CONTAC INGENIEROS LTD. NAMED REGIONAL DISTRIBUTOR FOR FACTORYLINK ENTERPRISE CONTROL SYSTEM.RICHARDSON, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 3, 1996--USDATA Corporation announced today that CONTAC CONTAC Consumer Organization and Networking Technical Assistance Center CONTAC Central Office Network Access CONTAC Coordinated Navy Total Acquisition Control System Ingenieros Limited of Santiago, Chile has become a regional distributor of USDATA's FactoryLink Enterprise Control System(TM) (ECS See eComStation. ). Under terms of the agreement, CONTAC Ingenieros will establish OEM (Original Equipment Manufacturer) The rebranding of equipment and selling it. The term initially referred to the company that made the products (the "original" manufacturer), but eventually became widely used to refer to the organization that buys the products and and reseller operations, engineering consulting, marketing, sales and customer service and support for the FactoryLink. product line throughout Chile and Peru. "FactoryLink is an important part of the `plant-wide MES' concept that CONTAC Ingenieros has been promoting in Chile and Peru. The openness of the software, as well as its modularity allows us to team with industry leaders in MRP (Material Requirements Planning) An information system that determines what assemblies must be built and what materials must be procured in order to build a unit of equipment by a certain date. , RDBMS (Relational DataBase Management System) See relational database and DBMS. RDBMS - relational database and hardware vendors to offer an integrated solution for enterprise-wide information systems," said Luis Yacher, director of CONTAC Ingenieros. "Moreover, USDATA has a proven track record of state-of-the-art products and strong support for its users and partners," Mr. Yacher, continued. "CONTAC Ingenieros brings a wealth of experience to the process control and industrial automation marketplace in Chile and Peru. It is uniquely positioned in its markets to implement FactoryLink's enterprise-wide solution," said Mark Grefer, vice president of worldwide sales for USDATA. USDATA's FactoryLink ECS is the industrial automation market's most powerful real-time development toolset and is used to develop MMI (Man Machine Interface) See HMI. 1. MMI - Man-Machine Interface. 2. (company) MMI - The company which developed the first Programmable Array Logic devices. MMI was bought by AMD. , SCADA (Supervisory Control And Data Acquisition) A process control application that collects data from sensors and machines on the shop floor or in remote locations and sends them to a central computer for management and control. and 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 applications. It combines advanced ease-of-use, including single-step tag configuration, with platform independence and almost limitless scaleability. The system supports applications that are frequently mission-critical and upon which a customer's core business relies for its operation. Industries such as discrete and process manufacturing, utilities and regulatory compliance require such advanced real-time control. About CONTAC Ingenieros, Limited Founded in 1981, CONTAC Ingenieros is a value-added reseller providing custom engineering and integration services. Using a decentralized business model, the company provides individualized services that address specifically the goals and specifications of individual customers. The company specializes in providing instrumentation, process control and industrial automation systems to mining, food processing, manufacturing and utilities. The company employs over 85 people. About USDATA USDATA Corporation (Nasdaq: USDC An abbreviation for U.S. District Court. ) is a global supplier of real-time application development tools, distribution management software, automatic identification equipment and related integration services. The company's products and services help automate manufacturing, distribution and inventory business processes. Its real-time data management capabilities enable customers to reduce operating costs, improve product quality and increase productivity. USDATA products are noted for high-performance and support of multi-platform computing environments. For more information, visit USDATA on the World Wide Web at http://www.usdata.com. CONTACT: USDATA Corporation, Richardson John Keenan, 214/680-9700, ext. 311 Vice President, Worldwide Marketing |
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