Invensys' Wonderware Business Unit Achieves 'Powered by SAP NetWeaver' Certification Status.ORLANDO, Fla. -- Wonderware, a business unit of Invensys Systems Inc., today announced at the ARC "Next Generation Manufacturing Forum" that it has achieved "Powered by SAP NetWeaver(R)" certification status. The status was attained through successful certification of two new plant-to-business integration solutions. The first is Wonderware's Business Package for Process Performance Analysis 60.1 integrated with the SAP NetWeaver Portal. The second is the combination of the SAP NetWeaver Exchange Infrastructure (SAP NetWeaver XI)-based Content Package for Order Processing 30.1 integrated with SAP(R) ECC (1) (Error-Correcting Code) A type of memory that corrects errors on the fly. See ECC memory. (2) (Elliptic Curve Cryptography) A public key cryptography method that provides fast decryption and digital signature processing. 5.0 and Wonderware Enterprise Integrator 2.0. This certification also is part of the SAP certification program for ISA-95-based manufacturing interoperability. The new Invensys integration solution for process performance analysis links plant-floor information with the SAP manufacturing intelligence dashboards of the mySAP(TM) ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning) An integrated information system that serves all departments within an enterprise. Evolving out of the manufacturing industry, ERP implies the use of packaged software rather than proprietary software written by or for one customer. solution, delivering critical intelligence via alerts, reports and 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. for real-time decision-making. The integration solution works with customers' existing plant automation and system investments by leveraging Invensys' open integration software architecture, ArchestrA, along with Wonderware's powerful plant historian, analysis client tools and Microsoft SQL Server A relational DBMS from Microsoft that is a major component of the Windows Server System. It is Microsoft's high-end client/server database and is closely integrated with Microsoft Visual Studio and the Microsoft Office System. . "Personnel at customer sites can now quickly identify manufacturing production deviations in real time and can be provided detailed information related to the business and financial impact," said Mark Davidson For the baseball player, see . Mark Anthony Davidson (2 May 1869 – 9 January 1949) was an Australian politician. Davidson was born in Sydney and left school at 12 to work on a coastal vessel trading with the Pacific islands. , Invensys-Wonderware's vice president of global marketing. "These integration solutions are already enabling customers to manage and display workflows to resolve issues rapidly and cost-effectively, resulting in improved productivity." Customers will benefit from Powered by SAP NetWeaver certification through the assurance it offers that their existing plant applications can easily integrate using Invensys-Wonderware's open software with the SAP NetWeaver platform. The Wonderware business unit is currently involved in multi-plant rollout projects of these new integration solutions at major food and beverage F&B is a common abbreviation in the United States and Commonwealth countries, including Hong Kong. F&B is typically the widely accepted abbreviation for "Food and Beverage," which is the sector/industry that specializes in the conceptualization, the making of, and delivery of foods. , steel, pharmaceutical, aerospace and defense customers. Greg Gorbach, ARC's vice president of collaborative manufacturing, said: "Among the automation suppliers, Invensys-Wonderware has emerged as one of the leaders in the production and performance management software space. The strong product functionality and architecture, interoperability focus, growing installed base and backlog all point to continued success." Achieving Powered by SAP NetWeaver certification status is a further step for Invensys in aligning with SAP's vision for adaptive manufacturing. Invensys is committed to evolve its offering for manufacturing production and performance management to leverage the SAP xApp(TM) Manufacturing Integration and Intelligence (SAP xMII) packaged 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. . Invensys is implementing these new software and integration solutions on its ArchestrA technology and underlying Microsoft technologies. This continuing evolution will further increase the business value that Invensys can bring to its manufacturing customers who are looking for Looking for In the context of general equities, this describing a buy interest in which a dealer is asked to offer stock, often involving a capital commitment. Antithesis of in touch with. increased agility and performance. "Solutions certified for integration with SAP NetWeaver enable tighter alignment of business processes defined in SAP solutions, operational execution and performance analysis of plant-floor activities managed by Wonderware software," Davidson said. "This integration can empower customers to quickly and easily migrate to more efficient 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. processes." About Invensys and Its Wonderware and ArchestrA Business Units Visit www.wonderware.com/about_us/news/wwarchestra.asp. Invensys, Wonderware and ArchestrA are trademarks of Invensys plc, its subsidiaries and affiliated companies Affiliated Companies A situation that occurs when one company owns a minority interest (less than 50%) in another company. Also refers to companies that are related to each other in some way. Notes: An affiliated company is sometimes referred to as a subsidiary. . 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