LION OIL TO DEPLOY PICASO™ PRODUCTION PLANNING AND SCHEDULING
Supply Chain Visibility Solution to Provide Improved Production Planning and Scheduling
PLYMOUTH MEETING, PA – October 29, 2008 — WAM Systems, a leading provider of supply chain planning solutions to the process industry, today announced a project with Lion Oil Company (“Lion Oil”) to use WAM’s Picaso Supply Chain Planning Solution for enhanced production planning and scheduling.
An affiliate of Ergon, Inc., Lion Oil refines and markets a wide range of products including gasoline, diesel fuel, solvents, asphalts and coatings.
The project with WAM Systems is a follow up initiative to a current Picaso installation underway at Ergon. It will target the asphalt division at Lion Oil’s El Dorado, AR refinery, providing workflow and technology enhancements in the company’s production planning and scheduling.
"While we remain in the final stages of establishing the project timeline, we look forward to being able to quickly realize the positive impact on our customer service that Picaso will bring”, said Ron Washington, Chief Information Officer of Ergon.
About Lion Oil
Lion Oil, a privately held company, owns and operates a 75,000-barrel-per-day, high-conversion crude oil refinery in El Dorado, Ark.; three crude oil pipelines; and two refined petroleum products terminals in Memphis and Nashville. For more information about Lion Oil Company, please visit
www.lionoil.com.
About WAM Systems
WAM Systems delivers advanced supply chain planning solutions designed specifically for process manufacturers.
WAM's supply chain solutions are used throughout the global process industry, providing a broad set of visualization, decision support, and optimization tools that address the unique challenges found in managing complex supply chains. The company has an established track record of deploying its supply chain decision support and optimization technologies across a wide variety of process manufacturing markets including polymers, chemicals, CPG, pharmaceuticals, and oil & gas refining.
The company and its worldwide partners also provide a full range of consulting, support, training and implementation services.
Headquartered outside of Philadelphia, WAM's customers include Arkema, Celanese, Chevron Phillips, EvonikDegussa, Eastman, FMC, Honam, Indian Oil, Ineos, LyondellBasell, Kraton, Lonza, Oxea, PetroRabigh, Sasol and Solvay.
For more information on WAM Systems, visit
www.wamsystems.com.
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