Visiprise Offers Collaborative Manufacturing Management Solutions

Compiled ByTraci Purdum Visiprise Inc., an Alpharetta, Ga.-based manufacturing solutions provider, is a newly formed company created by the merger of NetVendor Inc., a software and services provider, and Teradyne Manufacturing Software Group, an arm of Teradyne Inc., a supplier of automatic test equipment. Visiprise will offer manufacturing execution systems software, quality management software and new product introduction software for the electronics, aerospace, defense and automotive markets. "Combining NetVendor and Teradyne's Manufacturing Software Group to create Visiprise brings together complementary technologies that go a long way toward achieving collaborative manufacturing management," says Greg Gorbach, service director, Collaborative Manufacturing and Architecture, ARC Advisory Group, Dedham, Mass. According to the company, manufacturers can manage and control processes across the entire enterprise with modules targeted at FDA compliance, document management, new product introduction, mechanical CAD viewing and markup, collaboration tools and business process management.