- March 19, 2007
- Schneider Electric
BURLINGTON, ONTARIO, CANADA - March 19, 2007 - The Avantis unit of Invensys Process Systems today announced new enhancements for its Avantis.PRO enterprise asset management (EAM) software solution. Many of these enhancements are specifically designed to provide users with better support for their demanding reliability centered maintenance (RCM) strategies.The new release offers enforcement and validation of critical asset information required for integration with third-party root cause analysis (RCA) solutions. In addition, preventive maintenance (PM) functions have been expanded to enable analysis of forecasted labor and material requirements. Globalization and multi-site capabilities, for sharing of equipment information, PM jobs, and costing across plant locations or jobsites, have also been improved."Our focus on overall asset performance enables our customers to continuously improve their PM and RCM strategies and programs," said Isauro Martinez-Cairo, director of product strategy. "Avantis.PRO 4.2 represents yet another important technology in the Invensys portfolio that we can use to help our customers improve both the utilization and availability of their industrial assets."Additional Avantis.PRO 4.2 software enhancements for maintenance management, MRO inventory and procurement users include:
More comprehensive analysis and valuation capabilities for MRO inventoryIncreased data capture and views of procurement information and more flexibility in approval proceduresGreater support for more efficient physical transfer of parts and materials among multiple geographies and worksitesEnhanced user authentication capabilities which allow user information to be stored in a centralized, secure manner and help meet security-related regulatory compliance requirements.The Avantis.PRO software solution provides a key component within Invensys' overall asset performance management strategy, which is designed to help today's global manufacturers balance asset availability and utilization to achieve business objectives. The software offers the industry's most comprehensive solution for total enterprise asset performance management. It brings management easy-to-access tools that help view asset performance at all levels. About AvantisFor more than 20 years, customers throughout the world have relied on Avantis enterprise asset management (EAM) solutions to improve resource productivity by driving down operating costs, minimizing the risk of unplanned downtime, and maximizing financial return on capital assets. Avantis is a unit of Invensys Process Systems.About InvensysInvensys is the world leader in industrial asset performance management. In addition to its rapidly expanding Global Solutions and Performance Management services groups, Invensys' automation businesses includes industry-leading brands such as Foxboro, Triconex, SimSci-Esscor, Wonderware, and Avantis, whose products are installed in more than 100,000 plants across the world. These range from small hybrid and batch plants to the world's largest upstream projects, refineries, gas plants, petrochemicals plants, power plants, and pulp and paper mills. The Invensys Group is headquartered in London and is listed on the London Stock Exchange, with approximately 30,000 employees working in 60 countries.
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