CIMdata PLM Industry Summary Online Archive
22 December 2005
Events News
IFS Demonstrates Commitment to Open Standards at International Maintenance Conference
In cooperation with other leading software companies, IFS demonstrated its commitment to open standards and the interoperability of its enterprise software at IMC-2005, the 20th International Maintenance Conference, Dec. 6-9 in Tampa, Florida. IFS' service-oriented component architecture is built on open standards, making it easier to integrate the IFS solution with other enterprise software packages and point solutions. This reduces the cost and complexity of adding new capabilities or manufacturing techniques.
In the Learning Lab sponsored by MIMOSA, a trade association that promotes open information standards for manufacturing and maintenance, IFS teamed with The DEI Group, a Maryland-based asset management consulting firm, and software vendors Ivara and OSIsoft to provide a live demonstration of the value of open standards and IFS' co-existence with other software packages. The DEI Group set up a water pumping unit that sent alarms and operational data to asset management and decision support systems from Ivara and OSIsoft. IFS Applications received fault reports, which created work orders, and then reported the work order numbers back to the other vendors' systems. Both vendors then queried and received the status of the IFS work orders as they progressed. Also, IFS received operational data from OSIsoft that reported the number of hours the machine was running. When it hit a certain threshold, a preventive maintenance action could be created in IFS Applications.
"This was an important demonstration of IFS' commitment to working with MIMOSA and the rest of the business community on the adoption of open information standards," said Cindy Jaudon, president and CEO of IFS North America. "The user community benefits from the use of open standards because companies can purchase a system such as IFS Applications without throwing away their existing software investments. Open standards also make it easier to share real-time information throughout the enterprise and take advantage of the latest technologies."
In addition to MIMOSA, a variety of other standards organizations participating in the Open O&M® (Operations & Maintenance) Initiative attended IMC-2005. Open O&M is a collaborative effort to provide a harmonized set of standards for the exchange of operations and maintenance information.
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