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18 September 2003
Atlanta, Georgia
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Tembec Revives Focus on Costs at St. Francisville Plant
3C Software, through a license transfer agreement with
Canadian paper producer Tembec, will implement its
Impact:ECS™ Enterprise Cost System at the integrated paper
mill in St. Francisville , Louisiana . The focus of the
engagement is to develop a comprehensive costing platform
that can be implemented for the entire Tembec paper group.
Impact:ECS will provide tools to perform standard and actual
costing, budgeting, profitability analysis, reporting and
more.
Crown Vantage, the mill’s previous owners, purchased
Impact:ECS in 1997. In June 2001, Tembec acquired the
specialty paper mill amid Crown’s attempt to liquidate
assets as a consequence of its impending bankruptcy filing.
The acquisition allowed Tembec to grow its specialty paper
product category with printing, writing, food-related and
creped paper offerings. Tembec identified the need for an
effective cost management solution capable of handling the
large number of paper grades produced at the facility. After
reviewing alternatives, Tembec chose to revive the
Impact:ECS licensing agreement citing the need for a
flexible, scalable cost system that integrates with new and
existing mill IT systems.
3C Software consultants will work directly with Tembec’s
operations and cost management leaders to design models that
reflect current business practices. Initially, the
consulting team will examine business processes and systems
to understand the flow of information both within the mill
and between the mill and corporate systems. Then the team
will build and test cost models to ensure accurate costing
information and realistic forecasting capabilities are
available for Tembec business leaders. Finally, the
integration of Impact:ECS, corporate ERP and shop floor
systems will provide the St. Francisville operation with
comprehensive cost management tools on their desktops to
improve their ability to plan for and react to changing mill
operations effectively.
About Tembec
Tembec is a leading integrated Canadian forest products
company principally involved in the production of wood
products, market pulp and papers. With sales of over $4
billion, the Company operated over 55 manufacturing units in
the Canadian provinces of New Brunswick, Quebec, Ontario,
Manitoba, Alberta and British Columbia, as well as in
France, the United States and Chile. It employs
approximately 10,000 people.
About 3C Software
3C Software, developers of Impact:ECS™ and Impact:3C®, was
founded in 1989 and is a leader in detailed cost management
systems for process manufacturers. Headquartered in Atlanta,
Georgia, 3C Software serves clients in several manufacturing
industries including automotive, textile and apparel, pulp
and paper, semiconductor, chemical and rubber, and food and
beverage. 3C Software's rapidly implemented solutions work
with all accounting methods, are simple to maintain, and
handle unlimited calculations and variables. For more
information about 3C Software, visit
www.3csoftware.com
or call 800-226-2036.
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