Wonderware Announces First Business-to-Manufacturing System Collaboration Using SAP NetWeaver.LAKE FOREST, Calif. -- Wonderware (UIR UIR Upper Flight Information Region UIR Unusual Incident Report UIR User Interface Requirement UIR Wire Connector (used on drawings, etc.; phonetically, UIR sounds like 'wire') UIR Uniform Impedance Resonator UIR User Incident Report :PQG PQG Pharmaceutical Quality Group (London, England) PQG Piecemakers Quilt Guild 2336), a business unit of Invensys Systems, Inc., today announced that it is collaborating on the first customer project implementations that use the latest version of SAP NetWeaver(TM) in an ISA (1) (Instruction Set Architecture) See instruction set. (2) (Interactive Services Association) See Internet Alliance. (3) (Internet Security and Acceleration) See .NET. S95 XML XML in full Extensible Markup Language. Markup language developed to be a simplified and more structural version of SGML. It incorporates features of HTML (e.g., hypertext linking), but is designed to overcome some of HTML's limitations. standard-based, plant-to-business integration environment using the ArchestrA architecture. Wonderware is working closely with SAP to simplify the integration effort, lower the implementation and support costs, and enable faster manufacturing agility as their mutual customers' business needs evolve. This collaboration is achieved by using the latest plant-to-business XML standards defined by ISA S95 in combination with open integration architectures, which encompasses Invensys' ArchestrA on the plant side and SAP NetWeaver on the business side. "Customers have been integrating SAP(R) business solutions and plant execution systems for about a decade in support of driving towards customer demand-driven manufacturing," 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. , vice president of Wonderware and ArchestrA global marketing. "The significance of this most recent collaboration with SAP is that both companies have evolved their product and services implementations around the reality that customers need sustainable approaches to integration of real-time plant and business information workflows. "Both Wonderware and SAP are leaders in their respective markets and have numbers of manufacturing customers in their own plant and business software spaces, making the potential impact of this collaboration even more significant." This first implementation is underway at Arla Foods Arla Foods is a cooperative based in Århus, Denmark and the largest producer of dairy products in Scandinavia. Arla was formed as the result of a merger between the Swedish dairy cooperative Arla and the Danish dairy company MD Foods on 17 April 2000. in Denmark. "The integration of business and manufacturing has a strategic importance for Arla Foods in supporting the challenges the business is facing in terms of optimizing production performance, as well as fulfilling foods safety regulatory requirements," said Arne Svendsen, production IT manager. "This integration is a key point for a complete, internal supply chain, which includes the transfer of detailed production schedules to the shop floor, as well as the seamless collection of key production figures. With an expansive growth strategy, it is a must to have a clear path on integrating business and manufacturing, not least when new facilities become part of the family due to mergers and acquisitions." Svendsen added, "The use of an open standard combined with standard connectors from SAP and Wonderware is expected to dramatically reduce the costs of business-to-manufacturing integration as well as reducing the time to implement. The open B2MML B2MML Business to Manufacturing Markup Language standard, and the fact that key players like SAP and Wonderware now fully back it by product developments, is the key to move from custom-made integration to affordable B2M B2M Boyz to Men B2M Back to Mom's B2M Business to Machine interoperability." About Arla Foods Arla Foods is a dairy enterprise based in Scandinavia, headquartered in Denmark, with production facilities in Denmark, Sweden, the United Kingdom and Argentina. Arla Foods has 20,000 employees and 70 production sites in total. Arla produces high-quality products in the categories of milk and yogurt, cheese and spreadables, and powder proteins. About Wonderware and ArchestrA Business Units Wonderware and ArchestrA are business units of Invensys Systems, Inc. Wonderware is the world's leading supplier of industrial automation and information software. Founded in 1987, Wonderware pioneered the use of the Microsoft Windows operating system in HMI (Human Machine Interface) The user interface in a manufacturing or process control system. It provides a graphics-based visualization of an industrial control and monitoring system. automation software for manufacturing operation systems. Wonderware software powers intelligent plant decisions in real time. The hallmark of the ArchestrA architecture is: "Every system in your plant, working in concert." Based in Lake Forest, Calif., the Wonderware and ArchestrA business units have regional sales and development offices throughout the North American North American named after North America. North American blastomycosis see North American blastomycosis. North American cattle tick see boophilusannulatus. , European, Latin American and Asia-Pacific regions to provide support to its network of more than 160 distributor offices. Wonderware has approximately 300,000 software licenses in approximately 100,000 plants worldwide, which is about 30 percent of the world's 335,000 plants with 20 or more employees. For more information, visit www.wonderware.com or www.archestra.biz. About Invensys Invensys is a global automation, controls and process solutions group. Products, services, expertise and ongoing support enable intelligent systems to monitor and control processes in many different environments. The businesses within Invensys help customers in a variety of industries perform with greater efficiency, safety and cost-effectiveness. Industry areas of focus include hydrocarbons, chemicals, oil and gas, power and utilities, rail, telecommunications, paper, 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. , dairy, pharmaceuticals and personal care. The Invensys Group is headquartered in the U.K. and listed on the London Stock Exchange London Stock Exchange London marketplace for securities. It was formed in 1773 by a group of stockbrokers who had been doing business informally in local coffeehouses. . With 39,000 employees operating in 60 countries, Invensys helps customers to improve their performance and profitability, building value for end users and shareholders alike. For more information, visit www.invensys.com. Invensys; Wonderware; ArchestrA; InTouch; "Every system in your plant, working in concert."; APV APV See: Adjusted Present Value ; Avantis; Eurotherm; Foxboro; Triconex; SimSci-Esscor; Digital Coriolis; and DolpHin 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. . All other brands and product names may be the trademarks or service marks of their respective owners. |
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