"Best Practice" Designation Goes to the Indus Group Software at DOE Plant.SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 19, 1996--The Best Manufacturing Practices program, a partnership of the National Institute of Standards and Technology National Institute of Standards and Technology, governmental agency within the U.S. Dept. of Commerce with the mission of "working with industry to develop and apply technology, measurements, and standards" in the national interest. , the U.S. Department of Commerce, the U.S. Navy, and the University of Maryland University of Maryland can refer to:
FMI Fonds Monétaire International FMI For More Information FMI Food Marketing Institute FMI Fundo Monetário Internacional ) solution at the US Department of Energy's Pantex Plant for its "Best Practice" award in the production facility management class. The solution incorporates The Indus Group's PASSPORT Work Management and Safety & Compliance Solution Sets to create a fully integrated means for controlling and managing all principal work process associated with the management of the facilities which serve the mission of the plant. The Pantex Plant is a DOE facility, northeast of Amarillo, TX, managed and operated by Mason & Hanger - Silas Mason Co., Inc. Mason & Hanger considers the installation of PASSPORT as the primary facility management tool and a key element in the overall strategy for maintaining control of the plant and its activities. The initial configuration management portion of the PASSPORT system was implemented throughout Pantex in only 19 months. The Mason & Hanger plant management team reported $1.1 million in tangible costs savings and cost avoidances Cost avoidance is a management accounting term referring to an expense one has avoided incurring. It is commonly used in the field of energy management to describe the energy costs you avoided due to energy management initiatives. in the first year of use. Intangible benefits were also documented in the areas of safety and regulatory compliance. The Pantex Plant has a long history of active support to the defense objectives of the country. These days its focus has shifted to more passive pursuits, primarily armory disassembly dis·as·sem·ble v. dis·as·sem·bled, dis·as·sem·bling, dis·as·sem·bles v.tr. To take apart: disassemble a toaster. v.intr. 1. and stockpile stock·pile n. A supply stored for future use, usually carefully accrued and maintained. tr.v. stock·piled, stock·pil·ing, stock·piles To accumulate and maintain a supply of for future use. maintenance. The Indus Group develops, markets, and supports a proprietary line of enterprise management software and implementation services for process industry customers worldwide. Taking advantage of the client/server model of networked computing, PASSPORT Software Solutions contain "best business practices" which serve as the catalyst for improving core business functions for electric utilities, oil and gas, chemical refining, forest products, and steel producing industries. ABACUS, The Indus Group's proprietary methodology, accelerates the realization of benefits by delivering a reliable cost and time-efficient approach to implementation across the enterprise. -0- Note to Editors: INDUS, PASSPORT Software Solutions, ABACUS,PORTAL/G, PORTAL/95 and VIEWPORT (1) In the Macintosh, the entire scrollable region of data that is viewed through a window. (2) Same as window. are trademarks of The Indus Group, Inc. CONTACT: Indus Group, Inc. Suzanne Bouldoukian, 415/904-5000 (Investor Relations Investor relations The process by which the corporation communicates with its investors. ) E-Mail : sbouldoukian@indusgroup.com |
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