Invensys Releases Flexible, Self Service Asset-Management Software

Phil Black - PII Editor 14/10/2012

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New Avantis.DSS 5.0 software enables advanced role-based analytics

Invensys Operations Management, a global provider of technology systems, software solutions and consulting services to the manufacturing and infrastructure operations industries, today announced the coming availability of its Avantis^® Decision Support System (DSS) software. Version 5.0 of the software leverages the company’s easy-to-use Wonderware^® Intelligence software to provide manufacturing and executive decision makers with rich, role-based asset management analytics and reporting, helping to drive asset excellence.

Avantis.DSS software is a sophisticated decision-support system that transforms transaction data into meaningful and actionable business analytics based on the individual’s specific role within an organization. The software is pre-configured to support a comprehensive set of key performance indicators based on best practices in asset management. Users can consolidate reporting across sites; create analytics; enable drill down and drill through views; and include data from various source systems to provide greater context.

“Today’s customers expect easy access to information about their assets, anytime, anywhere. They want the power to filter and manipulate the data and display personal- or role-based KPIs,” said Kim Custeau, marketing manager for Invensys Operations Management’s asset management product line. “The new Avantis.DSS software allows users to extract the right data at the right time, and easily visualizes KPIs that measure their plant or facility’s asset management operations.

“In addition, we have leveraged our broad software portfolio by integrating our Avantis.DSS software with our Wonderware Enterprise Manufacturing Intelligence software to bring even greater value across our installed base and provide innovative solutions for new customers,” Custeau stated.

The Avantis.DSS software has three primary components: data extraction/transform/load (ETL), aggregation and visualization. The ETL component is built exclusively on Microsoft technology, leveraging a set of Microsoft SQL Server Integration Services (SSIS) for extracting source data from the Avantis.PRO software. The next step aggregates this information in to multi-dimensional data cubes for easier manipulation. The visualization component then helps create role-specific dashboards and leverages the power of Wonderware Intelligence software.

“Integrating our Avantis.DSS and Wonderware Intelligence software enables our customers to gather, store and report on both historical and real-time operational data, using a dashboard to present KPIs that are used to visualize, tune and maximize their operations in real time,” Custeau said. “It’s the next step to achieving asset excellence.”

Avantis.DSS 5.0 software is scheduled to be released in November 2012. For more information, please visit http://iom.invensys.com/EN/Pages/Avantis.aspx.

For more information please contact Antonella Crimi, Invensys Operations Management

antonella.crimi@invensys.com t: +44 (0) 1293 643266 m: +44 (0) 7530 307777