Aleier and MACTEC Form Strategic Alliance to Provide Expansive Facilities Management Solution.Companies Integrate Enterprise Asset Management and Engineered Management Systems PLANO, Texas Plano (IPA: /ˈpleɪnoʊ/) is a wealthy suburb of Dallas, Texas, located to the north, mainly within Collin County, but also extending into Denton County. According to the 2000 U.S. -- Aleier, Inc., (Aleier) a wholly owned subsidiary Wholly Owned Subsidiary A subsidiary whose parent company owns 100% of its common stock. Notes: In other words, the parent company owns the company outright and there are no minority owners. of RF Monolithics, Inc. (Nasdaq:RFMI RFMI Request for More Information ), and MACTEC MACTEC MAC Technical Services Company Engineering and Consulting, Inc. (MACTEC), a wholly owned subsidiary of MACTEC, Inc., today announce that they have signed an agreement forming a strategic alliance to offer integrated enterprise asset management (EAM (1) (Enterprise Asset Management) The management and control of the information technology assets within the enterprise. The asset management repository includes a description of the asset as well as contract information pertaining to its acquisition. ) and engineered management systems (EMS) solutions to the 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. market. Between 20% and 40% or more of a company's net worth is tied up in its facility assets. When the Aleier / MACTEC integrated solution is implemented, companies more effectively preserve their facilities investment. The fully integrated solution can reduce a company's on-going maintenance cost of asset ownership by 10% or more and more efficiently communicate business operating conditions and data between people, devices, and systems. The integrated solution assists financial professionals, facilities management professionals and building engineers in managing major building assets based on a verifiable return on investment (ROI (Return On Investment) The monetary benefits derived from having spent money on developing or revising a system. In the IT world, there are more ways to compute ROI than Carter has liver pills (and for those of you who never heard of that expression, it means a lot). ), thereby enabling sound financial and operational decisions that are measurable at the bottom line. Corporations derive significant value from the integrated solution from both companies' distinctive product functionality and capabilities. "Aleier's best-in-class EAM system is complemented by their unique expertise in data acquisition and collection that includes manual data entry and bulk data loading Copying data from one electronic file or database into another. Data loading implies converting from one format into another; for example, from one type of production database into a decision support database from a different vendor. See data entry. as well as continuous connectivity using innovative machine-to-machine communications technology Noun 1. communications technology - the activity of designing and constructing and maintaining communication systems engineering, technology - the practical application of science to commerce or industry ," said Richard Garrison, Senior Vice President of MACTEC. Aleier, as an RF Monolithics company, is one of a group of companies that collectively enable the next generation of wireless solutions and provide global connectivity to billions of processes, devices, and machines commonly referred to as machine-to-machine (M2M M2M Machine-to-Machine (communication, mainly mobile) M2M Minutes to Midnight (Linkin Park album) M2M Mobile to Mobile (cellular phone) M2M Member-to-Member M2M Month to Month ) connectivity to the pervasive Internet. "MACTEC's EMS system is superior to its competitors in that it is based on the engineered calculation of condition indices that are dynamically updated to reflect actual operations of a wide array of facility operational environments," said Bill Caver cav·er n. 1. One that caves. 2. One who explores or studies caves, especially as a sport or recreational pursuit. , Aleier's President. Other EMS systems, which are typically referred to as Capital Planning Management Systems, rely solely on the facility condition index developed for the educational market. However, MACTEC has applied its 60+ years as a leader in the engineering, environmental and construction industries in its EMS system to provide objective, verifiable, and repeatable facility condition data that effectively addresses unique facilities management challenges of certain corporate and government sectors. Aleier's asset management software FM1j interprise(TM) and MACTEC's engineering decision support system software Vertex(TM) are enterprise-level applications based on SQL SQL in full Structured Query Language. Computer programming language used for retrieving records or parts of records in databases and performing various calculations before displaying the results. databases and are Web-architected for access across the Internet. Aleier's FM1j interprise enables companies to manage a wide array of assets over their entire life cycles and includes a computerized maintenance management system Computerized Maintenance Management System (CMMS) is also known as Enterprise Asset Management. A CMMS software package maintains a computer database of information about an organization’s maintenance operations. utilized by some of the largest organizations across North America. MACTEC's Vertex[TM] is utilized by global enterprises and the U.S. military to assess the condition of facilities based on engineering analysis, forecast remaining useful life using asset condition-indices and life cycle cost scenario analysis Scenario analysis The use of horizon analysis to project total returns under different reinvestment rates and future market yields. , and manage asset and maintenance budgets over strategic timeframes. The integrated systems share and synchronize their asset databases and exchange data bi-directionally in real-time. Maintenance requirements indicated by MACTEC's application pass into and are managed by Aleier's application. In addition, the actual costs of asset maintenance activity and current data on asset condition are sent from Aleier's application to MACTEC's application to update condition indices, cost models and maintenance budget projections. FM1j interprise is delivered with expansive libraries developed over 15 yeas that include maintenance procedures and hazardous materials information. There is no need to purchase add-on modules because FM1 includes every feature and capability out-of-the-box. Each component may be activated or deactivated with the click of a button at any time and at no additional charge. Vertex is based on American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM ASTM abbr. American Society for Testing and Materials ) financial, engineering standards, as well as cost tables from industry standards such as RSMeans and Marshall & Swift, and additional cost information from MACTEC's 3,000+ engineers across the U.S. Vertex can be licensed to the user or web hosted by MACTEC with its entire functionality ready-to-use upon implementation. Additionally, both companies will offer their professional services as part of the alliance. Aleier will provide field asset inventory and tagging services, data acquisition and asset connectivity expertise, as well as innovative wireless sensor networking to ensure condition-based maintenance. MACTEC will provide a broad range of facilities support services support services Psychology Non-health care-related ancillary services–eg, transportation, financial aid, support groups, homemaker services, respite services, and other services to include architectural and engineering design, construction management, outsourced facility maintenance and management services, and asset condition assessment survey services. About Aleier With offices in Plano, Texas, Aleier has deployed Enterprise Asset Management software for over a decade in municipal, state, and federal government agencies and businesses for applications including maintenance management, fixed asset tracking, building automation and electronics control and monitoring. Aleier software provides customers the ability to utilize and manage the data they now have available, which can be collected via either a wired or wireless data collection infrastructure. Its architecture and features make it an ideal platform for developing asset management and optimization applications seen as a key opportunity within the pervasive Internet space. For more information regarding Aleier's products and services, please visit Aleier's web site at www.aleier.com. About MACTEC Headquartered in Atlanta, MACTEC is a leading consulting firm providing engineering, environmental and construction services to over 7,000 public and private clients worldwide. Operating with 90 US offices and 3,000 employees and specialists in over 50 disciplines, MACTEC is currently ranked 29th among Engineering News-Record's Top 500 Design Firms, based on 2005 revenues. For more information on MACTEC, please visit the Company's website at www.mactec.com. |
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