McLaren Software Debuts Enterprise Engineer for Assets.Asset-Centric Functionality will Deliver Process Automation to Drive Engineering-Change Management HOUSTON -- McLaren Software, a leading independent software vendor specializing in applications for engineering process and content management, today announced what it says will be a "game-changing" technology for owner-operators and engineering prime contractors: Enterprise Engineer for Assets. The new software serves as a controlled library of officially sanctioned engineering documents and drawings, including: * 'As-built' drawings * Health and safety documents * Standard operating procedures standard operating procedure Medtalk A technique, method or therapy performed 'by the book,' using a standard protocol meeting internally or externally defined criteria; a formal, written procedure that describes how specific lab operations are to be performed. * All other related asset content and correspondence McLaren calls this document library an Asset Information Vault vault, ceiling over a room, formed in any one of a variety of curved shapes. Nature of Vaults A vault is generally composed of separate units of material, such as bricks, tiles, or blocks of stone, so shaped or cut that when assembled they form a , and stresses that it helps companies standardize stan·dard·ize v. 1. To cause to conform to a standard. 2. To evaluate by comparing with a standard. key engineering processes to increase operational efficiency and reduce cycle times, while also lowering non-compliance risks and decreasing lost production time. All of which results in a new way for companies to manage the supporting documentation for production assets like factories, refineries, oil rigs and power plants. "During their lifespan, assets are renovated, reconfigured, extended or decommissioned to meet everything from changing business demands to external regulatory requirements Regulatory requirements are part of the process of drug discovery and drug development. Regulatory requirements describe what is necessary for a new drug to be approved for marketing in any particular country. ," said Paul Muir, 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 McLaren Software. "Enterprise Engineer for Assets centrally aggregates and manages all of the engineering content associated with these ever-changing facilities, providing engineering professionals with reliable, secure access to crucial project documents anytime, anywhere." Enterprise Engineer for Assets works in real time with both newly created documents and documents in revision stages. This dramatically improves review, approval and handover n. 1. The act of relinquishing property or authority etc. to another; as, the handover of occupied territory to the original posssessors; the handover of power from the military back to the civilian authorities s>. processes and is especially important when there are multiple concurrent projects all working on the same content. Moreover, it allows users to track the relationships between the various documents for each individual project and the master versions of those same documents, providing a high level of support for concurrent engineering projects. Enterprise Engineer for Assets is the only product of its kind which ensures that there is a single trusted source for asset content. This reduces rework re·work tr.v. re·worked, re·work·ing, re·works 1. To work over again; revise. 2. To subject to a repeated or new process. n. and minimizes project delays. It also allows for more accurate decision making based on roles and assignments by using built-in processes that allow for officially sanctioned document updates. These updates can then be communicated in a controlled manner across all end users. "Enterprise Engineer for Assets will allow our customers to bridge the gap between their engineering and maintenance teams by becoming the trusted source for all engineering content," said Muir, who goes on to point out that the product also allows for integrations with common maintenance applications like MRO's Maximo and SAP's Plant Maintenance The Enterprise Engineer for Assets' system architecture is based on an inventory of physical sites, facilities, buildings, systems, and in some cases engineering disciplines - all of which are segregated into a "Masters Area" and a "Released Area." All documentation placed in these areas seamlessly conforms to company and project standards, and can be easily and securely transferred for future reference. Muir stresses that Enterprise Engineer for Assets confirms that as-built drawings and plant documentation are prepared and distributed in a controlled and centralized cen·tral·ize v. cen·tral·ized, cen·tral·iz·ing, cen·tral·iz·es v.tr. 1. To draw into or toward a center; consolidate. 2. manner. "This simplifies the task of moving an asset from design to construction to operations and eventual de-commissioning," he says. "It also allows owner-operators to standardize third party access to essential plant information, making it the industry's only fully auditable mechanism for sharing plant information with external vendors and contractors in a systematic way," continues Muir. The result, he says, is that a prescribed pre·scribe v. pre·scribed, pre·scrib·ing, pre·scribes v.tr. 1. To set down as a rule or guide; enjoin. See Synonyms at dictate. 2. To order the use of (a medicine or other treatment). set of business rules within the system creates a compelling way to drive process automation, mitigate mit·i·gate v. To moderate in force or intensity. mit  i·ga tion n. operational risk and diminish the compliance issues associated
with critical asset documentation.
Enterprise Engineer for Assets will be generally available in second quarter 2007 and is designed to work with McLaren's flagship application suite, Enterprise Engineer[TM]. Enterprise Engineer supports the engineering process by providing a single point of control to manage the production and use of project content, including drawings, correspondence, procedures and specifications. It works on top of both the EMC (1) (EMC Corporation, Hopkinton, MA, www.emc.com) The leading supplier of storage products for midrange computers and mainframes. Founded in 1979 by Richard J. Egan and Roger Marino, EMC has developed advanced storage and retrieval technologies for the world's largest companies. Documentum and FileNet P8 platforms. About McLaren Software McLaren Software develops engineering-centric intellectual work management applications for the oil and gas, manufacturing, utilities, pharmaceutical, and engineering, design and construction sectors. McLaren helps organizations optimize optimize - optimisation their engineering design and asset change management processes to maximize the value in their engineering documents while mitigating mit·i·gate v. mit·i·gat·ed, mit·i·gat·ing, mit·i·gates v.tr. To moderate (a quality or condition) in force or intensity; alleviate. See Synonyms at relieve. v.intr. To become milder. the commercial risk associated with their use. McLaren's Enterprise Engineer application suite supports the engineering process by providing a single point of control to manage the production and use of project content, including drawings, correspondence, procedures and specifications. Enterprise Engineer helps your business react to challenges of globalization globalization Process by which the experience of everyday life, marked by the diffusion of commodities and ideas, is becoming standardized around the world. Factors that have contributed to globalization include increasingly sophisticated communications and transportation and the aging workforce in increasingly regulated environments. For more information, visit www.mclarensoftware.com. |
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