Advanced Automation Associates Embraces Siemens MES Platform; Partnership will Leverage A3's System Integration Experience and Siemens' Simatic IT Manufacturing Execution System Platform.EXTON, Pa. -- Advanced Automation Associates, Inc. (A3), one of the nation's largest independent manufacturing control system integrators and providers of manufacturing support solutions, has signed a partnership agreement with Siemens to develop and deploy cutting-edge manufacturing IT solutions using Siemens' Simatic IT Manufacturing Execution System – Manufacturing execution system (MES) describes a set of integrated functions within a packaged software system or it can also describe the accumulated functionality within the production management infrastructure of a manufacturing or production company. (MES (Manufacturing Execution Software) Software that provides real time access to plant activities that include equipment, labor, orders and inventory. An MES integrates the data with enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems so that management has complete control of ) framework. As a Simatic IT Partner, A3 will provide Manufacturing Execution System solutions in multiple vertical industries, including food and beverage F&B is a common abbreviation in the United States and Commonwealth countries, including Hong Kong. F&B is typically the widely accepted abbreviation for "Food and Beverage," which is the sector/industry that specializes in the conceptualization, the making of, and delivery of foods. , metals, pharmaceuticals, printing, and specialty chemicals A Specialty chemical is a chemical produced for a specialized use. They are produced in lower volume than bulk chemicals, of which petrochemicals, made from oil feedstocks, are the most common. However, both are produced in a chemical plant. . With manufacturing solutions based on Siemens' Simatic IT, Advanced Automation Associates will enable its manufacturing clients to optimize their production processes while achieving seamless information integration between the shop-floor and the enterprise systems. "In 2005 we conducted an exhaustive analysis of available MES technologies and determined that the Siemens SIMATIC IT framework offered the best return on investment for our clients," said Robert Zeigenfuse, president of Advanced Automation. "The versatile, Simatic IT framework allows us to integrate the modular functionality of a powerful MES system one module at a time", he continued, "enabling our clients to improve their manufacturing systems at their own pace." Simatic IT is fully compliant with ISA-95, the international standard for MES. Simatic IT's modular, graphical, and standard-based approach increases the flexibility and scalability of an MES solution while reducing its Total Cost of Ownership. More information is available at: www.siemens.com/simatic-it. "Equally important," emphasized Zeigenfuse, "is the fact that Siemens, a world leader in the delivery of manufacturing automation hardware, software, and services, has identified our company as a sound business partner." Advanced Automation Associates (A3), Exton, PA, has for more than two decades provided manufacturing technology solutions and services to the pharmaceutical, food and beverage, specialty chemical, metals, and printing industries. It is one of the largest independent control system integrators in North America North America, third largest continent (1990 est. pop. 365,000,000), c.9,400,000 sq mi (24,346,000 sq km), the northern of the two continents of the Western Hemisphere. , and has been an industry leader in the successful design, deployment, and implementation of control automation systems, data interoperability The capability of two or more hardware devices or two or more software routines to work harmoniously together. For example, in an Ethernet network, display adapters, hubs, switches and routers from different vendors must conform to the Ethernet standard and interoperate with each other. and visibility solutions, manufacturing execution software See MES. , turnkey project management, and maintenance support services support services Psychology Non-health care-related ancillary services–eg, transportation, financial aid, support groups, homemaker services, respite services, and other services . The company is located in Exton, PA. The Siemens Automation and Drives Group (A&D), Nuremberg, Germany, is the leading manufacturer in this field worldwide. Products supplied by A&D include standard products for the manufacturing and process industries and for the electrical installation industry as well as system solutions, for example, for machine tools, and solutions for whole industries, such as the automation of entire automobile factories or chemical plants. Supplementing this range of products and services, A&D also offers software for linking production and management (horizontal and vertical IT integration) and for optimizing production processes. A&D employs 51,800 people worldwide and in fiscal year 2004 (to September 30) earned a group profit of EUR EUR In currencies, this is the abbreviation for the Euro. Notes: The currency market, also known as the Foreign Exchange market, is the largest financial market in the world, with a daily average volume of over US $1 trillion. 1.077 billion on sales of EUR 8.829 billion and orders of EUR 8.980 billion (figures preliminary and unaudited). (C) 2005 Advanced Automation Associates, Inc. |
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