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Lanner Group Ltd is a discrete event simulation software company headquartered in Henley-in-Arden, Warwickshire. The business develops, markets and supports business process simulation and optimisation systems.〔(Lanner Group Company History Page )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=West Midlands ICT Case studies 2009 )〕 The company has subsidiaries in the USA, China, France and Germany and a distributor network selling the company's products in 20 different countries.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=3i Investment portfolio )〕 Lanner Group was formed following a Management Buyout of ''AT&T Istel'', a spin-off from the operational research department of British Leyland where, in 1978, the world's first ''visual interactive simulation tool'' was developed. Lanner Group services automotive, aviation, criminal justice, defence and aerospace, financial services and contact centres, food and beverage, health, logistics and supply chain, manufacturing, nuclear, oil and gas, pharmaceutical, and consumer health industries. ==Company history== Lanner Group formed in 1996 after completing a Management Buyout from ''AT&T Istel'';〔 the company was initially named ''SEE WHY SOLUTIONS'' and was incorporated in 1995.〔 Lanner Group's previous owner, AT&T Istel, formerly known as ISTEL, was initially called ''BL Systems'', and was a spin out formed in 1979 following a Merger of all the computer departments under the then British Leyland umbrella. BL System's ''SEE WHY'' tool, programmed in Fortran 77 and launched in 1980,〔 was the world's first commercially available visual interactive simulation package and the precursor to Lanner Group's current core software product ''WITNESS''. WITNESS was the first of the industrial strength ''4GL'' simulators. The WITNESS system was launched on IBM PC in 1986〔 and has been revised frequently since.〔 The latest version of Lanner's Witness ''Power with Ease 3.0'' was released in November 2010. The applications of the FORTRAN 77 / WITNESS interface have been subject to further academic Research and Development. Since 1985 the company has supported its simulation software academic program. Over 100 universities worldwide have been involved since the program began. Lanner Group continued to develop the WITNESS platform further in parallel to developing its mainstay product of the same name, and since 2002 has introduced new systems providing niche simulation packages for police and healthcare organisations called ''PRISM'' and ''PX-Sim'' respectively.〔〔 In 2006 the company unveiled a Java based simulation engine called ''L-SIM'' which is embedded in Business Process Management (BPM) solutions software. In May the same year, a technology partnership with BPM solution provider IDS Scheer was announced.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=IDS Scheer and Lanner announce partnership for Java based business process simulation )〕 The L-SIM product is now the simulation engine of IDS Scheer's ARIS Business Simulator. The company's WITNESS platform technology is therefore embedded into current Oracle, SAP, and IBM BPA products.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=Lanner Group company website 'Business Partners' page )〕 From 1996 to 2010 the company's main investor was private equity company 3i. On 18 March 2010 Lanner Group announced that it had secured a £3 million new investment deal with ''NVM Private Equity'' replacing 3i. 3i continues to retain an interest in Lanner Group as a small minority investor.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Lanner Group Ltd」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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