Intelligent Manufacturing € May € 1996 € Vol. 2 € No. 5

Products

eMIS/2000
eMIS/2000 (Enterprise Management Information System) for Windows is an integrated suite of 48 manufacturing, financial and distribution subsystems. This enterprise resource management (ERP) manufacturing solution leverages the Oracle Designer/2000 design and modeling technology to facilitate rapid customization, seamless revisions and mission-critical implementation of business applications. eMIS/2000's Microsoft Windows-based environment features icons, multilayered windows and pull-down menus. The user-friendly interface is designed to enable a modern manufacturing enterprise to implement more efficient internal procedures.

ESI/Technologies
Rand Building, 7th Floor
Buffalo, NY 14203
(716) 852-8000

http://www.esitech.com

CJM
Cost-Justifier for Manufacturing (CJM) is a software program the quantifies the benefits of acquiring a manufacturing system. It demonstrates which of several competing alternatives offers the best return-on-investment; pinpoints system payoffs and justifies acquisition to key decision makers; identifies incremental system benefits; and develops benchmarks to evaluate implementation success. CJM uses a set of Excel spreadsheets to provide methods for performing a cost-justification analysis of a proposed computer system, including hardware, software and services. It produces a range of reports documenting all input assumptions and calculations. Price: $199.

CTS
11708 Ibsen Drive
Rockville, MD 20852
(301) 468-4800

FACTORYnet
FACTORYnet I/S 3.0 is a Windows-based factory information management system. It transfers critical manufacturing information from the engineering department directly to the shop floor and manages the information in real-time. An entry-level module provides distributed numerical control (DNC) and document management functionality, as well as full security capabilities. An intermediate module provides electronic travelers for easier management of factory information, which can be organized into part travelers and job travelers. A part traveler uses manufacturing routing for organizing work instructions and all other documents needed for the manufacture of a part. Job travelers are unique copies of the part traveler used for the collection of as-built information and tailored for the specific job. An advanced module will be available later this year.

Intercim Corp.
501 East Highway 13
Burnsville, MN 55337
(612) 894-9010

Paradym-31
Paradym-31 industrial control software is a Windows-based graphical programming, simulation and control environment. It monitors the logic execution in the controller real-time. Off-line program simulation can be used for simulation, testing and modeling. Using simulation, program logic can be more easily verified than during actual machine operation. Version 2.8 includes a Dynamic Link Library (DLL) for automatically integrating SoftLogic and a man-machine interface (MMI), as well as a link to Intellution's FIX.

Wizdom Controls Inc.
1300 Iroquois Avenue
Naperville, IL 60563
(708) 357-3311

http://www.wizdom.com

DataWorks Reporting System
The DataWorks Reporting System provides production-level reporting capabilities from multiple applications, data sources and operating systems. It currently runs on DataFlo, an enterprise resource planning (ERP) system for high-volume, discrete and repetitive manufacturers, and will be available for MAN-FACT II, a custom/job shop-oriented ERP system, later this year. The DataWorks Reporting System operates in a three-tiered, client/server architecture that delivers reporting capabilities to the desktop while maintaining control of information flow through a central server and data dictionary. This allows users to access and integrate data from multiple databases and operating systems. It also makes it possible for users to query using OLE and ODBC as well as SQC.

DataWorks Corp.
5910 Pacific Center Blvd.
San Diego, CA 92121
(619) 546-9600

Job Cost
The Advantage Series Job Cost module is designed to help manufacturers track and evaluate past projects and production orders to create accurate estimates. The system compares estimated and actual cost of production orders to help manufacturers determine proper pricing schedules for future production orders. It compares the estimated versus actual time spent on the production line by workers. To help prepare for all situations, Job Cost also considers other costs when comparing estimates such as overhead labor, materials and equipment rentals. It produces several reports for planning, estimating and budgeting future jobs. Manufacturers can review expected completion reports for unfinished jobs, including remaining hours and quantities, costs and charges for labor and materials, and expected profit for each work order.

Armor Systems Inc.
1626 West Airport Blvd.
Sanford, FL 32773
(407) 323-9787

RSTools and RSLinx
RSTools is a suite of ActiveX (formerly called OLE Custom Controls) controls for manufacturing and industrial applications that allows users to create custom operator interfaces and databases, link PC workstations and servers to plant floor devices, and view multiple data links simultaneously. RSLinx is a set of communications drivers that link plant floor control and high-level information systems. This allows users to access data from the plant floor and present it through a robust server architecture. Both RSTools and RSLinx are now being bundled with Microsoft products (including Visual Basic and SQL Server) to create an industrial data management enabler. This enabler can be used by integrators and value-added resellers as the foundation to build their own custom manufacturing execution system (MES).

Rockwell Software Inc.
P.O. Box 351
Milwaukee, WI 53201
(414) 321-8000

ASIC-100
ASIC-100 industrial control software integrates discrete logic, motion control and man-machine interface (MMI) capabilities into a single PC running Windows NT or Windows 95. It is designed to allow PC hardware to function as a full-featured programmable logic controller (PLC) with more openness and ease of use. It provides multi-axis motion control programming and execution with comprehensive diagnostics and techniques for integrating motion and logic control.

ASAP Inc.
100 North Main Street
Chagrin Falls, OH 44022
(216) 247-9216

CITECT
CITECT control and monitoring software includes data accumulators to track incremental runtime data for any plant floor equipment. Accumulated data can be trended for production and planning to show total operating hours, power consumption and downtime. Screen objects can be animated for engineering and maintenance to highlight stoppages or the need for preventive action; it can even trigger an event action, such as sending an e-mail message requiring action from the maintenance engineer.

Ci Technologies
6 North Main Street, # 235
Fairport, NY 14450
(716) 377-1190

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