SAP AG Wednesday expressed its intent to acquire Visiprise, Inc., a privately-held, provider of manufacturing execution software solutions delivering integrated manufacturing operations to companies of all sizes.
With the addition of Visiprise, SAP said it can now better deliver on its “Perfect Plant” strategy to bring together core SAP solutions with the software, hardware and services offerings of ecosystem partners to drive innovation for discrete manufacturers.
According to SAP, the integration of Visiprise’s plant-level manufacturing execution solutions brings discrete manufacturing customers a robust product offering to increase production responsiveness, improve operational efficiencies and enhance quality and regulatory compliance.
“The automation of business processes for manufacturing companies has been core to the SAP strategy for more than 30 years,” said Geraldine McBride, President and CEO, SAP Asia Pacific Japan.
“We are excited to combine Visiprise’s industry-leading manufacturing execution solutions with the power of the SAP Business Suite. This combination will offer manufacturers better visibility by linking the operations of the plant floor to production planning and operations management, enabling manufacturers to respond profitably to the growing demands of their global customers.”
SAP and Visiprise apparently have a long history of partnership as part of SAP’s “Perfect Plant” initiative and related ecosystem dating back to 2005. In November 2006, Visiprise received an investment from the global SAP NetWeaver Fund. Soon after, in January 2007, Visiprise’s flagship solution, Visiprise Manufacturing, was named an SAP-endorsed business solution. In February 2007, the Visiprise ERP Shop Floor Integration 1.0 packaged composite application achieved “SAP xApps Certified – Powered by SAP NetWeaver” status. Most recently, SAP agreed to resell and market the Visiprise Manufacturing product under the name SAP® Manufacturing Execution by Visiprise
SAP anticipates that the acquisition will be completed in July 2008 pending necessary regulatory approvals in the United States and Europe.
Headquartered in Alpharetta, Georgia, Visiprise serves more than 60 global customers including many existing SAP customers in discrete manufacturing industries including high tech, aerospace and defense, automotive and medical device. |
