"They didn't see how IT and engineering contribute to financial results." Invensys' Peter Martin on management's need to empower those technical professionals who still remain.Invensys' latest salvo on the real-time asset management front is Avantis Decision Support System (DSS) software. Avantis.DSS Version 5.0 is due to be released in November 2012, and leverages the capabilities of the company's Wonderware Intelligence to provide manufacturing and executive decision-makers with role-based asset management analytics and reporting.
Avantis.DSS transforms transaction data into meaningful and actionable business analytics based on the individual's specific role within an organization. Using preconfigured key performance indicators, 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.
Continued integration with the company's ArchestrA Workflow software gives more enterprise connectivity for moving data and making decisions with it. "It's now able to take all the information in the Avantis system, display it in pictures and graphs, and trend it to aid decisions," said Kim Custeau, marketing manager for Invensys Operations Management's asset management product line. Management of change, approvals, routings and document changes can be accessible to everyone involved.
"People are used to being able to see information the way they want to see it, and access it the way they want to access it," said Custeau. "We can write integrations easily enough, but embedding it lets you use Microsoft applications with standard connections so people everywhere can see accurate, current drawings and specifications."
Avantis.DSS 5.0 leverages Tableau, a slicing and dicing analytic tool, so users can easily access information, filter it and create KPIs, and display them the way they want to see them, on a mobile device, cell phone ā whatever is needed. "It's all about control, power and remote access for the user," Custeau said.