Rockbestos-Surprenant Goes Live with AXIOM®

Rockbestos-Surprenant Cable Corporation has gone live with the sales and finance portions of AXIOM/mx Open at two locations. Both sites expect to go live with the system's manufacturing functions in the first quarter of 2003. AXIOM/mx Open is the foundation of the AXIOM Enterprise Resource Management System for the metals, wire and cable industries from AXIS Computer Systems, Inc.

The company's plant in Clinton, Massachusetts replaced the original COBOL version of AXIOM with the greatly enhanced Progress-based version, while the company's East Granby, Connecticut plant replaced the BPCS system, which was implemented before the Rockbestos and Surprenant companies merged. The combined project is being managed using the AXIS SurePath for AXIOM/mx Open implementation methodology.

Fred Schwelm, Rockbestos-Surprenant President, stated; "Getting both of our sites on a common system that is well suited to our cable manufacturing business is an important move for us. AXIS has supported us well in this project and we are now starting to take advantage of the new capabilities AXIOM/mx Open makes available to us."

Along with AXIOM/mx Open, Rockbestos-Surprenant has also implemented the CableCad™ finite element analysis and computer-aided design system for cables, ropes and flexible pipe from Analytics. AXIS is now assisting Rockbestos-Surprenant with the integration of the two systems.

Rockbestos-Surprenant Cable Corporation is a world leader in the design and manufacture of insulated high performance control, power, instrumentation, and specialty electrical cables. The company is committed to meeting demanding customer requirements through innovative design, excellence in manufacturing, and unequaled customer service. Rockbestos-Surprenant was established when the two companies were combined as one entity - now a member of the Marmon Group - to create the largest specialty low-voltage cable manufacturer in North America.

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