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Walker Positions IMMPOWER Smart Enterprise Asset Management

By Bateleur
Johannesburg, 12 May 1998

Walker, established provider of financial software solutions, has positioned IMMPOWER Smart Enterprise Asset Management as best-of-breed choice. IMMPOWER provides an excellent solution to companies in industries where capital assets drive revenue. Combining the latest in advanced asset, materials and cost management with powerful analytic solutions, SEAM maximises operations and delivers plant information to senior executives, as well as to all levels of an organisation. According to local distributor Bateleur Walker Financial Systems, IMMPOWER`s key function is to bring insight from all plant operational levels into the boardroom. "By combining financial analytic solutions with enterprise asset management software, Walker provides the information that companies need to predict and improve asset performance," said managing director, Martyn Joyce. "Walker`s core competencies will provide large scale industrial operations with a solution that delivers business management insight to all levels of the organisation. IMMPOWER has already proved best-of-breed ability to integrate with other vendors` financial applications and analytical products." "IMMPOWER merges disparate systems, providing customers with one source for financial applications, asset management software and analytic solutions," said Joyce. "It is the only solution on the market that enables management to do drill-downs and run `what if` scenarios, enabling more precise decision-making." Walker continues to follow best-of-breed policy, IMMPOWER providing easy integrated with all Walker smart financial solutions. Walker Smart Financials comprise three suites of financial applications that each incorporate analytic solutions and best practices, delivering an essential extra layer of management insight that allows managers to make fast, astute strategic decisions. The company specialises in the development, implementation and support of Financial Software for both UNIX NT, Client/Server and mainframe platforms. It has over 450 customers worldwide. IMMPOWER delivers its unique business intelligence through Walker`s Horizon financial consolidation and budgeting analytic applications. Horizon works with IMMPOWER to take an encompassing view of an organisation`s entire operation, including data regarding plant performance, work execution, material management and procurement processes. IMMPOWER includes six integrated application components: equipment management, materials management, procurement management, work management, project management and cost management. Each component is designed to intelligently process and speed the flow of information to optimise processes, assets, resources and activities. IMMPOWER`s technical architecture is a full three-tier, second-generation client/server that allows companies to balance the IMMPOWER application and data in order to achieve superior performance. It can be can be installed on IBM, DEC, Sun, and HP servers. Supported clients included Windows 3.1, Windows NT, and Windows 95. Supported relational database management systems included Oracle, SyBase, Informix and SQL Server. The IMMPOWER Smart Enterprise Asset Management System was created by Walker`s IMMPOWER division. This group, formerly known as Revere, Inc. was established in 1981 and acquired by Walker last year (1997). The IMMPOWER division brings over 17 years of global experience with large-scale implementations of asset optimisation and maintenance solutions for capital intensive industries such as utility, oil, gas, transportation, pulp and paper.

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