Force 9 Business Solutions and Shoplogix™ Introduce Sustainable Continuous Improvement Solutions across the UK and Ireland

UK launch of North American Real Time Performance Monitoring product promises dramatic improvements in Overall Equipment Effectiveness

Gloucester, June 18th 2009

Force 9 Business Solutions Ltd., the Manufacturing and Distribution Systems Solution Provider, has joined the Shoplogix Value Added Partner alliance to distribute Real-time Performance Management (RPM) solutions across the United Kingdom and Ireland. Shoplogix’s product Plantnode™ is proven across North America and has delivered dramatic improvements in Plant Productivity and Overall Equipment Effectiveness.

Derek Sanderson, Managing Director at Force 9 stated, “Plantnode, the Shoplogix suite of RPM products, compements our existing offerings for the Manufacturing and Distribution industries. Plantnode identifies the areas where productivity is lost or can be improved and eliminates the need for manual record keeping by machine operators. Production and machine related data can now be automatically captured and stored as well as being used in real time, allowing customers to make immediate, well informed decisions. We believe that Plantnode offers tangible manufacturing insights that can help companies survive a recession by helping to improve productivity and cut costs, allowing them to deliver value even in challenging times.”

“Manufacturing in the UK and Ireland has a strong long-term future”, declared Martin Ambrose, President and CEO of Shoplogix. “In this economy only organisations that offer significant value will survive. We believe that this partnership with Force 9 allows British and Irish manufacturers the opportunity to improve productivity, performance and profitability in the short term and set the stage for long-term sustainability”, added Ambrose.

ABOUT FORCE 9 BUSINESS SOLUTIONS LTD

Force 9 is a Provider of Manufacturing and Distribution Business Solutions and an Epicor Channel Partner with a wide range of manufacturing business, systems and technical experience and expertise. Force 9 Business Solutions specialises in identifying and reselling the best business solutions in the manufacturing and distribution sectors and delivering real benefits to their customers in the United Kingdom and Ireland. Force 9 provides a one-stop shop for ERP, database, operating system software and hardware. We are dedicated to providing customers with the best possible service to maintain our strong base of reference-able accounts.
For more information, visit www.f9solutions.com home page.

ABOUT SHOPLOGIX

Shoplogix is a leading provider of Real-time Performance Management solutions that optimise manufacturing processes to reduce costs and increase profitability. Shoplogix’s core offering Plantnode, forms the foundation for real-time continuous improvement by providing manufacturers with the tools to rapidly improve plant performance and the technology to sustain productivity.
For more information visit, http://www.shoplogix.com