"With his extensive experience in enterprise-level software application sales and management, we know Robert will provide strong leadership for our sales organization as Factory Logic moves into our next stage of growth," said Allan Wilson, Factory Logic President and CEO.
"Factory Logic is well-positioned to lead the market for lean manufacturing solutions - a segment that analysts predict will grow steadily over the next few years," said Mr. Johnson. "I am extremely excited to be part of that growth, and to help Factory Logic accelerate expansion of its customer base within the automotive industry and beyond. No other solution provider today can deliver a fully integrated planning, scheduling, kanban/supermarket, and real-time monitoring solution built from the ground up around lean manufacturing principles. Factory Logic is setting the standard for rapid automation of lean management processes, leading to significant customer responsiveness and cost reduction benefits throughout the enterprise."
Johnson brings over 22 years of sales management experience with leading enterprise software companies. At SAP, he was most recently Vice President of Sales for CPG and Retail, Western Region. Prior to that, he was Director of Global and Mid-Market Sales, Western Region Discrete Sector, comprised of the automotive, high technology, aerospace & defense, and engineering & construction industries. Mr. Johnson has held senior sales management positions with AvantGo, Inc., a leading provider of mobile customer relationship management (CRM) and Sales Force Automation (SFA) solutions; Indus International, a global provider of enterprise asset management (EAM) solutions; and Western Data Systems, a leading provider of enterprise resource planning (ERP) and maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) solutions for the aerospace & defense industry.
About Factory Logic
Factory Logic is dedicated to helping companies improve customer responsiveness and eliminate waste by delivering operations management solutions that support and enhance the use of key techniques pioneered in the Toyota Production System (TPS), and that make lean manufacturing practical for a wider range of companies.
Factory Logic is the first company to team lean manufacturing specialists with experienced software professionals to develop a standard software product built from the ground up around the principles of lean production. The result is the Factory Logic(TM) Lean Operations Management System - a new breed of factory and supply chain management system that addresses the operational needs of the lean enterprise while integrating smoothly with enterprise level business systems. The Factory Logic software integrates heijunka scheduling, inventory projection monitoring, flexible cell resource planning, kanban/supermarket management, and operational alerts into a comprehensive solution design to work in harmony with visual factory controls and scale to the level of an entire factory, enterprise, or supply chain. For more information, visit www.factorylogic.com.
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