GE Fanuc Production Management Software Achieves "Powered By SAP NetWeaver(R)" Certification.Next Step in Relationship Eases Enterprise Integration, Improves Quality and Drives Productivity CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. -- GE Fanuc Automation GE Fanuc Automation, Inc, a joint venture between FANUC LTD. of Japan and General Electric, is a business unit of GE Enterprise Solutions[2]. GE Fanuc is headquartered in Charlottesville, Virginia. , a unit of GE Industrial, today announced that it has achieved "Powered By SAP NetWeaver[R]" certification for Manufacturing. The certification demonstrates GE Fanuc's commitment to integration of its Production Management software with SAP[R] applications to enable key business initiatives, such as Lean Six Sigma Lean Six Sigma is a business improvement methodology which combines (as the name implies) tools from both Lean Manufacturing and Six Sigma. Lean manufacturing focuses on speed and traditional Six Sigma focuses on quality. By combining the two, the result is better quality faster. , regulatory compliance, performance optimization optimization Field of applied mathematics whose principles and methods are used to solve quantitative problems in disciplines including physics, biology, engineering, and economics. and pursuit of the Perfect Plant. The certification combines GE Fanuc Production Management Software with SAP xMII to gather, analyze and execute real-time order information; and continuously improve plant performance, productivity and profitability. SAP xMII unifies integration technologies into a single platform and is pre-integrated with SAP business applications, enabling organizational flexibility and reducing the need for custom integration. The resulting composite application In computing, the term composite application expresses a perspective of software engineering that defines an application built by combining multiple services. People often compare composite applications to mashups. delivers real-time visibility and intelligence to improve agility, quality and efficiency by tracking and executing production operations through a closed-loop information exchange with SAP applications. "GE Fanuc understands the importance of SAP's certification and of aligning a·lign v. a·ligned, a·lign·ing, a·ligns v.tr. 1. To arrange in a line or so as to be parallel: align the tops of a row of pictures; aligned the car with the curb. with SAP's 'Adaptive Manufacturing' vision," said Tom Cruz, Software Vice President and General Manager of GE Fanuc. "The value to be gained through these integration efforts is substantial. By utilizing the combined solutions and expertise of our two companies, our customers will be able to move in ways and perform at levels their competitors can't match. Those capabilities can transform a business." The combination of SAP and GE Fanuc software provides manufacturers with flexible, reliable and responsive manufacturing operations Manufacturing operations concern the operation of a facility, as opposed to maintenance, supply and distribution, health, and safety, emergency response, human resources, security, information technology and other infrastructural support organizations. linked tightly with global value chains: * Improving top-line revenues with better supply chain predictability, capacity management and quality management * Improving the bottom line and operational reliability by reducing costs and improving quality and operational efficiencies * Making plant-level optimization a reality * Empowering innovation by improving launches of new products and processes * Establishing strategic advantages by improving capital cost structures 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. Greg Gorbach, ARC Advisory Group's Vice President of Collaborative Manufacturing Research, "With GE Fanuc achieving 'Powered by SAP NetWeaver' status, manufacturers can benefit by transforming to a real-time adaptive enterprise. Additionally, GE Fanuc now has more direct access to SAP NetWeaver education and knowledge transfer resources and insider previews of new SAP technology - which will speed integration between user systems, decrease total cost of ownership and increase the benefits achieved through integration, such as lower inventory and faster time to market." "Management needs quality information to make the best decisions," said Peter van Barneveld, 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 Competence Director at LogicaCMG, a major international supplier of IT and business services. "Two challenges dominate today: achieving common metrics metrics Managed care A popular term for standards by which the quality of a product, service, or outcome of a particular form of Pt management is evaluated. See TQM. to drive manufacturing best practices across the enterprise, and integrating this degree of information into the organization's enterprise systems to increase production flexibility. The time for a corporate approach to Production Management systems has come - and the relationship between SAP and GE Fanuc will significantly help manufacturers overcome these challenges and improve their business performance." About GE Fanuc Automation GE Fanuc Automation, a joint venture between General Electric (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :GE) and FANUC LTD LTD 1 Laron-type dwarfism 2 Leukotriene D 3 Long-term depression, see there 4. Long-term disability of Japan, delivers automation hardware and software designed to help users reduce costs, increase efficiency and enhance profitability. With solutions and services for virtually every industrial segment, GE Fanuc Automation provides a diverse array of capabilities and products, including controllers, embedded systems Embedded systems Computer systems that cannot be programmed by the user because they are preprogrammed for a specific task and are buried within the equipment they serve. , advanced software, motion control, CNCs, operator interfaces, industrial computers, and lasers. Headquartered in Charlottesville, VA, GE Fanuc Automation is a part of GE Industrial and combines the diverse global strengths of the GE family with the local presence customers need to design, develop and maintain their automation investments. |
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