PRESS RELEASE ARCHIVE
For Immediate Release – July 2003
NEXTEK INC. SELECTS AEGIS SOFTWARE TO IMPROVE OPERATIONAL EFFICIENCY
PHILADELPHIA, PA – Aegis Industrial Software Corporation, the
leader in Manufacturing Productivity Systems for electronics assemblers,
announces that EMS provider Nextek Inc. has purchased their NPI and MES
software modules to further advance efficiency, quality and customer
service. Nextek is deploying the Aegis web-centric platform for the
preparation and execution of their precision electronic and
optoelectronic assembly and engineering services for customers.
“As our company grew, we found that the initial CAD/CAM solutions we
implemented did not adequately support our operations and enable us to
provide the best possible service to our customers”, says Phil Yates,
CTO of Nextek. “Aegis’ software gives us complete control of the
manufacturing process: From receipt and conversion of design data and
bill of materials, to production monitoring and materials tracking, we
use a single system that allows our customers and partners to be
involved in the entire process.”
Nextek has selected CircuitCAM, CheckPoint, and Fusion iServer for
expediting new product introductions and engineering change control, and
will implement iView, iTrac, iQ, iMonitor and iPortal for manufacturing
execution.
“Nextek is renowned for its quality and innovation, as evidenced by
their numerous industry awards. Aegis is particularly pleased that a
company so focused on world-class practices chose our complete platform
to propel their operations to the next level”, commented Jason Spera,
CEO of Aegis. “Nextek found that the Aegis solution is the only truly
integrated, web-centric system spanning the entire scope of
manufacturing information challenges in their factory. This singular,
web-accessible solution holds unique value for their operations, and to
the services they offer customers.
Nextek utilizes the Aegis Checkpoint product on the front end to verify
and clean all incoming customer data. Once complete, clean data is made
available, the Aegis CircuitCAM product is utilized to create process
documentation and machine programs. “A key driver for us is that Aegis
uses our pick and place equipment database for pick and place
programming,” states Rick Gunn, Nextek’s Director of Engineering. “This
allows all updates from the line to be captured immediately. Our
previous CAD/CAM tools did not use this design, so we constantly had to
relearn the same things. Also, there is an ongoing relationship with
Aegis and our placement equipment manufacturer, which will benefit
Nextek as they continue to develop their product for other users of the
same equipment.”
Once the analysis and conversion of customer data is completed and
manufacturing activity is ready to commence, other Aegis modules will
enable the company to:
• Communicate information in a common, paperless format (iView).
• Monitor Work In Process and material movement (iTrac).
• Measure and respond to quality metrics (iQ and iMonitor).
• Enable customers, suppliers and other partners to participate in the
mfr. process (iPortal).
About Nextek Inc.
Nextek, Inc. is a niche market, technology driven company, focused on
offering precision electronic and optoelectronic assembly and
engineering services for customers with needs-driven, non-commodity
products. Nextek provides product realization services to OEM’s
employing advanced technology interconnect, process and material
technologies, and specializing in New Product Introduction (NPI) and
accelerating time-to-market.
For additional information contact:
Shaun Black, Marketing Director
Aegis Industrial Software Corporation
Email: sblack@aiscorp.com
Phone: 714.828.9730