| Shoplogix Inc., a leading developer of intelligent | | | | ABOUT SHOPLOGIX |
| manufacturing plant floor productivity software is | | | | Shoplogix develops integrated web-based software |
| pleased to announce that Benlan Inc. is expanding | | | | solutions that optimize plant floor operations. |
| their use of Plantnode, a solution which provides | | | | Shoplogix solutions improve productivity, efficiency, |
| real-time, intelligent mining of shop floor data and | | | | and total operational performance by allowing |
| machine utilization as well as predictive preventative | | | | companies to make real-time decisions that impact |
| maintenance alerts. | | | | profitability while actively engaging employees in the |
| Benlan is implementing ten new Plantnode units on | | | | process. |
| multiple machines in their Oakville, Ontario facility. The | | | | Shoplogix Inc. is a privately held company |
| company initially implemented Plantnode in April 2005 | | | | headquartered in Oakville, Ontario, with offices across |
| to assist them in gathering information on the | | | | North America. The company serves a growing base |
| efficiency of a form-fill-seal packaging machine. | | | | of Global 2000 companies to set new standards for |
| According to Tom Enns, President of Benlan, | | | | production performance and efficiency in industrial |
| "Plantnode has helped us increase productivity on this | | | | environments. |
| machine by up to 25%, so it makes sense to | | | | PLANTNODE |
| implement the solution on more of our equipment." | | | | Plantnode is a hybrid web-based software application |
| The company is implementing Plantnode on more | | | | designed on an open platform to integrate with |
| packaging machines as well as tubing extrusion | | | | existing production equipment, analyze real-time |
| machines and custom catheter assembly equipment, | | | | performance, and evaluate machine productivity. |
| to monitor and gather information on the overall | | | | Plantnode's built-in intelligence goes beyond raw data |
| productivity of each machine. According to Enns, the | | | | collection to provide a fully integrated production and |
| key to this solution is its ability to monitor and | | | | performance management application; differentiated |
| communicate in real time. | | | | by the ability to compare real-time data against |
| Benlan Inc. is a medical device manufacturer | | | | planned estimates. Plantnode is proven to increase |
| specializing in disposable plastic products for the | | | | Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE) and enables |
| healthcare markets in Canada and the United States. | | | | machine level visibility on a 24x7 basis with automatic |
| The company operates a 100,000 square foot | | | | escalations and interactive processes to drive higher |
| manufacturing facility in Oakville, Ontario where it | | | | levels of operational efficiency, quality, and |
| manufactures molded and extruded medical | | | | performance. |
| components. | | | | |