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by David R. Brousell, MA Editorial Staff Posted on Tuesday, June 17, 2008 4:53:48 PM Sign Up to receive Daily News Alerts in your E-mail Inbox    | Abstract: | After a few years of close ties and a recent reseller collaboration, SAP ponies up to buy Visiprise, a stand-alone MES vendor in a shrinking field. |
| Keywords: | SAP acquisition, MES acquisition |
In a move that further consolidates the manufacturing execution systems (MES) software market, SAP AG today said it would acquire Visiprise, a privately held developer of manufacturing planning, execution, and quality software. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.
The acquisition will bring Visiprise formally within SAP following a close partnership between the two companies that has lasted several years. The relationship started in March 2005, when Visiprise entered into a collaborative development and marketing agreement with SAP on its NetWeaver platform for discrete manufacturing.
That agreement led SAP to make a minority investment in Visiprise in November 2006. One year ago, SAP agreed to resell the Visiprise software under the name SAP Manufacturing Execution by Visiprise.
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