“With BizTalk Server 2006, we can perform as if we were a number one, two, or three company in our industry. That puts us on a level playing field.“
- Bob Oldrati, Controller and IT Director, Powell Electronics.
Situation: Powell Electronics assembles and distributes electronic components for use in equipment that is manufactured by other companies. Founded in 1946, the company is still owned by the Powell family. Including its New Jersey headquarters, Powell has 12 offices in North America, South America, and Europe, as well as Israel and China. Although the firm is relatively small (with 240 employees in 2007), its value-added services and precisely customized solutions have won Powell ongoing business relationships with major players in the aerospace and defense industries, including Caterpillar, Lockheed Martin, and Boeing…
Solution: Powell Electronics selected Activ Technologies—a Microsoft® Gold Certified Partner specializing in supply-chain infrastructure development—to help design a business process management (BPM) solution that would include the following components:
>Microsoft BizTalk® Server 2006 R2 to serve as the solution’s foundation,
>Microsoft SQL Server® 2005 database software to provide the BPM message storage,
>The Microsoft Visual Studio® 2005 development system to support custom programming,
>Microsoft Office SharePoint® Server 2007 to provide the user interface…
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