Software raises visibility of process/historical data.
Press Release Summary:
InformIT Information Manager enhances visibility of data from all functions in control systems to enable users to make better production decisions. Information Manager collects, stores, and retrieves historical and real-time process business data from control and related systems useful in planning Key Performance Indicator improvements. It combines MES/PIMS environment and functionality with control environment, readily displaying information in desired views for different users.
Original Press Release:
ABB Announces InformIT Information Manager
Provides Comprehensive Information System Management for IndustrialIT Automation Solutions
Wickliffe, Ohio, March 10, 2003 - ABB announced today the introduction of InformIT Information Manager; this solution raises the visibility of data from all functions in the control system so that manufacturers can use this information to make better production decisions. Information Manager collects, stores and retrieves historical and process business data from control and related systems and turns it into meaningful information so that the manufacturer can map out a plan to achieve significant KPI (Key Performance Indicator) improvements.
"ABB's InformIT Information Manager software gives our customers the information they need, when they need it, so that they can achieve a sustainable competitive advantage," said Ron Becker, Product Manager, Information Management Products, ABB Inc. "It helps them to get more value and improved performance out of their automation system through its unmatched information integration capabilities and engineering efficiencies."
Information Manager serves as the information management solution for IndustrialIT automation systems, providing access to real-time and historical data from control and related business systems. It combines the MES/PIMS environment and functionality with the control environment, so that information from these systems is readily available in a variety of desired views for use by operators, engineers and managers. Information Manager can also be integrated with commercial data analysis and business systems, providing even greater real-time and historical data analysis so the customer can use this information to improve operations.
Because it is easy to configure and maintain, Information Manager has a lower total installation and ownership cost than traditional historian applications. It has a single historical solution database that is used for both process control and information management, eliminating duplication of engineering effort. This central database also provides single point change management for process and historical data definitions throughout the system, so that information is entered only once and can be changed universally throughout the system with one entry. This dramatically reduces engineering effort, and makes Information Manager easier to configure and maintain on a long-term basis, saving the customer time and money.
Information Manager includes extensive reporting and data exchange capabilities to meet a wide variety of reporting requirements in many process industries. It can generate regularly scheduled and ad hoc reports in a variety of familiar, Microsoft Windows® formats and send these reports to multiple output destinations. Information Manager provides the information that manufacturers need-in the format they specify-so that they can effectively document process and production conditions and performance.
This product is the information management solution for IndustrialIT systems; it provides seamless integration of real-time and historical information from business, production and automation systems. ABB's Aspect Object technology helps this global system information management product deliver dramatic engineering efficiency benefits and maximize the value of the whole system. Information Manager truly extends the data handling and information management function for the control system environment. It is tightly integrated with OperateIT Process Portal human system interface, the family of ControlIT controllers, ProduceIT Batch, and a number of other IndustrialIT system products to provide exceptional productivity improvements for automation customers.
InformIT Information Manager is part of ABB's award winning suite of integrated IndustrialIT solutions; these solutions address the challenges that automation customers face in today's global marketplace. ABB's comprehensive IndustrialIT portfolio of products is focused on delivering productivity and profits to automation customers. ABB's product strategy is for evolution through enhancement to protect customer investment.
ABB (www.abb.com) is a leader in power and automation technologies that enable utility and industry customers to improve performance while lowering environmental impact. ABB has some 139,000 employees in more than 100 countries.
