ThinLinc Terminal Server Solution for Manufacturing

Access to information is the most valuable resource for a competitive manufacturer. The manufacturing industry is constantly searching for better ways to shorten product life cycles, manage complex inventories, work more efficiently with suppliers and please demanding customers with fast and efficient order processing. To achieve these goals, manufacturers rely on a mix of applications, among others; customer relationship management (CRM), supply chain management (SCM), product data management (PDM), computer aided design (CAD), computer aided manufacturing (CAM), enterprise resource planning (ERP), product life cycle management, order processing and human resources.

In today's global economy, manufacturers are also working with partner networks, from suppliers to manufacturers of components, sales networks, logistics organizations, etc., where some are located thousands of miles from the manufacturer's data center. These partners are increasingly given access to the manufacturer's business applications to improve communication and efficiency. Access to up-to-the-minute data is essential in all parts of the manufacturing process. This means that the manufacturer requires ways to speed up the delivering of applications from the data center to the manufacturing sites, suppliers, warehouses and distribution centers, while also ensuring that these application are secure and accessible from remote locations.

The ThinLinc terminal server solution can improve a manufacturer's competitive position by enabling optimized, secure access to enterprise applications and information - from the shop floor to the executive office, using any device, at any location, over any connection, including low bandwidth and wireless.

How ThinLinc can help the manufacturing sector:

• Streamline company operations and reduce costs by deploying and upgrading business applications faster.

• Reduce time-to-impact for CRM projects by providing centralized administration of applications and data while delivering secure access to sales and service organizations

• Ensure availability to applications and peak performance with advanced optimization.

• Improve collaboration along the supply chain by providing access to manufacturing data in real time where it is needed the most, using web and wireless technologies.

• Reduce product development life cycles and improve engineering collaboration by providing access to productivity applications on any platform, and secure Internet access for partners.

• Reduce IT operating costs by simplifying management of applications from a centralized location, while leveraging existing technology investments.

• Provide security protection within the data center, including intrusion filtering,  defense and worm protection

• Ensure data privacy from end to end, while accelerating application performance

• Enable access to applications for remote employees and partners.

• The terminal server acts as a bridge between the user and the application servers. In this way the user can have access to the applications best suited for the job, no matter what operating system the application happens to be programmed for. It's easy to mix programs from Linux, Unix and Windows, for instance, on the same desktop.