Introduction /
Procter & Gamble is a leading international corporation producing fast moving consumer goods in nearly 50 categories. They were interested in automating several internal processes and have issued a call for proposals. INGATE is proud to receive a contract for this effort, and developed the Maintenance Tracking Tool, to support the process of decision making.
Maintenance Tracking Tool /
Any manufacturing company, faced with the requirements of large volume, high-quality production, must confront a number of challenges:
Organizing plant maintenance- Reduction of unplanned shutdowns
- Simplifying and streamlining the decision making process
- Streamlining workflow
- Immediate availability of equipment maintenance information.
In addition to these issues, Procter & Gamble had additional requirements as a result of their world-class reputation and high productivity requirements. To stay competitive and be the leader in their field, P&G saw a need for ongoing improvements in these areas:
- Quality assurance and control
- Production cost control
- Risk management
- Management of preventive maintenance.
Our Solution /
To address all of these concerns, we developed the Maintenance Tracking Tool - a system providing equipment maintenance automation. MTT provides complete control of the preventive maintenance process.
Our Development Process /
- In-depth analysis of the issues of concern, in cooperation with P&G, gave our team a good opportunity to define and design the principle functions of MTT.
- Our design covered system functionality to a level of detail that included user interface prototypes.
- Initial implementation was aimed at delivering critical elements; separate system elements could be tuned independently.
- As a result, P&G and our team were better positioned to control all stages of project development.
- Installation of development releases of the system promoted accelerated system integration:
- Early and aggressive testing of software modules
- Training the potential users
- Early feedback, and references.
Our approach made it possible to develop a high quality system in the timeframe needed.
Basic Technologies /
- MTT is based on J2EE technologies
- RUP development methodology
- MS SQL Server 2000 is used to store:
- All equipment data
- Maintenance requests
- All related maintenance tracking data
- Integration with SAP/R3, for access to master data.
Security: A Role-Based Model /
MTT supports authentication of users and uses information about each user to promote effective use of the system.
Additional Features /
MTT presents a number of services simplifying data processing:
- SAP/R3 user services
- MS Office synchronization
- Event notification services
- Maintenance management services
- Error handling system.
Benefits /
MTT provides:
- Simplification and automation of the workflow process;
- Streamlined decision-making for equipment maintenance tracking;
- A more agile planning process;
- Improved cost control.
Our solutions will benefit a company in the following ways:
- Clearly visible results at every stage of development.
- Our client controls the project development process.
- We provide expertise and support formulating requirements and the user interface.
- The final result is clear before the project is over.
