Dyadem CEO Named to Supply & Demand Chain Executive’s “Pros to Know” List for Fourth Consecutive Year

February 8, 2011

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Magazine Honors Kevin North for Continued Commitment to Enterprise Risk Management

TORONTO--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Supply & Demand Chain Executive Magazine, the executive's user manual for successful supply and demand chain transformation, has named Dyadem President and CEO Kevin North as one of the industry’s “Pros to Know” in 2011. Named to the list for the fourth consecutive year, Mr. North has been recognized as a “Provider Pro to Know” for his dedication to enterprise risk management throughout the supply chain.

Again this year, Supply & Demand Chain Executive is recognizing three individual lists of Pros to Know: Practitioner Pros to Know, Practitioner Pros to Know Teams, and Provider Pros to Know. The Provider Pros to Know is a listing of exceptional corporate executives at a software and/or hardware firm or service provider offering solutions or services for companies enabling their supply chains.

"Our annual list of Provider Pros to Know highlights the many thought-leaders who are helping to shape the Supply Chain industry and advance Supply Chain as a respected discipline in the enterprise," said Barry Hochfelder, editor of Supply & Demand Chain Executive. "Their efforts in developing the tools, processes and knowledge base necessary for Supply Chain transformation, and in promoting new approaches to supply chain enablement, have earned them a place on this year's Provider Pros listing."

Globalization has created a longer supply chain that is less predictable and harder to control – with reduced production flexibility, less dependable forecasting and higher levels of inventory all increasing risk. With a solid understanding of the ripple effect that supply chain disruptions can have on manufacturing, distribution and process execution, Mr. North has successfully driven risk management solutions for his customers and their respective supply chains, with Dyadem's Stature software as the technology backbone.

Stature allows companies to manage and mitigate all of their various risks and unwanted events on a centralized platform, creating a more efficient, visible and interconnected risk management system. By using a centralized database and Web-based interface, Stature ensures that information is retained for future studies and shared across the enterprise. With standardized templates for a variety of types of risk assessments, and the ability to capture prior knowledge for use in future studies, Stature ensures both corporate consistency and visibility into leading and lagging indicators of risk. Dyadem customers can harness this data, wrapping critical information into easy-to-understand reports and dashboards that help them to identify and respond to trends as they are happening. By using Stature, discrete manufacturers were able to automate critical quality processes and gain visibility into potential risks caused by changes in a company’s design and production processes, staffing and supply chain.

“It is an honor to be recognized again by Supply & Demand Chain Executive,” said Mr. North. “As globalization continues, supply chains will become increasingly extensive and interdependent, making the likelihood of risk more probable. Dyadem is committed to helping our customers who are part of a supply chain ascertain and mitigate their vulnerabilities and reduce their unforeseen costs.”

The full listing of the 2011 Pros to Know is available in the February/March 2011 issue of Supply & Demand Chain Executive magazine and at http://sdcexec.com/2011Prostoknow.

About Dyadem

Dyadem is the market leader in Operational Risk Management and Quality Risk Management solutions. Dyadem provides software and services that empower companies to discover and manage the risks to people and products in the design and manufacturing processes. Dyadem helps some of the world’s largest companies achieve regulatory compliance and business continuity, serving the Oil & Gas, Chemical, Mining, Pharmaceutical, Medical, Automotive, Electronics and Aerospace and Defense industries. For more information, visit www.dyadem.com.

About Supply & Demand Chain Executive

Supply & Demand Chain Executive is the executive's user manual for successful supply and demand chain transformation, utilizing hard-hitting analysis, viewpoints and unbiased case studies to steer executives and supply management professionals through the complicated, yet critical, world of supply and demand chain enablement to gain competitive advantage. On the Web at www.SDCExec.com.