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News Release from: Wonderware United Kingdom | Subject: Invensys-Wonderware Production Execution 1.0
Edited by the Manufacturingtalk Editorial
Team on 31 August 2007
Production control software is
SAP-endorsed
Production scheduling and control 'Production Execution 1.0' software has received 'SAP xApps Certified - Powered by SAP NetWeaver' status and is now SAP-endorsed business software.
IInvensys Systems-Wonderware has announced that its Invensys-Wonderware Production Execution 1.0 packaged composite application (PCA) for MES, which has achieved 'SAP xApps Certified - Powered by SAP NetWeaver' status, is now SAP-endorsed business software This endorsement has the goal of enabling mutual customers to align business objectives with their manufacturing operations
This article was originally published on Manufacturingtalk on 17 Mar 2004 at 8.00am (UK)
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As part of the endorsement, Invensys and SAP will provide development resources, exchange technology and share product 'roadmaps'.
Both companies will promote the Invensys-Wonderware Production Execution application, with the goal of ensuring that customers are able to continue to utilize the solutions when either company releases updated versions of their respective software packages.
president of Wonderware, Mike Bradley Sr, said: "Significant collaborative efforts went into becoming an SAP-endorsed business solution, with the clear goal of taking out much of the complexity traditionally tied to integration of real-time manufacturing with business processes.
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In fact, the endorsed business solution goes far beyond simple integration and goes to the heart of value creation for the customer.
As a result of this collaboration, we believe that our current and future customers can now reduce the risk as well as the time required to realize a competitive advantage from their manufacturing operations.
The solution enables customers to make real-time decisions on how to match supply with demand based upon accurate resource constraints across their entire enterprise".
* Production agility enhancement - the Invensys-Wonderware Production Execution composite application for MES, combined with the Wonderware System Platform and the SAP xApp Manufacturing Integration and Intelligence (SAP xMII) composite application, enhances production agility.
It does so by providing powerful pre-integrated software for dispatching, executing, monitoring and evaluating manufacturing production and performance activities in discrete, batch and hybrid plant operations.
A standards-based interoperability between business processes are managed within SAP business applications and plant processes that are managed within the Wonderware System Platform.
Specific enabling technologies include the SAP NetWeaver platform, SAP xMII and Invensys' open, standards-based ArchestrA technology.
At Emerging Solutions and Architecture, ISM Consumer Products and Life Sciences at SAP, its vice president, Franz Josef Schoppengerd, said: "SAP-endorsed business solutions such as Invensys-Wonderware Production Execution allow customers to benefit from significantly reduced total costs, better business decisions and more efficient collaboration within and beyond company boundaries, enabling them to stay competitive.
SAP-endorsed business solutions help companies adapt to new business trends, accelerate innovation and achieve operational excellence in a cost-effective way, delivering greater value to customers".
* About SAP-endorsed business software - SAP-endorsed business software systems are complementary to SAP software offerings.
They are developed in accordance with SAP development guidelines and provide additional choices and flexibility for businesses running SAP software.
SAP-endorsed business software systems are powered by the SAP NetWeaver platform.
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