City of Huntsville Deploys Synergen Series; City-wide Asset Management Optimization Initiative Underway.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers WALNUT CREEK Walnut Creek, residential city (1990 pop. 60,569), Contra Costa co., W Calif., in the San Francisco Bay area; inc. 1914. It is the trade and shipping center of an extensive agricultural area where walnuts are among the major product. , Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 13, 2003 Synergen, Inc. (www.synergen.com) a leading provider of 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 Computerized Maintenance Management (CMMS CMMS Computerized Maintenance Management System CMMS Computerized Maintenance Management Software CMMS Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services CMMS Conceptual Model of the Mission Space CMMS Center for Multilingual Multicultural Studies ) solutions, today announced that the City of Huntsville, Texas Huntsville is a city and micropolitan area located in the U.S. state of Texas within Walker County. As of the U.S. Census 2000, the city population was 35,078. Huntsville is the home of Sam Houston State University. has chosen the Synergen Series(TM) as their asset management solution of choice to optimize asset management and streamline purchasing city-wide. The City of Huntsville, the seat of Walker County, covers a service area of 281 square miles. An ongoing challenge had been an inefficient approach to asset management without the benefit of a centralized database or the ability to easily track costs and expenditures. The Synergen Series will be deployed city-wide, initially installed at the city's water and wastewater treatment plants to monitor collection and distribution systems, taking full advantage of Synergen's powerful integrated GIS capabilities. Other capital assets capital assets n. equipment, property, and funds owned by a business. (See: capital, capital account) to be managed by the Synergen Series include all city streets, parks, solid waste services and related assets and the city's vehicle fleet, including police cars, fire engines and maintenance trucks, using Synergen's specialized Fleet Asset module. "After a thorough evaluation of 25 companies, we were very impressed with Synergen's professionalism and their understanding of the distinct requirements of both plant-oriented and distributed linear assets," said Bill Daugette, project manager for the City of Huntsville. "Equally crucial for us was Synergen's unparalleled adeptness in supporting GASB GASB Governmental Accounting Standards Board 34 requirements, an aspect of public sector financial reporting that most vendors haven't yet grasped." Synergen's Web-architected CMMS/EAM software suite, The Synergen Series(TM), addresses all aspects of 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. including: collaborative work management, asset reliability and maintenance; inventory control, purchasing, and contract management; operational accounting; reporting and analysis; project tracking; safety and regulatory compliance; and document control. Supported by the latest in Internet technology, users need only a standard Web browser The program that serves as your front end to the Web on the Internet. In order to view a site, you type its address (URL) into the browser's Location field; for example, www.computerlanguage.com, and the home page of that site is downloaded to you. to rapidly install, deploy and access Synergen solutions across the enterprise. About Synergen Synergen, Inc. has built an industry-wide reputation for excellence with the Synergen Series(TM), recently being named 2003 MRO Gold Product of the Year by Plant Services magazine -- the only EAM/CMMS vendor to be recognized with this prestigious award for two consecutive years. Established in 1986, Synergen has major installations in capital-intensive industries such as process and discrete manufacturing Fabricating products by assembling components and subsystems into larger systems. The automated assembly line is the prime example of discrete manufacturing such as in the making of automobiles, household appliances and computer systems. , energy, chemicals, mining and metals, food processing, pulp and paper, as well as non-manufacturing industries, such as transportation, health care, education, aerospace/defense, government agencies, utilities, water services, municipalities and those organizations faced with fleet and facility management challenges. Note to Editors: Company logos and screen shots are available in jpeg or tiff format. Contact Sharon Close by phone or by e-mail. |
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