WHEELING, W.Va., Jan. 12 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Wheeling-Pittsburgh
Steel Corporation (Nasdaq: WPSC) announced recent technology initiatives
designed to drive business efficiency and enhanced customer service. The
Company currently uses solutions from i2 Technologies, Inc., and recently
began implementing solutions from STEELMAN Software Solutions Inc. These
technology upgrades to Wheeling-Pittsburgh's computerized planning, order
management, mill scheduling and production tracking tools are designed to help
the Company gain a competitive edge.
Working together with STEELMAN, Wheeling-Pittsburgh will implement Steel
Enterprise Management Systems(R) (SEMS(R)) to replace several separate,
mainframe-based systems with lesser capabilities that Wheeling-Pittsburgh
Steel has used for many years. STEELMAN captures and remembers metallurgical
specifications of the customer order, prices orders, compares customer
deliveries to current contracts, provides claims management and tracks
production to outside processors and warehouses.
Additionally, Wheeling-Pittsburgh Steel uses solutions from i2
Technologies. i2 Factory Planner and Hot Mill Scheduler are currently being
used to enhance the Company's corporate order planning and scheduling
processes. Wheeling-Pittsburgh is also turning to i2 solutions to more
efficiently manage the scheduling processes of its cold rolling and finishing
operations.
"Our strategy was to identify applications which best fit our
manufacturing configuration and user needs," said Jeff Hoffman, Director of
Systems Integration, Wheeling-Pittsburgh. "Using that approach we have made
major strides toward a significantly more efficient and intuitive set of tools
for our sales, planning and operations groups."
While the STEELMAN contract was signed in September, Hoffman notes that
Wheeling-Pittsburgh has been working with STEELMAN Software Solutions Inc.
since March and that a prototype was built and tested to ensure the new
software meets company's requirements. The phased introduction of the various
computer systems is already producing results.
"Our technology initiatives have delivered benefits from improved booking
and scheduling processes in our Hot Mill," said Don Keaton, Vice President of
Steelmaking and Procurement, Wheeling-Pittsburgh. "More importantly, we have
laid the foundation for an integrated and user-friendly system that will give
our employees the tools to provide world class customer service."
Wheeling-Pittsburgh Steel Corporation is a metal products company with
approximately 3,100 employees. It has facilities in Steubenville, Mingo
Junction, Yorkville and Martins Ferry, OH; Beech Bottom and Follansbee, WV;
and Allenport, PA.
Statements in this release that express a belief, expectation or
intention, as well as those which are not historical fact, are forward-
looking. They involve a number of risks and uncertainties, which may cause
actual results to differ materially from such forward-looking statements. For
more information about these risks and uncertainties, please refer to
Wheeling-Pittsburgh Corporation's annual report on Form 10-K for the period
ending December 31, 2003, and other filings, with the Securities and Exchange
Commission.
SOURCE Wheeling-Pittsburgh Steel Corporation
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CONTACT:
Jim Kosowski of Wheeling-Pittsburgh Steel
Corporation, +1-304-234-2440
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