| San Jose, CA - December 6, 2004 –
Agile Software Corporation (Nasdaq: AGIL), a
leading provider of product lifecycle management
(PLM) solutions, today announced that long-time
Agile customer AMX Corporation of Richardson, TX,
has completed an upgrade to Agile 9 to manage its
business-critical PLM processes. “AMX has been
an Agile customer for over six years and we rely
on Agile PLM to control costs and accelerate our
time to market. Our move to Agile 9 has given us
access to a broad range of new PLM functionality
which ultimately improves our business processes,”
said Carl Evans, vice president of operations, AMX
Corporation. “The upgrade to Agile 9 was seamless.
In the short time Agile 9 has been up and running,
we are already witnessing process improvements.
For example, utilizing .pdx packages for sharing
information with our global partners has reduced
processing time. We are pleased with the results
we’ve obtained with Agile PLM and look forward to
a continued strong partnership.”
AMX Corporation is a worldwide leader in
advanced control system technology for commercial
and residential markets, which works with dealers
and distributors to integrate its products with a
range of electronic devices. With the completion
of the upgrade to Agile 9, AMX and its employees,
customers, suppliers and supply chain partners all
have improved visibility into the product record.
AMX intends to leverage Agile 9’s robust platform
to manage its entire product line portfolio. AMX
has taken advantage of the improved features of
Agile Product Collaboration, which enables each
team member in the extended design and supply
chain to have secure access to the product record
data. AMX team members access this system across
multiple functions including engineering,
procurement, manufacturing, technical support,
marketing, and product services. AMX uses its
Agile PLM solution to share product records with
its supply chain partners globally—both contract
manufacturers and part distributors—each of whom
will access the data via a Web-based interface. As
a next step, AMX is planning to augment the
workflows, leverage new functionality within Agile
Product Collaboration, and enhance the integration
with its JD Edwards enterprise resource planning
(ERP) system.
“It is because of customers such as AMX
Corporation that we have developed the advanced
features and functionality of Agile 9,” said Bryan
Stolle, Agile CEO. “As the pressure to improve
product profitability grows, many companies are
seeing an increase in the number of participants
across the PLM process. With Agile 9, companies
now can enable this larger audience to have direct
access and real-time participation in the process.
Working with AMX has been an incredible
partnership, and we’re pleased to see the success
they have had with Agile 9.”
About AMX Corporation
AMX CORPORATION is a worldwide leader in advanced
control system technology targeting commercial and
residential markets. AMX delivers convenient,
easy-to-use solutions that incorporate advanced
programming and network applications to simplify
your life through technology. AMX's strategy is to
work with leading dealers and distributors to
integrate its products with other electronic
devices, while continuing to lead the industry in
control technology. It's your world. Take
control.™ For more information about AMX, visit
www.amx.com.
About Agile Software Corporation
Agile Software Corporation (NASDAQ: AGIL) helps
companies drive profits, accelerate innovation,
reduce costs, and ensure regulatory compliance
throughout the product lifecycle. With a broad
suite of enterprise-class PLM solutions,
time-to-value focused implementations, and a
unique Guaranteed Business Results program, Agile
helps companies get the most from their products.
Alcatel, Boeing, Dell Inc., Flextronics
International, GE Medical, Haemonetics, Hitachi,
Johnson & Johnson, Leapfrog, Lockheed Martin,
Magna Steyr, Siemens, QUALCOMM and ZF are among
the nearly 1,200 customers in the automotive,
aerospace and defense, consumer products,
electronics, high tech, industrial products, and
life sciences industries that have realized high
impact results through their use of Agile
solutions. For more information, call 408-284-4000
or visit
www.agile.com.
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