VFA LAUNCHES ASSETFUSION SOFTWARE
Interface to MRO Software’s MAXIMO Enables Facility Professionals to Manage Total Asset Requirements from Capital Planning Through Maintenance and Repair
Boston, MA.- June 17, 2003 - VFA, Inc. today announced the launch of AssetFusion®, a Web-based interface designed to facilitate the seamless exchange of information between daily maintenance and operational systems and capital asset planning software. Leveraging Web services architecture, AssetFusion will integrate VFA’s Capital Planning and Management Solutions (CPMS™) software, VFA.facility™, with facility management applications, such as Computerized Maintenance Management Systems (CMMS). By joining these previously disparate systems, AssetFusion eliminates inconsistent and redundant data entry, providing a more streamlined approach to managing facility assets and generating tasks such as work orders.
In its initial launch, AssetFusion will enable the integration of VFA.facility with MRO Software’s MAXIMO®, its strategic asset management solution. Using AssetFusion for MRO Software’s MAXIMO, facility professionals can now share MAXIMO’s operational and work order information with VFA.facility’s building condition and long-term capital planning information, creating an integrated solution for operational asset management and capital planning. With the release of AssetFusion, VFA further distinguishes itself from its competition, providing facility managers across all market segments with an unmatched depth of technological functionality and reliability.
“We selected AssetFusion because it enables us to leverage our investments in both MAXIMO and VFA.facility,” said Jeffrey Peterson, vice president - information technology, UNICCO Service Company. “With AssetFusion, we will be able to link inventory and labor data as well as the status of ongoing projects with capital planning information. As a result, we will be able to eliminate redundant data entry and accurately track where funds have been spent, the impact on maintenance and repair, and the relation to multi-year capital planning requirements.”
Utilizing AssetFusion’s integrated solution, organizations gain increased clarity and precision for the long-term operation, maintenance and ownership of facility assets. With multiple systems to manage operational costs and develop facility reinvestment plans, capital planners and maintenance professionals had no means of bridging their individual processes and lacked an effective method of sharing information. With the sharing of complementary capital planning and work order information, facility professionals now have a concise understanding of a building’s total cost of ownership, which is critical in forecasting short- and long-term expected costs of facility maintenance and repair.
“AssetFusion will allow customers using VFA.facility for capital planning and MAXIMO for strategic asset management to relate facility condition information with maintenance and management initiatives,” said David Rothberg, vice president alliances, MRO Software. “By deploying both products together, customers will have greater insight and management control over operating and ownership costs for their facilities.”
Product Highlights and Benefits
VFA’s AssetFusion for MRO Software’s MAXIMO will enable facility professionals and building owners to:
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