnet International, Leviton joins over 80 of the leading building automation vendors around the world in pursuing advancement of global interoperability.

We are pleased to have another partner in working toward the goal of global interoperability, said BACnet International and Philips Teletrol President Andy McMillan. Leviton is a welcome addition to the BACnet International community.

Leviton is proud to be a member of BACnet International, said Richard Westfall, Vice President/General Manager of Leviton Lighting and Energy Solutions. We value the partnership between Leviton and BACnet to set standards throughout the building automation industry. As an industry leader, we understand the importance of achieving global interoperability, and look forward to working with BACnet International as a collaborator in reaching this goal.

More information on BACnet International members can be found at http://www.bacnetinternational.org/associations/8066/files/BACnetMemberList.cfm. Companies interested in enjoying the benefits of BACnet International membership can get more information at http://www.bacnetinternational.org/displaycommon.cfm?an=1&subarticlenbr=9.

About BACnet International

BACnet International is an industry association that facilitates the successful use of the BACnet protocol in building automation and control systems through interoperability testing, educational programs and promotional activities. The BACnet standard was developed by the American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE) and has been made publicly available so that manufacturers can create interoperable systems of products. BACnet International complements the work of the ASHRAE standards committee and BACnet-related interest groups around the world. BACnet International members include building owners, consulting engineers and facility managers, as well as companies involved in the design, manufacturing, installation, commissioning and maintenance of control equipment that uses BACnet for communication. For more information, please visit http://www.bacnetinternational.org.

About Leviton Lighting & Energy Solutions

Leviton Lighting & Energy Solutions products meet or exceed federal, state and industry building standards, and often enable customers to qualify for tax incentives and work toward earning LEED credits. A member of the United States Green Building Council, Leviton products include self-powered wireless occupancy sensors, lighting control relay systems, intelligent dimming systems and controls and daylight harvesting systems used in green buildings around the world. In addition, Leviton submetering and energy management software solutions allow users to measure and monitor energy usage. Learn more at http://www.leviton.com/les.

About Leviton

Leviton is the smart choice for the global electrical industry, providing the most comprehensive range of solutions to meet the needs of todays residential, commercial and industrial buildings. Leveraging more than a century of experience, Leviton helps customers create sustainable, intelligent environments through its electrical wiring devices, network and data center connectivity solutions, and lighting energy management systems. From switches and receptacles, to daylight harvesting controls, networking systems, and equipment for charging electric vehicles, Leviton solutions help customers achieve savings in energy, time and cost, all while enhancing safety. For more information, visit http://www.leviton.com, http://www.facebook.com/leviton, http://twitter.com/leviton or http://www.youtube.com/user/Levitonmfg.

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BACnet International Welcomes Leviton Manufacturing

DataCore Softwares Storage Hypervisor Boosts Manufacturing Efficiency at WINIOWSKI Company

Fort Lauderdale, FL (PRWEB) November 22, 2011

DataCore Software, the industrys premier provider of storage virtualization software, announced today that WINIOWSKI Company has deployed a high availability and high performance, virtualized storage infrastructure with DataCore SANsymphony-V storage hypervisor software to ensure uninterrupted access to manufacturing data.

Thanks to DataCores SANsymphony-V software our production is more efficient, states Tomasz Kosecki, manager of IT Department at WINIOWSKI Company. The malfunction of a disk array no longer disrupts operations or causes a stoppage of the whole company. Now we have additional time to react in critical situations, which positively influences our stress levels and greatly improves our comfort with our systems. Best of all, we can prevent many problems from impacting our users and customers.

WINIOWSKI Company is a modern manufacturing enterprise that must react rapidly to constantly changing customer needs. To assure agility in a competitive market, the company has implemented a fully-computerized, large-scale, manufacturing process for its products, which include high-quality garage and industrial doors, fence systems and aluminum joinery. Now SANsymphony-Vs synchronous data mirroring across sites ensures high availability and delivers higher performance for WINIOWSKI Company.

Six administrators in WINIOWSKI Companys IT Department oversee the entire network infrastructure, the data center and over 330 workstations. Efficient IT operations are critical, since all manufacturing processes are digital and the flow of data from the central database drives all operations. Not only are these administrators responsible for day-to-day operations, but they must be able to respond quickly to any failure of the companys computers, storage, servers and network infrastructure.

We have to ensure the highest level of safeguards and uninterrupted availability of the data for our core production systems, which are stored within disk arrays located in the main data center, says Kosecki. We cannot afford downtime or data disruptions that impact daily production; relying on a backup copy made the previous night is not a practical option.

High Availability and High Performance with DataCore

The company enlisted the help of Quad Pro, a solution provider in Krakow, to investigate storage virtualization solutions to improve data reliability and availability. We wanted to avoid downtime in case of failure of a single disk array as well as significantly improve our ability to deal with natural disasters like fire, flooding or building collapse, says Kosecki.

Over a month-long test period, using actual production data in a set of servers provided by Quad Pro, it became apparent that despite the IT teams concerns about the performance and efficiency of a software solution, the DataCore storage hypervisor was a smarter choice than any hardware solution.

We knew that virtualization does not always offer the required performance, explains Kosecki. So we requested a number of proof-of-concept tests, which clearly demonstrated the advantages of DataCores solution in many areas all at once. The introduction of the DataCore virtual layer not only improved performance, availability and management efficiency, it was also more cost-effective than competing hardware-based solutions.

An Easy Transition to a More Effective Storage Infrastructure

DataCores SANsymphony-V storage hypervisor was installed on two physical servers running the Windows 2008 Server R2 operating system. All data is located and stored on EMC CX3 and CX4 disk arrays connected via Fibre Channel. According to Mr. Kosecki, installation was easy and trouble-free.

To both ensure high data availability and minimize the risks of a natural disaster, it was decided to physically relocate one node (a server running SANsymphony-V and one disk array) to the remote secondary data center.

We were able to transfer the node to the secondary data center and implement disaster recovery without having to disable the entire infrastructure, notes Kosecki. We had conducted many deployment test runs on the system and we decided to maintain the whole environment live. The switchover was very satisfactory and completely non-disruptive. We simply powered down one of the SAN switches and disconnected the disk array. The other node took over seamlessly. The data remained available, production continued, and our users did not notice that we had just implemented a new disaster recovery site.

Complete Case Study

Read the full case study concerning WINIOWSKI Company here:

http://www.datacore.com/Testimonials/WISNIOWSKI.aspx


About WINIOWSKI

The WINIOWSKI Company is the largest manufacturer of garage doors and fences in Poland. More information is available at: http://www.wisniowski.pl

About DataCore Software

DataCore Software is the industrys premier provider of storage virtualization software. DataCores SANsymphony-V storage hypervisor software solves the big problem stalling virtualization initiatives by eliminating the storage-related barriers that make virtualization too difficult and too expensive. For additional information, visit the DataCore website at http://www.datacore.com or call (877) 780-5111.

DataCore, the DataCore logo and SANsymphony are trademarks or registered trademarks of DataCore Software Corporation. Other DataCore product or service names or logos referenced herein are trademarks of DataCore Software Corporation. All other products, services and company names mentioned herein may be trademarks of their respective owners.

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Manufacturing Representative, Cain-Forlaw Company, Chooses Unitrends Over Barracuda for Complete Data Protection

Columbia, S.C. (PRWEB) December 14, 2011

Unitrends, the leading provider in all-in-one backup and disaster recovery solutions, today announced that Cain-Forlaw Company, a manufacturer representative, selected Unitrends to protect its critical financial and operational data.

After almost losing all of their data when one of their servers crashed, Jon Ogden, Cain-Forlaws IT manager, realized it was necessary to adopt a reliable backup solution to protect the companys data since it was too risky to not have any form of data protection in place.

We came very, very close to complete disaster and losing absolutely everything. Thats when I realized we had to find a solution here that will protect us and that will allow us to recover from a disaster, Ogden said.

Before choosing Unitrends as their data protection provider, Ogden researched several other backup solutions (including Barracuda). However, he was dissatisfied with their inability to provide bare metal backups, back up email in Microsoft Exchange or restore data at the file- and byte-level. With Unitrends Recovery Appliances, Ogden appreciates a simple, easy-to-use disk-based solution that delivers rapid recovery and data security. Unitrends Vault2Cloud services also particularly impresses Ogden since it gives him the option to back up and restore data from an off-site location in addition to protecting his environment on-site. With Unitrends, Ogden knows his data is secure, which gives him greater peace of mind.

I like that I effectively get three different kinds of backup storage. I get the main backup, I get the off-site backup and I get the archive backups. So really, Im triple-protected, Ogden stated. And what I tell people about this is that I think I sleep better at nights and on the weekends because I know that if something happens, its not gonna be a problem at all to get everything back.

When hearing of Cain-Forlaws great satisfaction with their backup solution, Tim Wallick, CFO of Unitrends, shared, We are very pleased that Cain-Forlaw trusts Unitrends for their data protection. Critical data losses like the one they came close to experiencing prior to choosing Unitrends can be very costly to organizations in terms of production downtime and revenue losses. We look forward to protecting Cain-Forlaws data in the future.

To find out more about Cain-Forlaws success with Unitrends, view the complete success story and video at http://www.unitrends.com/success_stories.html


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