`OpenFM Initiative' Prototype Continues to Draw Interest as a Mobile-Data/Enterprise-Wide Solutions Interface.TAMPA, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 7, 1999-- Since early this year, Utility Partners Inc. has participated in a PricewaterhouseCoopers-managed prototype project called the "OpenFM (Facilities Management The management of a user's computer installation by an outside organization. All operations including systems, programming and the datacenter can be performed by the facilities management organization on the user's premises. ) Initiative," an integrated technology solution composed of Utility Partners' MobileUP(tm) mobile computing Using a computing device while in transit. Mobile computing implies wireless transmission, but wireless transmission does not necessarily imply mobile computing. Fixed wireless applications use satellites, radio systems and lasers to transmit between permanent objects such as buildings software, SAP's R/3 ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning) An integrated information system that serves all departments within an enterprise. Evolving out of the manufacturing industry, ERP implies the use of packaged software rather than proprietary software written by or for one customer. (Enterprise Resource Planning See ERP. (application, business) Enterprise Resource Planning - (ERP) Any software system designed to support and automate the business processes of medium and large businesses. ) System, ABB's Outage Management System An Outage Management System (OMS) is a computer system used by operators of electric distribution systems to assist in restoration of power. Major Functions of an OMS Major functions usually found in an OMS include: PricewaterhouseCoopers has been the system integrator and project manager for the initiative. First unveiled at the DistribuTECH '99 Conference last February in San Diego, the OpenFM Initiative prototype addresses three key areas within the utility environment: (1) Customer Service Management, (2) Maintenance Management, and (3) Facilities/Assets Management. The prototype system was also demonstrated in March at the 1999 SAP Special Interest Group Conference in Banff, Canada. In the OpenFM Initiative prototype system, a series of electric utility trouble orders are created that affect in-ground facilities in the SAP R/3 ERP system. These orders are routed through ABB's outage analysis system, and eventually to the MobileUP system for resource assignment, order dispatching and in-field completion. The order completion data is then sent to the ABB n. 1. Among weavers, yarn for the warp. Hence, Noun 1. ABB - an urban hit squad and guerrilla group of the Communist Party in the Philippines; formed in the 1980s and SAP originating systems, as well as to ESRI's facilities mapping system, for updating of the fixed asset record. The OpenFM Initiative prototype system will be demonstrated once again at the ESRI (Environmental Systems Research Institute, Inc., Redlands, CA, www.esri.com) The world's leading developer of geographic information systems (GIS) software, including programs that plot ZIP codes and addresses, demographic information and detailed, color-coded data. Utility Industry Conference, scheduled for Oct. 18-20 in Phoenix. Utility Partners provides software solutions exclusively for the gas, electric and water utility industries, including mobile computing, work management and gas management. The company's customer list includes utilities throughout the United States, Europe and Canada. For more information call Lori Palmer at 800/280-8828, or e-mail lori.palmer@utilpart.com. You can also visit the company's Web site at www.utilpart.com. |
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