We are very pleased to announce our recently-added suite of standard integration tools, an intuitive drag-and-drop charting engine/user interface, and interactive reporting tools embedded within ouy FactoryMRI application. These expanded connectivity tools and intuitive charting/reporting tools will add tremendous flexibility to our customers, increasing their productivity and helping to improve their proactive decision making. Full article….

Manuvis Enhances Shop Floor Integration, Launches New Interface to Significantly Boost Productivity with Interactive Dashboards and Reporting Tools

Versatile, Built-in Connectivity Tools and New User Interface Help Manufacturers Track, Analyze, and Reduce Process Variation and Increase Efficiency Faster
CLEVELAND, Ohio. – July 30, 2008 – Manuvis Corporation, a leader in innovative, event-driven, realtime enterprise manufacturing intelligence application software, announced today the immediate availability of its new suite of standard integration tools, an intuitive drag-and-drop charting engine/user interface, and interactive reporting tools embedded within its FactoryMRI application to increase user productivity and improve decision making. The software allows manufacturers in complex, discrete, and process industries to realize key benefits including, reduced total cost of ownership, significant improvements in understanding sources of process variation, and the ability to display a broader assortment of enterprise-wide information on one output screen.

Manuvis’ primary method for acquiring operating data allows machine operators to interact with the FactoryMRI software application to assign specific down time reasons, for example, when a machine stops producing. Customers will now have another option for capturing PLC output when operator
interaction with the FactoryMRI application may not be required. Manufacturers who previously were unable to store their PLC data for future retrieval may now continually archive this data for subsequent analysis or reporting.

Faster operational decision-making, increased productivity, and reduced complexities associated with data acquisition result from the interactive dashboard and reporting tools. Instead of single-use charts, users may “drag and drop” performance variables they wish to chart into a template. Variables such as cycle times, quality test, fault codes, efficiency, job counts, and many others may be displayed singly or
grouped on to a single line chart, for example, to be viewed or printed in real-time or retrieved from historical records.

“Our new connectivity and dashboard tools have enabled one of our Tier 1 automotive customers to identify savings of over 3,700 labor hours/year at one work station within a highly-automated work cell“, said David Scott, President/CEO for Manuvis. “Our customer attributes these savings from being able to identify and prevent a series of specific machine fault codes that were occurring, but could not be isolated. Until FactoryMRI’s new connectivity was in place they had no way of identifying the source of their downtime due to the complexities and speed associated with this machine.”

About Manuvis

Manuvis is a leader in delivering innovative, real-time enterprise manufacturing intelligence software solutions that help manufacturing firms lower operating costs, improve customer service, and increase profitability. Manuvis’ FactoryMRI application is a comprehensive software solution that fully integrates the enterprise with the shop floor, providing real-time, performance information, and allowing manufacturers to better leverage previous investment in ERP.

FactoryMRI has been designed and developed by a team of experienced manufacturing executives who needed a method to improve manufacturing data collection and information availability. FactoryMRI’s service oriented architecture was built with and operates on Progress Software’s OpenEdge® business application platform. For more information on how to increase your company’s profitability please visit www.manuvis.com or +1-440-686-1525. FactoryMRI is a registered trade mark of Manuvis Corporation.

About Progress Software Corporation
Progress Software Corporation (NASDAQ: PRGS) provides application infrastructure software for the development, deployment, integration and management of business applications. Our goal is to maximize the benefits of information technology while minimizing its complexity and total cost of ownership. Progress can be reached at www.progress.com or +1-781-280-4000.
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