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News Release from: Invensys Avantis | Subject: Avantis.PRO enterprise asset management
Edited by the Manufacturingtalk Editorial
Team on 22 March 2007
Total enterprise asset performance
management
New release of Avantis.PRO offers enforcement and validation of critical asset information required for integration with third-party root cause analysis (RCA) solutions
The Avantis unit of Invensys Process Systems has 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 centreed maintenance (RCM) strategies
This article was originally published on Manufacturingtalk on 14 May 2007 at 8.00am (UK)
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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 labour and material requirements.
Globalisation 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 utilisation 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 inventory.
* Increased data capture and views of procurement information and more flexibility in approval procedures.
* Greater support for more efficient physical transfer of parts and materials among multiple geographies and worksites.
* Enhanced user authentication capabilities which allow user information to be stored in a centralised, 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 utilisation 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.
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