Wednesday, February 26, 2014

NASCAR team drives down costs with Asset Management software, #Avantis, #EAM

Hendrick Motorsports implements Avantis® EAM solution to track inventory and car components, monitor performance reliability, optimize performance and reduce costs.



Watch this brief video and find out how eleven-time NASCAR Sprint Cup Series champions Hendrick Motorsports saved more than one million dollars with Avantis Enterprise Asset Management Software.

Read the full Success Story here.

Tuesday, February 25, 2014

Avantis meets Wordle.net, #Avantis


Fun with Wordle: Wonderware IntelaTrac, #IntelaTrac

Maintenance Practices Enable Sustainability, #Avantis

Maintenance Practices Enable Sustainability


by Curtis Wilson Avantis Principal Asset Management Consultant, Schneider Electric (Invensys)


Coca-Cola Swaziland uses Wonderware Solutions to Optimize Energy Usage and Reduce Costs

Avantis' reply to the new ISO 55000 Standard, #Avantis #InRIM

ISO 55000 What are your Options?

Author: VictorLough, Product Manager, Asset Management

You may or may not be aware of the recent global ratification of the ISO 55000 standard for Asset Management. You should be aware that this formal standard will drive change in the way you go about doing business. At its core is a quality management process with a view to continuous improvement. The principle point is that the standards intent is to make Asset Management Strategic, driving interdepartmental collaboration, including strategic lifecycle Asset Management and a bottom to top strategic procedural alignment to drive the change. This poses a policy question to business executives as to how to respond to this event.  

There are at least four ways that you may wish to respond.

What is Wonderware SmartGlance? #SmartGlance

Wonderware SmartGlance enables you to view your plant data on your mobile phone or tablet. Download the SmartGlance App from your favorite app store to view, analyze and collaborate around your facilities’ process or operational data, metrics, Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) and reports anywhere, anytime and from any device.

Navigate around your data from your Wonderware Historian (or any other historian) and from any of your SQL databases using rich graphical charts and an intuitive and native app experience.