VFA RELEASES ASSETFUSION 2.0 FOR IMPROVED EXCHANGE OF CAPITAL PLANNING AND WORK ORDER DATA WITH MRO SOFTWARE’S MAXIMO
Software to be Deployed by Renowned Institutions Including Lawrence Berkeley National Labs and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Services
Boston, MA – July 19, 2004 – VFA, Inc., the leading provider of software and services for facilities management and capital planning, today unveiled AssetFusion® 2.0. A Web-based interface that integrates VFA’s capital planning software, VFA.facility, with MRO Software’s MAXIMO®, AssetFusion 2.0 delivers improved exchange of facilities capital planning data and work order information between these two applications. The solution has been selected by leading institutions across North America, including Lawrence Berkeley National Labs, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Services, City of Waterloo in Ontario and the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston, Mass.
With the upgrades and improvements offered in the latest version of AssetFusion, VFA continues to execute on its commitment to provide its customers in all industries with an unmatched depth of technological support, functionality and stability. AssetFusion 2.0 for MAXIMO empowers facility staff to relate maintenance and management initiatives directly with facility condition and capital budgeting data. The solution seamlessly delivers detailed cost and project scope information for the execution of work orders. Using AssetFusion 2.0 for MAXIMO, facility professionals are able to fully transfer capital project data from VFA.facility to MAXIMO, create work orders with ease and significantly improve the accuracy of data entry.
In addition, AssetFusion 2.0 enables facility managers to establish multiple "sub" work orders from a "master" work order. Furthermore, different needs and requirements stored in VFA.facility capital planning software can now be bundled into a single work order within MAXIMO. This integration improves the control, tracking and scheduling of projects.
"The ability to understand the cost of owning and maintaining our facilities and infrastructure is invaluable to us," said Paul Evans, director of asset management at City of Waterloo. "We expect AssetFusion for MAXIMO will help us streamline the tracking of facility requirements and gain insight on the total cost of ownership, enabling us to support current facilities management initiatives and better plan for the future."
AssetFusion for MAXIMO provides an integrated solution, effectively closing the loop between capital planning, asset management and facility operations. It enables the seamless exchange of building information for facility managers across all lines of business and market segments, including: federal government, commercial, state and local government, healthcare and education.
"VFA’s core software application enables organizations to determine optimal capital planning and reinvestment strategies for their facilities," said Jerry Kokos, president and CEO, VFA. "With the exchange of information between VFA.facility and MRO Software’s MAXIMO, AssetFusion 2.0 allows facilities professionals to ensure efficient execution of capital projects associated with these reinvestment strategies."
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