FRANKLIN, Mich., March 20, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- Donald R. Stilwell has been named vice president of sales and business development for Saphran Solutions, a Michigan-based developer of management software systems.
Saphran designs and develops software programs to manage a company's entire business cycle, including planning, costing, quoting and forecasting.
Prior to joining Saphran, Stilwell served as PLM (product lifecycle management) account manager at Tata Technologies working with companies such as Autodesk, Dassault and Siemens. He also has held strategic positions at Micro Focus, DASI Solutions, Hewlett Packard, Compaq and Digital Equipment Corporation.
"Don brings a wealth of invaluable software and product-service experience to the Saphran team," said Ken Bassey, the company's founder and CEO. "His ability to communicate and build strong customer relationships will greatly benefit Saphran and our customers alike."
Saphran's web-based software products enable users to significantly reduce the time needed to update, validate and analyze data to support critical business decisions and plans. The company's customers have reported:
- Reductions of $10 million or more in capital investment requirements in less than two months after a Saphran program launch.
- Significant improvements in part-level forecast accuracy 12 months in advance of actual orders.
- The ability to adjust to major supply-chain disruptions in one week or less.
- A reduction of 50 percent or more in response time and cost to complete price-quote requests (RFQs).
- Software installation payback within three to six months.
About Saphran Solutions
Founded in 2004, Saphran Solutions is located in Franklin, Michigan. An independent software developer, the company helps automotive suppliers and other manufacturers achieve dramatic efficiencies and increased profitability by shrinking the gap between business planning and performance.
Saphran software modules are designed for original equipment manufacturers with sales between $50 million and $20 billion. The company's software programs can be implemented quickly; pay for themselves within three to six months; provide significant competitive advantages, and help protect and increase profit margins.
Saphran's cloud-based and locally-installed software solutions enable senior executives to combine and manage a broad range of critical operations from a single dashboard that incorporates a variety of functions, including asset planning, forecasting, inventory analysis, project quotes-and-costing, and risk analysis.
More information about Saphran is available at www.saphran.com.
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