Fortech partners with Gemba Solutions U.K. to offer Industrial Automation solutions

Tempe, AZ – 2007 – Fortech Software Consulting, a leader in utility automation software solutions, and Gemba Solutions, UK have entered into an agreement to provide software solutions to the industrial automation market.

Professional services will be offered by Fortech Software Consulting, a recognized and experienced software developer of automation solutions, to sell & implement Gemba Solution’s Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE) software solutions.

“We see the partnership with Gemba as excellent opportunity to help U.S. based manufacturing firms be more competitive through achievement of lean manufacturing initiatives in the global market. We can offer manufacturers a range of cost effective solutions that can have a significant impact on reducing their manufacturing cost while increasing their productivity.” said Dr. Bhasker Rao, C.E.O, Fortech Software Consulting. Inc.

Gemba Solutions develops Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE) software solutions to collect manufacturing data to help manufactures optimize their manufacturing assets. OEE solutions track manufacturer’s capacity, quality, and productivity in real-time enabling them address and improve manufacturing issues as they occur. “We have seen a dramatic increase in demand from US manufactures for our OEE solutions. We believe that the partnership with Fortech, along with their many years of Automation-Solutions expertise, will enable us to better serve the US manufacturing market.” said Geoff Tripp, Vice President of Gemba’s Global Solutions

About Fortech Software:
Fortech is a leading provider of integrated software products and services for the Utility Industry. In addition to its standard products, the company also provides Power Scheduling and Curtailment Services, Custom Application Development, IT consulting and Systems Integration Services.
The company leverages its industry knowledge to create a true partnership with its clients. While providing highly efficient software that can be customized to its clients needs, the company also offers consulting, project management and 24/7 support.

Fortech has its corporate office in Tempe, AZ and sales offices in Larkspur, CO and Irvine, CA. It also has a state of the art development and R&D Center in Hyderabad & Kolkata, India. For more contact: Fortech Software Consulting, 4801 S. Lakeshore Dr, #203, Tempe, AZ 85282, Phone: (480) 237-0457

About Gemba Solutions UK:
Gemba Solutions provide software solutions and services, empowering clients with production monitoring information from the shop floor to the boardroom, for the benefit of their business and providing lean manufacturing software solutions. LEAN IMPACT is a true Manufacturing Execution system. Taken from Gemba Kaizen, a philosophy promoting continual improvement in the workplace, ‘Gemba’ is the ‘real place’, the place where the action is and where a real difference can be made. Gemba products and service can make a real difference to Manufacturing Efficiency. Gemba helps its clients to achieve LEAN Manufacturing improvements throughout the workplace using Gemba’s latest Manufacturing Execution System.
LEAN IMPACT and OEE IMPACT distributes key information to the place where it is most needed, providing live efficiency feedback to the shop floor, production statistics to the production management and key performance indicators (KPI) to the executives, enabling empowered decision making to aid real improvements against business drivers.Gemba Solutions UK, The Stables, Wolvey Lodge Business Centre, Wolvey, Leicestershire, UK, LE10 3HB