Together the two companies will offer MAPICS SyteLine ERP customers a choice to outsource their IT infrastructures, allowing them to remain focused on their core competencies. Terms of the proposed partnership are being finalized and were not disclosed.
Although IT budget allocations are increasing, multiple factors require customers to continually reassess existing IT investments and budgets in order to pave the way for more strategic corporate initiatives. Additionally, corporate governance has taken a leading role in IT management, requiring manufacturing companies to allocate resources for compliance initiatives such as Sarbanes-Oxley.
The Adjoined Consulting/MAPICS relationship aims to enable customers to address key manufacturing criteria, such as the ability to reduce total cost of ownership and improve the flexibility of maintenance and upgrade processes. Additionally, the outsourcing of services should allow customers to achieve improved IT cost containment and improve the level of technical support customers can bring to their businesses with reduced budgets.
As outsourcing continues to gain momentum, companies are relying more on their service partners to fully optimize applications, said Rodney Rogers, Founder and CEO of Adjoined Consulting. We intend to offer MAPICS customers a comprehensive solution designed to realize significant ROI and reduce overall TCO.
