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Re: PRESS RELEASE- LEGO Company Replaces SAP R/3 System With Internet-Enabled Oracle
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Tue, 15 Feb 2000 22:00:10 GMT
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The light at the end of the tunnel just got a little brighter! Thanks for
posting, Chet:-)
-John
Chet Corbin wrote:
> Howdy Gang-
>
> Very interesting press release from Oracle, and I quote: "The new e-business
> enterprise suite will enable LEGO Company to transform into an e-business,
> allowing administrative tasks in connection with sales, receipt of orders,
> distribution of goods and financial follow-up to be simplified and easier to
> execute." It looks like Lego Direct is getting closer.......
>
> Happy Reading,
> Chet Corbin
>
> ----------------------------------
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> LEGO Company Replaces SAP R/3 System With Internet-Enabled Oracle Applications
>
> Leading World Toy Manufacturer Bases its Business System on Oracle's
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> E-Business Suite
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> REDWOOD SHORES, Calif., Feb. 14 /PRNewswire/
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> -
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> http://www.oracle.com/tellmemore/?135617) Oracle Corp. (Nasdaq: ORCL), the
> number one choice for e-business, today announced that LEGO Company is
> replacing its SAP R/3 system with a new enterprise system based on Oracle's
> Internet-enabled Oracle(R) Applications. The new e-business enterprise suite
> will enable LEGO Company to transform into an e-business, allowing
> administrative tasks in connection with sales, receipt of orders,
> distribution of goods and financial follow-up to be simplified and easier to
> execute.
>
> The goal for the new Internet-enabled system is to reduce labor intensive
> administrative tasks currently resting with employees, and allow more
> resources and energy to be dedicated to the company's new Fitness Programme,
> an initiative designed to create simple and effective business systems that
> will allow LEGO Company to reach its goal of being the strongest toy brand
> among families with children before 2005. The new Oracle system is currently
> being implemented within LEGO Company and is expected to be rolled out
> company-wide this year.
>
> "The reason for replacing SAP R/3 with Oracle Applications is that LEGO
> Company needed to simplify our business systems as well as our working
> processes. To do this, we had to be innovative and start afresh; therefore,
> we decided to choose a completely new Internet-enabled platform," said Poul
> Plougmann, executive vice president, Global Business Support, LEGO Company.
> "Oracle Applications was chosen because we are convinced that with its open
> system, Oracle is fully capable of supporting current and future Internet
> business processes for LEGO Company."
>
> "We are very pleased to announce that LEGO Company has chosen Oracle
> Applications. In the age of e-business, many companies are rethinking their
> ERP-systems and are looking for open Internet applications with the ability
> to integrate with the extended e-business community including suppliers and
> customers. With Oracle Applications, business information can be accessed
> from a web-browser at any time, anywhere in the world," said Ron Wohl,
> executive vice president, Applications Development, Oracle Corp. "LEGO
> Company is just one of many companies who are recognizing the value of
> Oracle's fully integrated, web enabled e-business suite."
>
> About LEGO Company
>
> The international LEGO Company was established in 1932 and is one of the
> world's largest toy manufacturers, employing about 10,000 people in 50
> companies in 30 countries.
>
> About Oracle Corp.
>
> Oracle Corporation is the world's leading supplier of software for
> information management, and the world's second largest software company. With
> annual revenues of more than $9.3 billion, the company offers its database
> and application products, along with related consulting, education and
> support services, in more than 145 countries around the world.
>
> For more information about Oracle, please call 650-506-7000. Oracle's World
> Wide Web address is (URL) http://www.oracle.com/
>
> Trademarks
>
> Oracle is a registered trademark of Oracle Corporation. Other names may be
> trademarks of their respective owners.
>
> SOURCE Oracle Corp.
>
> CO: Oracle Corp.; LEGO Company
>
> ST: California
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> IN: CPR MLM HOU
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> SU: CON
>
> 02/14/2000 08:01 EST http://www.prnewswire.com
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