Gates Rubber Company Relies on N-SYNC to handle Configuration Management Needs
Denver CO, November 1998 -- The Gates Rubber Company located in Denver Colorado has chosen N-SYNC from CyberPoint, Incorporated to handle its Y2K software rollout and configuration management needs well past the year 2000.
To meet the needs of its customers around the world, the Gates Family of Companies-Gates, Stant, Trico and Schrader-Bridgeport-operates more than 70 factories and 20 distribution centers in 18 countries. Approximately 23,000 people work for the organization, supplying customers with the highest-quality products and services.
Sales for the Gates companies amounted to over $2.5 billion in fiscal 1997-98.
The Rubber Company is organized into three product groups -- Worldwide Power Transmission, Worldwide Automotive Hoses, and Worldwide Hydraulic and Industrial Hose & Connectors. The worldwide product groups are responsible for product development, manufacturing, product globalization and manufacturing capacity and utilization.
Sales, marketing and distribution activities are handled by Gates Europe, Gates Asia/Pacific Operations, and The Americas, which includes North America, South America and the Caribbean.
The company sells its products directly to automotive and industrial original equipment manufacturers and through a network of 150,000 distributors, jobbers and dealers worldwide.
Gates has focused a significant amount of effort on upgrading and remediating the mainframe operating system and applications. This effort culminated in meeting our deadline to have these applications Year 2000 ready by December 1998. Final Year 2000 testing of these remediated applications was completed in May 1999. As part of this testing, mainframe test scripts were developed to test dates set in the Year 2000 and those that span the century change.
Over the years, Gates built its reputation by providing the highest-quality products and services. That dedication to quality continues today with the Gates Quality Commitment. At Gates, the definition of quality is simple and straightforward -- "To meet or exceed customer expectations with products, services and experiences that are superior to the competition."
Around the world, Gates operations meet the highest quality standards, including ISO and QS-9000.
In addition, Gates has an internal quality process, the Gates Business Leadership Process, or GBLP. The GBLP ensures that all Gates associates work to meet the goals of the company and the needs of customers.
