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News Release from: ABB Automation Tech (Instrumentation + Automation) | Subject: Sustema
Edited by the Manufacturingtalk Editorial
Team on 01 November 2004
Channel partner agreed for distribution
ABB has announced a dedicated UK channel partner agreement for the distribution of its recently launched productivity improvement software, Real-Time Production Intelligence (Real-TPI).
ABB has announced a dedicated UK channel partner agreement for the distribution of its recently launched productivity improvement software, Real-Time Production Intelligence (Real-TPI) Initially, two companies have been appointed to sell Real-TPI: Coventry-based MCS and Maidenhead company iControl
This article was originally published on Manufacturingtalk on 19 Oct 2004 at 8.00am (UK)
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These two companies are combining their technical and intellectual knowledge to create a new service based around Real-TPI, called Sustema.
The channel partner agreement is in addition to direct sales by ABB of Real-TPI as part of its robotics solutions.
Real-TPI is software that collects and analyses production data, using it to identify ways to increase production efficiency.
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The software can help manufacturers recover the estimated 40% of production capacity that is wasted through stops and interruptions.
"Real-TPI is a truly standard package, which is non-intrusive in so much that it sits on the existing production line," says Peter Fox, ABB's System Sales and Account Support Manager.
"It also provides a host of different displays which gives all plant personnel production performance in the formats that they prefer for loss analysis and the facilities to drill down for more detail of the Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE).
"There is nothing else in the world today that has the power or the reach that Real-TPI brings to manufacturers.
While it is cost effective to install and extremely easy to use, understanding exactly how to recover the 40% lost production capacity needs the depth of understanding that both we and our channel partners bring.
"MCS, iControl, ABB and Real-TPI are a formidable combination that have the potential to revive the fortunes of the UK manufacturing sector." The channel partners use ABB Real-TPI along with their own Total Production Efficiency (TPE) methodology to connect all elements of the overall value chain to provide between 5 10% savings directly to the bottom line, making the "real time balance sheet" achievable.
"We are extremely excited and confident that we can make a positive impact in virtually all manufacturing lines in the UK," says Steve Poole, Managing Director of MCS.
"So we are offering CEO's, Operations and Production Directors and Financial Directors a free chance to challenge our top team by coming up with their biggest or most painful production issue.
We will provide a top level highly qualified team to provide them with a free consultation.
We guarantee that we can solve their biggest issues and have bottom line results for them and their shareholders.".
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