Masa Corn Flour Producer Implements Marcam's Protean Solution at Six Mexican Plants

Servicios Cooperativas de MINSA, the second largest producer of masa corn flour in the world, has selected Marcam Solutions' object-oriented Protean solution for implementation at the company's six plants. MINSA will implement Maintenance Procurement, Financials, Logistics and Manufacturing.

"In the widely spread tortilla business, we serve several thousands of clients in various market segments," said Ing. Hubert Ehrli Torres, MINSA financial corporate director. "We selected Protean for its extraordinary ease-of-use, great intuitiveness and its superior flexibility to adapt to new diverse business schemes. Furthermore, this can be mostly done using internal resources. Last but not least, this leading-edge software will permit MINSA to use the most modern, reliable hardware and telecommunications arrays available today."

Built with object-oriented technology, Protean offers an open client/server solution for process companies. Robust architecture allows customers to change or customize their applications according to their evolving requirements, without rewriting software code. Protean is architected to work with leading platforms and operating systems, including HP-9000, RS/6000, DEC Alpha and Windows NT.

Marcam Solutions, Inc., headquartered in Newton, MA, is a global provider of business applications and services to process manufacturers. Marcam's PRISM, Protean and Avantis product lines and components offer comprehensive business planning and control solutions to customers' production, logistics, asset management and financial business requirements.