Invensys-Wonderware Production Execution Solution for MES

Cheadle Royal, Cheshire, UK, 8th September 2007 Wonderware United Kingdom announced that its Invensys-Wonderware Production Execution 1.0 packaged composite application (PCA) for MES, which has achieved “SAP® xApps™ Certified – Powered by SAP NetWeaver®” status, is now an SAP-endorsed business solution.

Both Invensys and SAP will provide development resources, exchange technology, share product roadmaps and promote the Invensys-Wonderware Production Execution application to ensure customers are able to continue to utilise the solutions when either company releases updated versions of their respective software packages. This endorsement builds on Invensys’ successful relationship with SAP with the goal of enabling mutual customers to align business objectives with their manufacturing operations.

“With the clear goal of taking out much of the complexity traditionally tied to integration of real-time manufacturing with business processes, this solution goes far beyond simple integration and goes to the heart of value creation for the customer who can now reduce the risk as well as the time required to realise a competitive advantage from their manufacturing operations.” said Mike Bradley Sr., President of Wonderware. “The customers can make real-time decisions on how to match supply with demand based upon accurate resource constraints across their entire enterprise.”

The Invensys-Wonderware Production Execution composite application for MES, combined with the Wonderware® System Platform and the SAP xApp™ Manufacturing Integration and Intelligence (SAP xMII) composite application, enhances production agility by providing a powerful pre-integrated solution for manufacturing production and performance activities in discrete, batch and hybrid plant operations. This is enabled by standards-based interoperability between business processes managed within SAP business applications and plant processes managed within the Wonderware System Platform. Specific enabling technologies include the SAP NetWeaver platform, SAP xMII and Invensys’ open, standards-based ArchestrA® technology.

“SAP-endorsed business solutions such as Invensys-Wonderware Production Execution allow customers to benefit from significantly reduced total costs, better business decisions and more efficient collaboration within and beyond company boundaries, enabling them to stay competitive,” said Franz Josef Schoppengerd, Vice President, Emerging Solutions & Architecture, ISM Consumer Products & Life Sciences at SAP. “SAP-endorsed business solutions help companies adapt to new business trends, accelerate innovation and achieve operational excellence in a cost-effective way, delivering greater value to customers.”

SAP-endorsed business solutions are complementary to SAP software offerings, are developed in accordance with SAP development guidelines, and provide additional choices and flexibility for businesses running SAP software. SAP-endorsed business solutions are powered by the SAP NetWeaver platform.

About Wonderware United Kingdom & Wonderware Ireland
Wonderware United Kingdom and Wonderware Ireland are trading names of SolutionsPT Limited, approved by Wonderware to act as sole authorised support, training and distribution centres for Wonderware products in these geographical regions. Wonderware is the global leader in industrial automation and information software solutions differentiated through ArchestrA - the leading 'platform-independent' technology - offering solutions that enable Operational Excellence.

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