Software helps utilities comply with Nuclear Fatigue Rule.November 25, 2008 -
With Personnel Qualifications and Scheduling features, eSOMS Suite v3.6 Shift Operations Management System helps utilities comply with Nuclear Fatigue Rule, which was enacted to avoid fatigue of personnel at commercial nuclear power reactors. Program provides analytics such as multiple group rules, unit operating status, shift cycle concept, work-hour limits, and minimum days off. Reporting capabilities let supervisors know amount of overtime each worker is available for.
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Ventyx
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Ventyx Releases First Software Available to Help Utilities Comply with Nuclear Fatigue Rule
eSOMS Personnel Qualifications & Scheduling Solution Ensures NFR Compliance
ATLANTA, Nov. 12 /-- Ventyx(R), the world's largest private software provider to the energy and utility industry, today announced eSOMS Suite Version 3.6, the first commercially available software designed to help utilities comply with the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission's new Nuclear Fatigue Rule.
Release 3.6 of Ventyx Shift Operations Management System (eSOMS) (http://www1.ventyx.com/esoms/overview.asp ) software includes enhancements to the software's Personnel Qualifications and Scheduling solution that will help utilities comply with the NRC's recently enacted rule (10 CFR 26, Subpart I), or "Nuclear Fatigue Rule (NFR)." The NFR was enacted to manage schedules to avoid fatigue of personnel at commercial nuclear power reactors. All nuclear operators must be in compliance with NFR by October 1, 2009. This new release of eSOMS is the first commercial release of generally available software to manage to the new rules.
"The new NFR presents a significantly expanded scope and complexity of applicable personnel, fatigue metrics, analytics, assessments, waivers, reporting and review requirements," said Ventyx Industry Solutions Executive Matt Lechowicz. "The existing methods and tools used by licensees to manage nuclear worker fatigue are no longer adequate, and a time-keeping only approach is insufficient."
In response, Ventyx joined with a long-standing client, one of the largest nuclear operators in North America, to enhance the eSOMS Personnel Qualifications and Scheduling module to help them meet the stringent new requirements. Lechowicz added, "As a result of this partnership, as well as our unparalleled history and knowledge of the nuclear industry, Ventyx is the first company to release GA software with our forward-looking approach to handling the new NRC requirements, enabling clients to manage their schedules to avoid violations of NRC rules that go into effect next October."
Personnel Qualifications and Scheduling Enhancements
Ventyx eSOMS is the industry's leading operations management software for nuclear generators. Working with its client partner, Ventyx enhanced the eSOMS product's scheduling capabilities to make the solution even more interactive and provide enterprisewide resource-saving interfaces to both in-house and third-party data systems. These enhancements, which are offered as a part of baseline product, include:
-- Expanded analytics including multiple group rules, unit operating status, shift cycle concept (online and outage), work-hour limits, breaks and minimum days off
-- New "What-if" scheduling scenarios allowing hypothetical scheduling changes to be analyzed
-- New compliance management tool links, such as waivers and assessments
-- Expanded notification tool links, including narrative logs and notice of change
-- Expanded reporting capabilities including compliance, schedules, overtime call-out and availability reports that allow supervisors to know the amount of overtime each worker is available for working for that day
-- New third-party interfaces, including timekeeping, corrective action, scheduling and payroll
For more information on eSOMS Personnel Qualifications and Scheduling capabilities, visit our Website at http://www1.ventyx.com/esoms/personnel.asp. In addition, for an overview of the NFR, its background and impacts on nuclear power plants, view the Ventyx Fatigue Rule Webcast at http://.ventyx.com/events/description-esoms.asp#fatiguerule.
eSOMS Release 3.6 is available immediately from Ventyx and its certified reseller partners. For more information, contact your Ventyx sales representative or email sales@ventyx.com.
About Ventyx
Ventyx is a leading business solutions provider, delivering asset management, mobile workforce management, customer care, energy trading and risk management, energy operations, and energy analytics solutions to more than 900 energy, utility and communications customers, as well as to asset- intensive customers in selected commercial markets. With approximately 1,200 employees in more than 20 locations worldwide, Ventyx delivers best-of-breed business solutions that maximize operational and financial performance, backed by the industry's deepest available industry-specific domain expertise. For more information, visit our Website at www.ventyx.com.
Ventyx is a registered trademark of Ventyx Inc. Other company and product names may be trademarks of the respective companies with which they are associated.
CONTACT: Gary Frazier, Ventyx Corporate Communications, +1-770-989-4188, gary.frazier@ventyx.com
Web site: http://www1.ventyx.com/esoms/overview.asp
http://www1.ventyx.com/esoms/personnel.asp
http://.ventyx.com/events/description-esoms.asp#fatiguerule
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