Avantis Business Group Takes Enterprise Asset Management to Next Level With Avantis.Pro 3.1 Release.NEWTON, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 28, 1999-- -- Avantis.Pro 3.1 Offers Advanced Predictive Maintenance Predictive maintenance (PdM) techniques help determine the condition of in-service equipment in order to predict when maintenance should be performed. This approach offers cost savings over routine or time-based preventive maintenance because tasks are performed only when Features, Inspection Management, and Equipment Failure Analysis Tools -- Marcam Solutions, Inc. (NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on :MRCM MRCM Monitoring, Reconnaissance and CounterMeasures MRCM Master Chief Machinery Repairman (Naval Rating) MRCM Murmansk Regional Monitoring Centre ) today announced the availability of its flagship 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. ) solution, Avantis.Pro 3.1. Offering significant new Preventive Maintenance The routine checking of hardware that is performed by a field engineer on a regularly scheduled basis. See remedial maintenance. preventive maintenance - (PM) To bring down a machine for inspection or test purposes. See provocative maintenance, scratch monkey. (PM) and Reliability-Centered Maintenance (RCM RCM Reliability-Centered Maintenance RCM Royal College of Music RCM Royal Conservatory of Music RCM Royal Canadian Mint RCM Reliability Centered Maintenance RCM Revenue Cycle Management RCM Regional Climate Model RCM Ring-Closing Metathesis ) enhancements, Avantis.Pro will provide capital-intensive companies with solutions to maximize equipment uptime and help eliminate unplanned and costly breakdowns. Avantis.Pro monitors the complete life cycle of a company's crucial assets, tracking everything from productivity and reliability statistics to inspections and equipment failures. "As part of Avantis' Early Knowledge Transfer (EKT EKT Elektrokrampftherapie (German: electroshock therapy) EKT Elektrokonvulsionstherapie (German) EKT Engineering Knowledge Test (India) ) program, we learned about the new functionality of this release and were able to test the software in our specific environment prior to the actual delivery of the solution," said William Cotton William Cotton could refer to:
Incorporating the critical importance of Reliability-Centered Maintenance, this latest release of Avantis provides maintenance management with the analysis tools to reduce equipment breakdown. The Inspection Management module allows users to define and track detailed Preventive Maintenance inspections, recording the activities performed on the equipment. If the inspection results are outside a tolerance or specification, the system automatically generates a work order and schedules the appropriate repair. With Inspection Management, companies can increase equipment reliability, significantly reducing the total cost of equipment ownership. "This release demonstrates Avantis' ability to execute on its vision," commented Steve Clouther, vice president of enterprise applications group at ARC. "The focus on RCM improvements certainly reflects what I'm seeing as a real need in the marketplace, and Avantis is taking the right steps to help customers maximize their investment." Avantis.Pro 3.1 also features three powerful failure analysis tools, allowing users to examine past breakdowns to help prevent future ones. The Root Cause feature allows companies to examine the relationship between equipment reliability and operations productivity, identifying if and where change is necessary. Time-to-Failure calculates the amount of time between equipment breakdowns, helping determine the optimal time for maintenance activities. Thirdly, the Entity Downtime Analysis documents any maintenance delays, including planned Preventive Maintenance functions, unexpected failure or shutdown, making this data part of the asset's recorded history. Equipped with critical operational information, maintenance managers can reduce the life cycle depreciation costs of equipment and continuously improve asset performance. "With this successful delivery of Avantis.Pro 3.1, we continue to drive the evolution of the EAM industry," said Chris Smith, vice president of the Avantis Business Group. "Many EAM solutions on the market only address maintenance after costly failure has occurred. By providing our customers with business-critical maintenance information, Avantis.Pro helps companies prevent and predict expensive breakdowns, allowing their facilities to run at peak performance and productivity." Avantis.Pro 3.1 also incorporates a Request for Quotation A Request for Quotation (referred to as RFQ) is a standard business process whose purpose is to invite suppliers into a bidding process to bid on specific products and/or services. An RFQ typically involves more than the price per item. (RFQ RFQ Request For Quote RFQ Request For Quotation RFQ Request for Qualifications (part of a potential client's preliminary selection process) RFQ Radio Frequency Quadrupole (accelerator technology) ) feature, enabling customers to gather price estimates from specified vendors, process the price quotation results and provide cost analysis information to help management make better, more informed procurement decisions. Any necessary updates are automatically made to existing procurement and inventory data. Pricing and Availability Available immediately, Avantis.Pro 3.1 is free of charge to customers currently under a support agreement. The solution is architected to work with leading platforms and operating systems, including HP-9000, RS/6000 and Windows NT. About Marcam Solutions, Inc. Marcam Solutions, Inc. (NASDAQ:MRCM) is a global provider of process 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. (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. ) and enterprise asset management (EAM) solutions, enabling more than one thousand customers to achieve true enterprise operational excellence. Serving AS/400, UNIX UNIX Operating system for digital computers, developed by Ken Thompson of Bell Laboratories in 1969. It was initially designed for a single user (the name was a pun on the earlier operating system Multics). and NT environments, Marcam's solutions are differentiated by their advanced functionality which provides strong fit to vertical markets as well as ease of integration to complementary industry solutions. Marcam's process ERP solutions address the unique requirements of its target markets: food, beverage, and chemical industries. The Protean pro·te·an adj. Readily taking on varied shapes, forms, or meanings. protean changing form or assuming different shapes. and PRISM solutions encompass a broad range of applications including production, planning, inventory, procurement, order management, costing, financials and maintenance. Avantis is Marcam's best of breed solution for the EAM market. The Avantis.XA and Avantis.Pro suites provide extensive functionality including maintenance management, MRO MRO In currencies, this is the abbreviation for the Mauritanian Ouguiya. 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. inventory control and procurement. Targeted to Fortune 500 companies, Avantis is widely used in capital-intensive industries such as chemical, metals & mining, and pulp & paper, and for facilities management in areas such as education and municipalities. Headquartered in Newton, Massachusetts, the company is represented in more than 40 countries. For more information, visit Marcam at http://www.marcam.com and Avantis at http://www.avantis.marcam.com. (c) 1999 Marcam Solutions, Inc. All rights reserved. Marcam, PRISM, Protean and Avantis are registered trademarks of Marcam Solutions, Inc. Portions of PRISM and Protean are the subject of U.S. Patent numbers 4,864,507, 5,493,671 and 5,737,609. Other patents pending. Other product, company and service names mentioned herein may be trademarks or service marks of their respective holders. |
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