Relying on Oracle, manufacturing and distribution companies are able to optimise their business processes to help them operate more efficiently and to help drive down costs. Manufacturers are finding that only Oracle offers the preferred functionality to strengthen their ability to adapt to market changes quickly and to achieve their goal of increasing customer satisfaction to help stand out from competitors. Oracle's family of products which includes Oracle® E-Business Suite, PeopleSoft Enterprise, JD Edwards EnterpriseOne, Siebel applications, Oracle Fusion Middleware and Oracle Database 10g enables organisations to get better information and better results. Oracle is Number 1 in Supply Chain Management globally.

"Using Oracle, our manufacturing and distribution customers are able to create demand-driven supply networks by driving collaboration deeper with customers, suppliers and partners," said Per-Magnus Karlsson, Senior Director Applications - Supply Chain, Oracle Europe, Middle East & Africa. "As a result, we're seeing more high-tech, manufacturing and distribution companies select Oracle to help maximise profitability and build high-quality products at the lowest possible cost."

B&B Italia
B&B Italia, a leading company in contemporary furniture, is transforming its business model and has chosen Oracle E-Business Suite because of its capacity to adapt within its Lean Enterprise project. At the same time, Oracle E-Business Suite is also able to manage B&B Italia's two lines of business: one business manages the production and distribution of design products, and the other manages international complex 'turn-key' contracts for furnishing, from logistics and material procurement to installation. The adoption of Oracle E-Business Suite will allow a better internal data flow among all B&B Italia strategic functions, achieving cost savings and business optimisation.

Konex Co. Ltd
Konex of Poland is a leading producer and distributor of plastic and wooden household articles, exporting their products to over 30 countries. Konex holds ISO 9001/2000, and produces over 2 million articles per month. "Oracle E-Business Suite Special Edition is the perfect solution for Konex, and will help our business grow in the future," said Albert Czajka, Vice President, Konex.

Husqvarna AB
Husqvarna AB, an industrial manufacturer of professional and consumer outdoor products, plans to consolidate their financial and manufacturing systems and use Oracle JDE EnterpriseOne as a strategic platform worldwide. "Oracle is one of the two largest outsourcing vendors to Husqvarna," said Lennart Dorthe, CIO.

Manufacturing and distribution organisations that selected Oracle in the six months to end August 2006 include:
Umdasch (Austria), Mondi Business Paper Austria (Austria), VOEST (Austria), Kordarna a.s.(Czech Republic), Thales Electronic Systems (Greece), B&B Italia Spa (Italy), Omar A. Balubaid Co. Ltd (Saudi Arabia), Jane (Spain), Husqvarna AB (Sweden), Chopard (Switzerland), Yesim Tekstil A.S (Turkey), Konex (Poland), Action (Poland), and Wincanton (UK).