Wonderware
Announces New Production Events Module for Production Traceability
and Historical Data Management
LAKE
FOREST, Calif., July 6, 2005 -- Wonderware, a business unit
of Invensys Systems Inc., today announced the release of a new functional
module for the Industrial Application Server called Production Events
Module (PEM). This new module is designed to be scalable and to support
manufacturers’ production and performance standardization efforts
across diverse control and supervisory systems.
PEM enables the creation of applications to record
production events, which are critical to understanding product and
process history for reporting, quality and product management. Manufacturers
can also use it to capture information on the forward and backward
genealogy of materials and create reports on this information. In
addition, PEM can be used to identify which equipment and personnel
were utilized in production and relevant production events. This information
can then be related to a lot, batch or serial number.
The modular nature of PEM enables a scalable approach
to building product genealogy and production historian applications.
Applications that target specific production issues or regulatory
requirements can be quickly and easily implemented for data gathering.
The applications can also be easily expanded to accommodate system
and functional expansions. These PEM features enable users to take
an incremental and flexible approach to increasing application functionality
as requirements evolve.
“While PEM can be applied
across a variety of industries -- including automotive, electronics,
metals, telecommunications, utilities, and oil and gas plants -- Wonderware
has seen significant interest already from key customers in food and
beverage,” said Claus Madsen Abildgren, product marketing manager
for PEM. “For food and beverage manufacturers who are faced
with increasing governmental and institutional requirements for traceability,
PEM facilitates a rapid, economical response to unforeseen production
events, such as product recalls.”
In addition to enabling manufacturers
to fulfill regulatory requirements for documentation of products and
production processes, the fact that PEM can record detailed and accurate
information about what is happening to materials, products and processes,
also empowers manufacturers to determine true manufacturing costs
per product. Customers also can improve production processes by more
effectively using existing manufacturing resources. It can identify
both the root causes of production losses and opportunities for increased
profitability.
The Production Events Module for the Industrial Application
Server is built on the ArchestrA industrial software architecture.
This comprehensive industrial automation and information software
architecture was designed from the outset to extend the life of legacy
systems by leveraging the latest software technologies. PEM, similar
to other Wonderware offerings built on the ArchestrA architecture,
empowers decision-makers to achieve their business goals without abandoning
prior investments in automation systems, production processes or intellectual
property.
“PEM is a natural extension
to the powerful plant model in the Wonderware Industrial Application
Server,” Abildgren said. “Wonderware is confident that
PEM will further fuel the rapid adoption of the Industrial Application
Server and its underlying ArchestrA technology simply because it reduces
the effort and costs associated with designing, building, deploying
and maintaining secure, standardized applications for product genealogy
and production history.”
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