Knoxville, TN – Barry Lucas, President and CEO, announced today that FFD and Sechan Electronics entered into an agreement whereby Sechan will provide FFD with development funds to advance the functionality of Sequence for the Military and Aerospace manufacturing sectors.

According to Lucas, “Our goal is to develop Sechan into a showcase site for Sequence Software in the Military & Aerospace Contract Manufacturing Sector through a partnership to yield enhanced features and functionality critical to Sechan at an accelerated pace. Sechan’s funding and industry knowledge will allow us to move ahead in a much more focused manner to solve a pressing need for one of the fastest growing sectors of the US economy.”

Sechan has been a Sequence customer since early 2006 when a six-month search and evaluation process  culminated in the selection of Sequence. To summarize Sechan's decision: 'It wasn't a controversial choice for Sequence as it had capabilities with more immediate as well as future benefits, none of which were included in the competitors at the time.' Dave Williams, President of Sechan, sees this agreement as a win-win for both organizations. "In transferring our needs to the Sequence staff, they will gain more specific industry knowledge that will enhance the sales experience with other companies in their vertical. At the same time, this agreement offers Sechan a quicker path to new features and functionality in a package that is already "an integral part of our business."

FFD, Inc. is a software company developing, marketing and implementing Sequence Software, a unique package for eveloping manufacturing work instructions for paper and/or electronic publishing to network users. Work instructions are a critical part of the two fastest growing application areas in manufacturing; Product Lifecycle Management and Manufacturing Execution Systems. Sequence addresses the key challenges manufacturing companies face in authoring/ capturing knowledge, managing and revising that information, and disseminating the correct versions of the information to the manufacturing floor.

Sechan Electronics, Inc. is a dynamic, high-tech company dedicated to the design and manufacture of military electronics systems and subsystems for the Department of Defense and Prime Contractors. Commitment to excellence has made Sechan one of the most highly respected small businesses in America and has placed it among the leaders in the Department of Defense manufacturing community. As a testament to continued customer satisfaction Sechan, has been selected "Small Business Prime Contractor of the Year" by The Boeing Company and recognized as an Air Force "Blue Ribbon Contractor" along with other awards. Located in Lititz, Pennsylvania, Sechan is housed in a 90,000 square foot state-of-the-art manufacturing facility.