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News Release from: Invensys Avantis | Subject: Avantis.DSS
Edited by the Processingtalk Editorial
Team on 07 October 2005
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Invensys Avantis has introduced new software that provides manufacturing and executive decision-makers with key role-based maintenance and purchasing analytics via a standard web-portal
The Avantis unit of Invensys Process Systems has introduced new software that provides manufacturing and executive decision-makers with key role-based maintenance and purchasing analytics via a standard web-portal The new software, Avantis.DSS, is a decision support solution that transforms transaction data into visible, meaningful and actionable business analytics based on the individual's specific role in the organisation
This article was originally published on Processingtalk on 23 Dec 2003 at 8.00am (UK)
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"Our recent customer forums reveal that business decision-makers want and need more knowledge, not more data.
They want better access to the maintenance and operating data their assets are already generating, and they want the power to filter and manipulate it to display personal key performance indicators (KPIs).
Avantis.DSS provides an easy way to visualise their progress in achieving the indicators that measure their job success," said Neil Cooper, general manager of the Avantis unit of Invensys Process Systems.
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Avantis.DSS software comes pre-configured to support a comprehensive set of generic KPIs based on best practices in maintenance and purchasing management.
Users can, for example, visualise trends in quantity of work requests, work orders or backlog, make improvements, and monitor their success.
With the pre-configured KPIs, users can monitor the complete lifecycle of work -- incoming work, work in planning, work in progress, and completed work.
They can also analyse schedule compliance, resource utilisation, and maintenance costs.
Likewise, with the standard KPI package, users can monitor current activities or longer-term trends in spending to meet purchasing requirements and vendor performance.
The Avantis.DSS software has three primary components: data extraction, aggregation and visualisation.
The data extraction component is built exclusively on Microsoft technology, which includes Microsoft SQL Server Data Transformation Services for extracting source data from Avantis.PRO software, and transforming the data appropriately for application-specific analysis.
The aggregation component aggregates data into cubes for easier manipulation.
And, the visualisation component uses Microsoft Office Web components to manipulate and display the KPIs on industry standard dashboards, including Microsoft Sharepoint, Wonderware Suite Voyager, and custom portals.
Avantis.DSS provides a key component in the Invensys Process Systems offering of 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.
Avantis.DSS software is available immediately through the Avantis Early Adopter Program.
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