Intergraph Integrates Materials Management with SmartPlant(R) Enterprise.SmartPlant Materials offers modular, open and fully Web-enabled materials management Materials management is the branch of logistics that deals with the tangible components of a supply chain. Specifically, this covers the acquisition of spare parts and replacements, quality control of purchasing and ordering such parts, and the standards involved in ordering, to Owner/Operators and Engineering, Procurement The fancy word for "purchasing." The procurement department within an organization manages all the major purchases. & Construction Organizations HUNTSVILLE, Ala. -- Intergraph Corporation today announced the rebranding of MARIAN[R], Intergraph's market leading materials management solution, created specifically for the plant design industry, to SmartPlant[R] Materials. Now with enhanced integration within SmartPlant Enterprise, SmartPlant Materials is the most broadly implemented materials management solution for engineering, procurement and construction  The introduction to this article is vague. To comply with Wikipedia's guidelines, it should be improved. companies and owner/operators worldwide. "Intergraph's materials and project control offerings are experiencing great success, as organizations worldwide recognize that our solutions significantly enhance the link between the highly dynamic engineering environment and the purchasing and logistics operations," stated Patrick Holcomb, executive vice president of Intergraph Process, Power & Marine. "The integration enhancements for SmartPlant Materials improve our delivery of SmartPlant Enterprise as a true end-to-end plant life cycle management solution." Key to SmartPlant Materials is the enabling of change-controlled bill of materials The list of components that make up a system. For example, a bill of materials for a house would include the cement block, lumber, shingles, doors, windows, plumbing, electric, heating and so on. transfers from SmartPlant 3D, empowering faster and more accurate purchasing in a change managed environment. A bill of materials staging area staging area n. A place where troops or equipment in transit are assembled and processed, as before a military operation. Noun 1. has been added to the import process, allowing data manipulation Processing data. and routine checking prior to importing the data. This loading process is a critical step in the project workflow, and the customizable staging area will empower customers with a faster, higher quality data loading Copying data from one electronic file or database into another. Data loading implies converting from one format into another; for example, from one type of production database into a decision support database from a different vendor. See data entry. process. This capability, coupled with tight integration to SmartPlant Reference Data for catalogue and specification management, will further drive the ability of organizations to execute large and complex projects with unparalleled accuracy and speed. About Intergraph Intergraph Corporation is the leading global provider of spatial information management (SIM) software. Security organizations, businesses and governments in more than 60 countries rely on the company's spatial technology and services to make better and faster operational decisions. Intergraph's customers organize vast amounts of complex data into understandable visual representations, creating intelligent maps, managing assets, building and operating better plants and ships and protecting critical infrastructure and millions of people around the world. For more information, visit www.intergraph.com. [c] 2007 Intergraph Corporation. All rights reserved. Intergraph and the Intergraph logo are registered trademarks of Intergraph Corporation or its subsidiaries in the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. and in other countries. Other brands and product names are trademarks of their respective owners. |
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