STEPS LA Partners with Symbol Technologies to Deliver Enterprise Mobility Solutions to Latin America
Channel partnership with global enterprise mobility solutions provider seen as strategic boost to STEPS deployments in Latin American market.
MOUNT KISCO, N.Y., Nov 3, 2004 (BUSINESS WIRE) --
The Jackson Rivers Company (JRC) (OTCBB:JRVR) announced today that the master licensee of its STEPS(TM) software solutions in Latin America, STEPS LATINOAMERICA SA DEC.V. (STEPS LA), has been approved for participation as an authorized reseller in the Symbol PartnerSelect program. Symbol will provide data-capture solutions that provide secure real-time inventory, logistics and financial data. These data streams will feed into the supply chain management (SCM) application modules that STEPS LA provides to enable real-time visibility and management of inventory, work-order flow, accounting and financial planning functions.
STEPS LA ( www.steps.com.mx ) is building an interface between STEPS Services(R) and the Symbol enterprise mobility product line to provide the services, software and seamless data capture technology that distribution and retail customers need to fully integrate their SCM functions.
STEPS SCM Platform(TM), licensed to Jackson Rivers Technologies (JRT), a business unit of JRC that provides integrated information technology (IT) solutions, is an open-architectured development environment that allows small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) to tightly integrate end-to-end SCM functions throughout their distributed organizations. Unlike legacy proprietary platforms that require endless months and hundreds of thousands of dollars to deploy, STEPS is a streamlined solution that provides pre-formatted application modules that SME's require, without paying for extraneous features, development fees, and expensive IT staffs.
STEPS SCM Platform enables applications that streamline work-flow from customer orders to service provisioning and final billing -- coordinating sales orders with work order requisition, inventory allocation, and invoicing/reconciliation. "For the first time, fast-growing small and mid-market companies in Mexico can now take advantage of inventory and financial management best-practices that we can provide them through applications built using STEPS," said Juan Carlos Rubin de Celis Spamer, CEO of STEPS LA. "We can now deliver affordable/mobile software solutions to manage manufacturing, warehousing and inventory operations."
All STEPS solutions are based on an open-source platform. Written in Java, these solutions are interoperable with a range of operating systems, including Linux. The non-proprietary architecture of Linux allows end users to access a wide array of open-source publications, tools and services, driving down cost of deployment and future extensions and customization.
Rubin de Celis Spamer said that he plans to market the solution not only in Mexico, but to other rapidly growing markets throughout Latin America and South America as well. The software suite is currently available in English and Spanish-language versions. However, a translation engine, offered as an option, can be used to deploy multiple instances of STEPS in different languages within the same enterprise.
"We're delighted that STEPS LA is forging strong, strategic relationships with best-of-class business partners in Latin America," said Joseph Khan, CEO of JRT. "According to analyst forecasts, the estimated 2005 aggregate IT spend for Latin America will exceed US $33 billion, with Brazil and Mexico leading the way. Software solutions like STEPS SCM Platform, which drive information efficiencies deeper into the enterprise, will be a significant portion of that."
About The Jackson Rivers Company
Founded in 2001, The Jackson Rivers Company is an integrated development company based in Mount Kisco, New York and San Diego, California. Its principal subsidiaries are JRC Global Products, a product distribution company, and Jackson Rivers Technologies, a provider of integrated information technology solutions. ( www.jacksonrivers.com )
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