CIMdata PLM Industry Summary Online Archive
10 July 2007
Product News
McLaren Software Ships Enterprise Engineer for Assets; Asset-Centric Functionality Delivers Process Automation; Bridges Gap Between Engineering and Maintenance Teams
McLaren Software announced the general availability of Enterprise Engineer for Assets. This new application has been specifically designed in collaboration with key customers from McLaren's Customer Advisory Board to help owner operators assure the integrity of their asset documentation.
At the core of the new software is a controlled repository of officially sanctioned asset documentation including engineering documents and drawings called the asset information vault (AIV). Within the AIV, vital asset-related information such as standard operating procedures, as-built drawings and plant documents are controlled in a centralized manner with automated processes to manage change across multiple engineering projects.
Through McLaren's Rapid Success Program, key customers such as Petro-Canada and Sacramento Municipal Utility District are in the final stages of implementing the new application in order to standardize key engineering processes, increase operational efficiency, and reduce cycle times, while lowering non-compliance risks.
Quennon Coleman, Sr. Project Manager at Sacramento Municipal Utility District, says, "The EE for Assets solution should provide us the ability to control the change of our asset documentation, reduce risk and improve overall efficiency with our design change process."
Enterprise Engineer for Assets provides key processes to move asset documentation into and out of the AIV. By managing the relationship between as-built versions and project revisions, customers can now easily manage multiple concurrent projects and maintain the quality of their documentation. This capability is paramount, as during their lifespan assets are renovated, reconfigured, extended and finally decommissioned to meet everything from changing business demands to external regulatory requirements.
According to Paul Muir, CEO of McLaren Software, "This business challenge further validates an urgent need for a new class of application to automate processes that help manage the creation and use of unstructured content. The result is the formation of enterprise content management (ECM) strategies that require a combination of process automation, document management, and industry best practice. At McLaren Software, we refer to our solutions as intellectual work management applications which is very similar to what many industry analysts are now referring to as content-centric applications."
Enterprise Engineer for Assets is the only content-centric application of its kind that ensures there is a single trusted source for asset documentation that can scale across the enterprise. This reduces rework, minimizes project delays and allows for more accurate decision-making based on roles and assignments by using built-in processes that allow for officially sanctioned document updates. These updates can then be communicated in a controlled manner across all end users.
Paul Muir, CEO of McLaren Software, points out, "Enterprise Engineer for Assets centrally aggregates and manages all of the documentation associated with these ever-changing facilities, providing engineering professionals and the extended organization with reliable, secure access to crucial asset documentation anytime, anywhere."
Enterprise Engineer for Assets works with McLaren Software's flagship application suite, Enterprise EngineerT. Enterprise Engineer supports the engineering process by providing a single point of control to manage the production and use of project content, including drawings, correspondence, procedures and specifications. Enterprise Engineer supports both the EMC Documentum and FileNet P8 platforms.
For more information on Enterprise Engineer for Assets, please visit http://www.mclarensoftware.com/assets .
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