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by Stephanie Neil, MA Editorial Staff
Posted on Wednesday, February 14, 2007 4:15:00 PM Sign Up to receive Daily News Alerts in your E-mail Inbox    | Abstract: | Two new composite applications developed by Invensys and certified by SAP link finance and production systems in real time. |
| Keywords: | Invensys, SAP, xApps, Sensicast, ILS, HCL, composite applications, xMII, ARC Advisory, plant floor to enterprise, integration, ERP, production systems, Real-Time Finance, Real-Time Production Execution, shop floor, top floor, NetWeaver |
Orlando -- In one of the first tangible moves to bridge the gap between the enterprise and the plant, SAP and Invensys jointly announced the availability of two composite applications that link production-based systems from Invensys with ERP-based accounting systems from SAP. The partners' packaged composite applications (PCAs), are the first in a family of pre-integrated applications for the consumer packaged goods and process industries that SAP and Invensys will jointly develop and sell. The first two offerings, dubbed Real-Time Finance and Real-Time Production Execution, were unveiled this week at the annual ARC Advisory Group conference in Orlando. The applications — built on SAP's NetWeaver and Manufacturing Integration and Intelligence (xMII) xApps technology and the ArchestrA framework of Invensys's Wonderware unit — provide a feedback loop between production processes and ERP accounting systems. The Real-Time Finance composite application aligns business objectives with manufacturing by providing a view into production-related financial performance on a minute-by-minute basis, the companies said, instead of the traditional daily, weekly, or monthly feedback. Visibility is delivered through an executive dashboard. [Click to continue] |
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