Datasweep Announces Advantage 5.0 -- The Platform for Web-Based Integrated Plant Systems.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers SAN JOSE San Jose, city, United States San Jose (sănəzā`, săn hōzā`), city (1990 pop. 782,248), seat of Santa Clara co., W central Calif.; founded 1777, inc. 1850. , Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 25, 2002 Industry's First and Only Integrated Solution for Control of Manufacturing Execution, Quality Assurance, Repair and Business Intelligence Datasweep(R), Inc., the leader in Web-based Integrated Plant Systems (IPS), today announced the newest version of its flagship product A primary product of a company, which is typically why the company was founded and/or what made it well known. For example, MS-DOS, Windows and the Microsoft Office suite have been flagship products of Microsoft. CorelDRAW is a flagship product of Corel Corporation. , Advantage(TM) 5.0, with comprehensive features that encompass the entire manufacturing plant and the complete product lifecycle Product lifecycle or product life cycle is the course of a product's sales and profits over time. The five stages of each product lifecycle are product development, introduction, growth, maturity and decline. . The fully integrated software Separate software components or applications that have been combined into one package. See integrated software package. suite enables control of manufacturing processes, quality assurance, supplier management and product return and repair. Advantage 5.0 is the first solution to bring the benefits of an enterprise class data mart A subset of a data warehouse for a single department or function. A data mart may have tens of gigabytes of data rather than hundreds of gigabytes for the entire enterprise. See data warehouse. and analytical applications to operations on the shop floor. Manufacturing executives also benefit from a Manufacturing Dashboard built on top of Datasweep's proven data mart architecture. The Dashboard provides real-time notification and alerts on key performance indicators Key Performance Indicators (KPI) are financial and non-financial metrics used to quantify objectives to reflect strategic performance of an organization. KPIs are used in Business Intelligence to assess the present state of the business and to prescribe a course of action. across lines and plants, enabling global reporting and analysis, and management by exception. Advantage 5.0 allows global manufacturing companies to view and synchronize information from their operations throughout the world to improve quality and delivery while reducing costs and inventory. According to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. Ken Brant brant or brant goose, common name for a species of wild sea goose. The American brant, Branta bernicla, breeds in the Arctic and winters along the Atlantic coast. , research director for enterprise and supply chain management at Gartner Group (company) Gartner Group - One of the biggest IT industry research firms. Address: Connecticut, USA. , in a July 2001 Gartner research note, "Changing business models, coupled with an explosion of demand-side and supply-side production information requirements The information needed to support a business or other activity. Systems analysts turn information requirements (the what and when) into functional specifications (the how) of an information system. , have forced manufacturers to rethink their plant systems deployments... (to) ensure that production operations are visible across the extended enterprise and connected with key inter-enterprise business processes and collaborative initiatives." Vladimir Preysman, CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. of Datasweep, said, "In this changing economy, manufacturing companies are faced with having to reduce operating expenses Operating expenses The amount paid for asset maintenance or the cost of doing business, excluding depreciation. Earnings are distributed after operating expenses are deducted. and increase revenues. Advantage 5.0 is designed to meet these needs by providing the global view and actionable analysis to improve manufacturing, quality and repair operations. Datasweep's philosophy is that an Integrated Plant System enables products to be produced correctly and on-schedule, which reduces costly inefficiencies and eliminates the need for excess inventory." What's New in 5.0 Manufacturing Dashboard The Manufacturing Dashboard in 5.0 provides a personalized view of global operations Global Operations is a first-person shooter computer game developed by Barking Dog Studios and published by both Crave Entertainment and Electronic Arts. It was released in March of 2002, following its public multiplayer beta version which contained only the Quebec map. from the desktop. The Dashboard is built on top of a proven architecture providing quick and complex analysis without affecting the performance of the production systems. The Dashboard gives manufacturing executives a multi-level, customized view of key performance indicators of processes and trends across product lines and plants. Real-time alerts signal out of bounds conditions that require attention. Using the Manufacturing Dashboard drill-down reports enables quick determination of the root cause of a problem and subsequent resolution. This type of management by exception greatly increases overall efficiency in the manufacturing process, giving executives centralized insight and control of global operations. Global Multi-Plant Consolidation The Advantage database architecture structure provides for a historical repository of manufacturing and repair data, where it can be queried and sliced in a variety of ways without impacting real-time production processes. In version 5.0, Datasweep takes this one step further to enable a global roll-up of information from the plant and regional levels into one central repository. Using the data mart, this data can be analyzed to elicit the actionable information that manufacturing executives need to make better decisions on a global scale. This global roll-up and central store of manufacturing and repair data also enables complete enterprise to local level drill down capabilities via a 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. , allowing users to quickly determine the root causes of performance issues. Supplier Management Supplier Management monitors the delivery and quality of a particular supplier by supplier, by part, or by a combination of the two. Key features include multi-vendor part cross-reference and sampling plans for inspections and auditing. The ability to track responsiveness and consistency and to identify problems quickly while viewing the suppliers' histories is key to providing a closed-loop Supplier Corrective Action Response system. The module also provides a Supplier scorecard indicating quality, delivery and other key metrics automatically populated based on the data collected. Quality and Corrective Action A new quality application in 5.0 connects corrective action reports (CAR) and supplier corrective action reports (SCAR) to non-conformance requests (NCR (NCR Corporation, Dayton, OH, www.ncr.com) A technology company specializing in financial terminal transactions, retail systems and data warehousing. Until the late 1990s, NCR was heavily invested in the hardware side of the industry, known worldwide as a major manufacturer of computers ). By tying corrective action to non-conformance, Datasweep provides a closed loop quality system compliant with Corrective and Preventative Action (CAPA CAPA California Alternate Performance Assessment CAPA Captaris, Inc (stock symbol) CAPA Confederation of Asian and Pacific Accountants CAPA Creative and Performing Arts (school) ) and most regulatory and quality systems in medical, telecom and other regulated industries. Production Inventory Advantage 5.0's Production Inventory solution enables customers to track inventory on the production floor. Many large organizations and contract manufacturers have millions of dollars of raw material and component inventory on the production floor with no visibility into its exact location. With Production Inventory, companies now have the ability to track the movement of inventory on the plant floor, as well as inventory movement and consumption in the manufacturing process. Furthermore, companies can set inventory allowance rules for minimum, maximum and safety stock levels, with re-order levels and quantities that can automatically trigger notifications to fulfill inventory before shortages occur. The Production Inventory solution helps prevent unexpected part shortages -- a major cause of production stoppage -- thus helping global manufacturers maximize efficiency while managing costs and production plans. Availability Advantage 5.0 is expected to be generally available spring of 2002. About Datasweep Datasweep develops and markets Web-based Integrated Plant Systems (IPS) incorporating manufacturing execution, quality assurance, repair and business intelligence applications. Global manufacturers and their supply chain partners use Datasweep Advantage to leverage the Internet to improve delivery and quality while reducing cost and inventory throughout the product lifecycle. Customers include General Electric (GE), Johnson & Johnson (JNJ JNJ Johnson and Johnson (stock symbol) JNJ Journal of Nursing Jocularity ), Lucent (LU), Flextronics International, Ltd. (FLEX), KLA-Tencor Corporation (KLAC), Harris Corporation (HRS), Finisar (FNSR) and Sonosite (SONO). Additional information can be found on the Internet at www.datasweep.com. Note to Editors: Datasweep is a registered trademark of Datasweep, Inc. Advantage, Knowledge, Supplier Management, Production Inventory Manager, and Manufacturing Dashboard are trademarks of Datasweep, Inc. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners. |
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