STOCKHOLM, Sweden, March 3, 2003 (PRIMEZONE) -- Intentia Consulting Sweden today announces that brewing company Spendrups has chosen an integrated enterprise application from Intentia (Other OTC:IAINF). Among other things, this means that Spendrups' aging order and logistics systems will be replaced with Movex. "With this agreement, we create a long-term partnership with Intentia," said Eva Sjowall, IT manager at Spendrups.
Spendrups is one of Sweden's largest breweries and has earlier used smaller parts of Movex in its operations. "We chose to purchase a new enterprise application when our other aging systems could no longer bear the weight of the goals we had for our business. Intentia has very good references and therefore ended up early on our list of possible future suppliers," Sjowall said.
During the purchasing process, Spendrups carried out extensive internal activity where each system supplier's ability to meet Spendrups' needs and requirements was thoroughly evaluated. "We chose Intentia because their business model offers comprehensive commitment with product development and their own consultants, training and support," Sjowall said.
The agreement means that Spendrups now receives a modern enterprise application to support its business-critical processes. Movex is one of the few enterprise applications on the market that offers a standard solution for the brewing industry and that is based on the specific standards that are associated with different lines of business.
The order basically consists of an entire enterprise application. In addition, Spendrups has chosen to integrate a significant part of Intentia's logistics planning tools by implementing Movex Demand Planner and Movex Supply Chain Planner. Spendrups will also use Movex Workplace, which makes it possible to create role-based user interfaces. The project is scheduled to be completed in the third quarter of 2004.
Intentia is already successful among food and beverage companies and has, among other things, a market-leading position with Movex Food and Beverage. Among Intentia's customers in this area are Arla, Cerealia, Findus, Frionor, Heinz, Lofbergs Lila, OLW, Scan Foods, Semper, Swedish Meats, Wasa and Zoegas. Breweries that use Movex include Carlsberg, Christansands Bryggeri, Joker, Kiviks Musteri, Koninlijke De Ruijter, Pernod Ricard and Ramlosa.
About Intentia
Intentia is one of the world's leading suppliers of collaboration solutions. Our vision is to become the leading global collaboration solutions vendor by supplying our customers with tomorrow's solutions today. Intentia offers a one-stop shop for all collaboration needs within numerous industry segments. We develop, implement and maintain our own solutions to produce the highest possible level of customer satisfaction. The Intentia Solution consists of applications covering customer relationship management (CRM), enterprise management (ENM), supply chain management (SCM), business performance measurement (BPM), e-business and value chain collaboration (VCC). Intentia has more than 3,200 employees and serves over 3,400 customers in the manufacturing, maintenance and distribution industries via a global network spanning some 40 countries. Intentia is a public company traded on the Stockholm Stock Exchange (XSSE) under the symbol INT B.
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About Spendrups Bryggeri AB
Spendrups was founded in 1897 and is just as passionate about beer today as it was then. Its brands include Spendrups, Norrlands Guld, Mariestads, Heineken, Loka and Jaffa, among others. Spendrups is an independent, family owned Swedish brewery that combines strong traditions with new ideas. It currently employs 1,100 and has a turnover of SEK 2 billion. Spendrups Bryggeri AB is a subsidiary of Spendrup Invest AB.
For further information, please visit www.spendrups.se