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QMS Audit Pro introduces customizable online survey form service quality feedback that captures the essential aspects of the service experience.

QMS Audit Pro introduces offline audit mode to improve efficiency.

https://www.lyonsinfo.com/offline-audit-qms-audit-pro

Lyons QMS Audit Pro integrates with Microsoft PowerPoint: Adds a new dimension to TV presentations.

http://www.lyonsinfo.com/QMS-Audit-Pro-PowerPoint-Dashboards-Analytics

Lyons Quality Audit Tracking System LQATS with Power BI Embedded empowers AI-powered insights and guided business intelligence for all.

https://www.lyonsinfo.com/LQATS-PowerBI-SuppliersAudit

August Release of the Lyons QMS Audit Pro System (LQAPS) platform.
https://lyonsinfo.com/Quality-QMS-Audit-Pro-August-Release

Release upgrade of the Lyons QMS Audit Pro System (LQAPS) platform.
http://www.lyonsinfo.com/Quality-QMS-Audit-Pro-Release-Upgrade

New release of the Lyons QMS Audit Pro System (LQAPS) platform

http://www.lyonsinfo.com/Quality-QMS-Audit-Pro-Release

Lyons Quality Audit Tracking System LQATS enhances with Supplier Quality Audit Performance Award

https://www.lyonsinfo.com/Supplier-Quality-Audit-Performance-Awards-LQATS

Lyons Laboratory Management System (LLMS) to use Azure Authentication

http://www.lyonsinfo.com/LLMS-Azure-AD

Lyons Information Systems Announces Simplifying Single Sign-on (SSO) with Microsoft Azure Active Directory (AD)

http://www.lyonsinfo.com/LQATS-Azure-AD

Lyons Information Systems Partners with Fellow Technology Platform Pioneer, Gerber Technology, LLC, to Help Reinvent the Supply Chain

http://www.lyonsinfo.com/LQATS-YuniquePLM-Cloud-PDM-Apparel-Quality

LQATS enhances reporting with Supplier Business Review Report with Non-conformance Pareto Chart, OQL By Month Chart and Irregular Data Chart

http://www.lyonsinfo.com/Quality-Pareto-Analysis-OQL-NonConformance-LQATS

Lyons Laboratory Management System (LLMS) releases enhancements in mobile and web platforms to increase productivity.

http://www.lyonsinfo.com/LIMS-Laboratory-Management-System-LLMS-Mobile

NCSU 2010 Management Summit — LYONS will present attendees of the two day conference on the topic of Supplier Performance Measurement topics and techniques. A solution to the supplier performance measurement problem that has shown to result in significant bottom line savings for manufacturers will be outlined.

LIS, Inc. introduces a new solar testing system (SLMS) for manufacturers of both Photo Voltaic (PV) and Thermal solar devices. The system streamlines the manufacturing testing process for both certified and uncertified solar laboratories. LIS is currently working with laboratories to integrate the new system into their test manufacturing processes.

Cintas Manufacturing Co. adds significant enhancements to their Quality Audit Tracking System (CQATS), written by LIS, Inc. to manage and evaluate a greater area of their business. The seventy-four enhancements addition will allow management and staff to dig even deeper into quality assurance issues and respond quicker to opportunities to strengthen their rentals management and garments manufacturing processes. With increases in their rental site business, staff will be able to accomplish the same quality of workmanship by working smarter rather than by working harder. Significant value has been added to their quality management system by these enhancements on a system that has been in operation and growing over the past 5 years.

LYONS meets with Apparel and Textile officials in Honduras, CA to discuss opportunities to strengthen and improve their quality assurance and testing systems to better position themselves for increased demand as well as add quality management value to their companies. With the greater influx of garment manufacturing demands made by customers from all over the world it is imperative that they prepare themselves to service the increased demand.

Williamson-Dickie Mfg. Co. has upgraded their quality management system, DQATS, to gain better insight into line manufacturing and reporting over their huge enterprise of worldwide suppliers, factories, and mills. The enhanced system offers further drill down into garment manufacturing details to highlight challenges unique to their business as the world economy becomes more competitive and strategically complicated around them.

LYONS addresses the concerns of graduate students and facility at the NCSU College of Textiles on the art of software procurement and quality systems available in the marketplace. The attendees were able to see the application of course theory in action in the modern world. Besides being a fun experience, many good questions were discussed as a result of the presentation.

LYONS met with officials from the NC Departments of Commerce, and Energy to discuss the future role of the solar energy market and technology in North Carolina. The very fruitful meeting presented LYONS with ideas to explore from a group of most helpful and enthusiastic gentlemen.

Apparel Magazine features Lyons Laboratory Management System (LLMS) in use at Cintas Corp testing laboratory

CINTAS: SERVING STARBUCKS AND MCDONALDS WITH A SMILE

https://risnews.com/cintas-serving-starbucks-and-mcdonalds-smile

Apparel Magazine article praises the benefits of LQATS used at Cintas Corporation (p. 26)

Lyons Information Systems Launches New Laboratory Management Software.

Lyons Information Systems, a provider of enterprise quality software systems for the apparel industry, has added a laboratory management system to its suite of products. Lyons Laboratory Management System (LLMS) streamlines the garment and fabric laboratory testing process. It is a web-based system that is designed for quick yet comprehensive throughput of product testing in an apparel testing laboratory.

From a built-in library of standard test methods, technicians enter product test results from which pass/fail determinations are automatically performed and reported using a versatile and robust reporting engine. LLMS also provides entry of test results data from outsourced laboratories, remote job requests from customers, turn time reporting and extensive data analysis capabilities. In addition, users may easily view the distribution of work within the laboratory at critical points within the testing process.
https://risnews.com/lyons-information-systems-launches-new-laboratory-management-software

Williamson-Dickie Mfg Co. implements LLMS - Lyons Laboratory Management System

Delta Apparel, Inc. implements LQATS as their enterprise quality auditing solution.

Cintas Manufacturing Co. implements LLMS - Lyons Laboratory Management System

Cintas Manufacturing Co. integrates GPM into their LQATS quality system.

Lyons addresses the 2008 ASQ Quality Management Conference, Supply Chain Management. “Quality Audit Tracking Systems: The Key to Efficiency and Value”.

"Quality Audit Tracking Systems: The Key to Efficiency, Effectiveness and Value" at the American Society for Quality's 16th Annual Audit Conference: Strategic Auditing: Innovation, Implementation, Interaction.

The new system will provide automation of fabric and garment testing and streamline the request-to-report of products sent to their lab for testing. LLMS will give laboratory staff a birds eye view of job load across the lab and identify ways to increase turn time performance for its customers.

LYONS INFORMATION SYSTEMS, INC. ANNOUNCES GLOBAL PERFORMANCE MONITOR (GPM) UPGRADE TO ITS QUALITY AUDIT TRACKING SYSTEM

Raleigh, NC – April 27, 2007 – Lyons Information Systems, Inc. announced a major upgrade to its successful Lyons Quality Audit Tracking System (LQATS) today.  The Global Performance Monitor (GPM) allows a manufacturer to view worldwide and in real-time a world-wide view of quality performance at each (or selected) product support sites on a single screen. GPM may be viewed by appropriate users using any Microsoft web browser with an internet connection. As one customer described, “It almost makes reports obsolete!”

LQATS manages manufactured product quality audits and inspection information across a manufacturers’ mills, manufacturing centers, suppliers, and distribution centers located anywhere in the world. The real-time, web-based system allows manufacturers to view audit and inspection information prior to suppliers’ shipments, during the manufacturing process, and prior to shipment of finished goods. GPM adds the capability to identify real-time problem spots easily and visually as they develop, to prevent costly manufacturing losses. GPM provides quick visual quality performance evaluation over an enterprise and offers drill down view of the latest product quality audits or inspections of any selected location. This addition to LQATS provides senior management an instant worldwide view of the health of their company from a quality assurance perspective.

About Lyons Information Systems, Inc.^® 

Lyons Information Systems, Inc. is a privately held corporation based in Raleigh, North Carolina. They offer Lyons Quality Audit Tracking System, GradeCard^® Supplier Performance Management System, and custom software development for the manufacturing and distribution industries, with a particular focus on the apparel industry. LYONS’ clients include Cintas Corporation and other apparel manufacturers.

For further information contact Ed Lyons at 866-351-4287 (toll free in the US), 919-771-1510, lis@lyonsinfo.com or visit the company’s web site at www.lyonsinfo.com.

Cintas Manufacturing Co. enhances its Quality Audit Tracking System to cover a larger scope of its business.

The management system will provide senior management with a worldwide, real-time view of current quality performance at each of their supporting factories, mills, and supplier sites.

Raleigh, NC – April 27, 2007 – Lyons Information Systems, Inc. announced a major upgrade to its successful Lyons Quality Audit Tracking System (LQATS) today.  The Global Performance Monitor (GPM) allows a manufacturer to view worldwide and in real-time a world-wide view of quality performance at each (or selected) product support sites on a single screen. GPM may be viewed by appropriate users using any Microsoft web browser with an internet connection. As one customer described, “It almost makes reports obsolete!”

LQATS manages manufactured product quality audits and inspection information across a manufacturers’ mills, manufacturing centers, suppliers, and distribution centers located anywhere in the world. The real-time, web-based system allows manufacturers to view audit and inspection information prior to suppliers’ shipments, during the manufacturing process, and prior to shipment of finished goods. GPM adds the capability to identify real-time problem spots easily and visually as they develop, to prevent costly manufacturing losses. GPM provides quick visual quality performance evaluation over an enterprise and offers drill down view of the latest product quality audits or inspections of any selected location. This addition to LQATS provides senior management an instant worldwide view of the health of their company from a quality assurance perspective.

About Lyons Information Systems, Inc.^® 

Lyons Information Systems, Inc. is a privately held corporation based in Raleigh, North Carolina. They offer Lyons Quality Audit Tracking System, GradeCard^® Supplier Performance Management System, and custom software development for the manufacturing and distribution industries, with a particular focus on the apparel industry. LYONS’ clients include Cintas Corporation and other apparel manufacturers.

For further information contact Ed Lyons at 866-351-4287 (toll free in the US), 919-771-1510, lis@lyonsinfo.com or visit the company’s web site at www.lyonsinfo.com.

Cintas Manufacturing Co. purchases enhancements to its Quality Audit Tracking System (CQATS).

Announcement of the GPM extension to the LYONS Quality Audit Tracking System (LQATS) has been met with much excitement and interest. Executives may observe enterprise-wide, global real-time quality performance at each of their manufacturing sites. Performance is graphically viewed on a single screen and problem sites are easily flagged. Some managers have asked, "Why create reports? We have GPM" The new functionality comes included in the LQATS system.

Burgess-Norton, Geneva IL purchases GradeCard^® for use across their US manufacturing sites. The ASP solution will provide supplier performance management services for staff and suppliers of the company. 

About Burgess-Norton

Founded in 1903, Burgess-Norton manufactures superior quality precision metal components. As the largest supplier of piston pins in the world for internal combustion engines and compressor applications, B-N has built its reputation on quality and innovation. 

Burgess-Norton manufactures piston pins for the automotive aftermarket, compressor, outdoor equipment, agricultural, and racing/performance markets.

Customers include most original equipment manufacturers of autos, light trucks, heavy duty trucks, and commercial vehicles. B-N also supplies most first tier suppliers of pistons.

From engineering support through manufacturing and final packaging, Burgess-Norton is the logical choice as your "singual source" for piston pins.

www.burgessnorton.com

The hosting service will provide small and mid-size companies the ability to use LYONS system solutions easily and affordably.

NASD contracts with LYONS for its quality inspection and audit tracking system.

Cintas Corporation has added further reaching data collection and analysis capabilities to its quality audit and inspection system. LYONS will provide enhancements to its quality assurance product to meet the business demand of this textiles and apparel industry leader.

Burgess-Norton Manufacturing Co. implements GradeCard®

Lyons Information Systems, Inc. was contracted by Cintas Corporation to build a global textile and apparel quality audit and inspection system. The system will be used worldwide to serve the company’s customers, suppliers, and manufacturing locations.

The new additions provide a customer with an ease of visibility of supplier performance and spending levels across their enterprise. The web-based modules offer point-and-click reporting that integrates and displays worldwide site information in a clear overview of company performance and spending dynamics.

GradeCard^® is a fully comprehensive software system that measures supplier performance across product quality, delivery and service performance. The product works with virtually any installed legacy or ERP system. By measuring continuous supplier performance and elevating awareness among all parties, GradeCard^® provides a platform for continuous process and cost improvement. As a result, previous “profit leaks” due to poor supplier performance are plugged and subsequent cost savings immediately improve cash flow and bottom line profits.

The GradeCard^® product was originally developed and implemented in a Global 100 pharmaceutical organization, and delivered the means to improve supplier performance and profitability.

GradeCard^® is a fully comprehensive, enterprise software system that measures supplier performance across quality, delivery, and service levels, providing the tools for successful Supplier Performance Management. 

The product works with virtually any installed legacy or ERP system, using automated data collection and analysis techniques to build a comprehensive supplier performance measurement data base. With the addition of minimal delivery/quality/service information, GradeCard^® provides powerful data analysis and numerous reports, using an intuitive, graphical user interface. 

By tracking, measuring, and evaluating supplier performance, GradeCard^® enables cost reduction methods and becomes a mitigating force on profit leaks, caused by delivery and quality problems. GradeCard's^®unique competitive advantage is that it is the only product in the industry that provides a comprehensive, objective, and quantitative report of supplier performance, along with an effective change-process, which is based on the results. 

The benefit is immediate improvement to cash flow and bottom line profits.

Companies no longer feel overwhelmed in dealing with analyzing large amounts of data, untimely reports, or resource constraints. GradeCard^® ensures the timely integration of corporate information, consistency of performance measurement, and the tools needed to minimize negative suppler impact on corporate finances and operations. 

GradeCard^® provides a proven solution to one of the most overlooked and widely ignored components of the Supply Chain Management process.