Buckinghamshire, UK, 10 Aprile 2012 – Aegis Europe ha annunciato il lancio della versione italiana del proprio sito Web, una conferma dell’interesse della società verso l’italia, una delle più importanti economie del continente europeo. Il mercato italiano è formato da un mix di OEM e CEM e tra questi ultimi si possono annoverare un gran numero di aziende di piccole e medie dimensioni. Il sistema software MOS (Manufacturing Operations Software) di Aegis offre a tutti questi produttori numerosi benefici, sia per l’innovativa tecnologia utilizzata per l’implementazione sia per le vantaggiose modalità di acquisto.

I CEM devono essere in grado di soddisfare le richieste, sempre più pressanti, dei clienti che richiedono soluzioni capaci di fornire informazioni e dati relative a tracciabilità, controllo qualità e monitoraggio di processo. La modularità del sistema MOS di Aegis consente ai CEM di effettuare investimenti poco onerosi che permettono di esaudire queste richieste in maniera efficiente ed economica. I CEM, ad esempio, possono scegliere il modulo MOS Fusion Analytics per configurare la loro strategia di monitoraggio in termini di tracciabilità e rintracciabilità e disponibilità di “cruscotti” di visualizzazione (dashboard) in tempo reale, reportistica, allarmi, visualizzazioni, dati SPC (Statistical Process Control) e di numerose altre informazioni. Essi possono dunque impostare la loro stategia complessiva senza ricorrere al personale IT. Gli utilizzatori possono anche personalizzare i loro progetti NPI (New Product Introduction) con iLaunch, un tool in grado di generare documentazione per l’operatore e programmi macchina a partire da file BOM o CAD. Quelli appena menzionati e gli altri moduli del sistema MOS possono essere acquistati sia separatamente sia come parte della suite MOS completa.

Indipendentemente dal modulo scelto, i clienti possono installare i nuovi terminali di processo inForce recentemente annunciati da Aegis in punti strategici del loro stabilimento. Queste console touchscreen a colori, pur essendo più piccole e semplici da utilizzare dei tradizionali PC, forniscono agli operatori numerose finestre di visualizzazione del processo di produzione, mettendo in tal modo a disposizione controllo, tracciabilità e dati di produzione ogni volta che risultano necessari.

L’insieme dei tool messi a punto da Aegis include soluzioni particolarmente interessanti per il mercato italiano. “L’Italia è un mercato chiave della nostra strategia di espansione europea – ha detto Daniel Walls, Managing director di Aegis Europe – e continuiamo a registrare un notevole interesse da parte di potenziali clienti per i nostri prodotti. La versione italiana del nuovo sito Web rappresenta senza dubbio una risorsa utile e fornisce ai clienti italiani tutte le informazioni richieste nel loro linguaggio, consentendo loro di prendere decisioni oculate nel momento in cui acquistano prodotti e moduli aggiuntivi”.

Note sulla società

Aegis Software è un fornitore indipendente di sistemi per la visualizzazione delle informazioni di tutto il processo produttivo, elementi critici che sono il complemento ideale dei sistemi ERP e PLM aziendali. Il sistema MOS (Manufacturing Operations Software) di Aegis gestisce completamente l’ambiente informativo di produzione, dalla pianificazione e lancio del processo, alla gestione della qualità e del test, attraverso l’esecuzione della produzione e il controllo dei materiali nello stabilimento, fino all’analisi delle operazioni e “cruscotti” in tempo reale. Ulteriori informazioni sono disponibili all’indirizzo: www.aiscorp.com

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For additional information contact:
Shaun Black, Director of Marketing
Aegis Industrial Software Corporation
Email: sblack@aiscorp.com
Phone: 215.773.3571 Ext. 1102

YAMAHA MOTOR IM and AEGIS Software announce that a technology agreement has been reached with the two companies.

AEGIS is the first MES supplier to join YAMAHA’s new 3rd party certification program. As part of this certification, AEGIS will have access to YAMAHA’s API information providing mutual customers with a solution for programming their equipment offline.

“We are pleased to have AEGIS as a technology partner. YAMAHA is committed to ensuring seamless integration to the NPI and MES systems favored by our customers. This partnership provides the large Aegis and YAMAHA customer base assurance that their systems will interoperate effectively.” said Richard Vereijssen, IM Product Manager.
“AEGIS shares YAMAHA’s commitment to freeing our mutual customers from any integration concerns. We look forward to working together to bridge our NPI and MES systems to the entire YAMAHA offering. Our two companies understand the value customers place on a singular, seamless information stream in their factory. ” adds AEGIS CEO, Jason Spera.

About YAMAHA Motor IM
After starting in 1974 the industrial robot business started with machines to help mechanize its own Yamaha factories, Yamaha began developing surface mounters in a new business unit Intelligent Machinery. OEM sales of these surface mounters began in 1984, followed by the launch of the first model “YM4600S” under the Yamaha brand name in 1987, marking Yamaha’s full-fledged entry in the surface mounter market. Since then the business has continued to grow, reaching cumulative wholesales of 10,000 units in February of 2001 and 20,000 units in March of 2006. June 10, 2011 Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd. proudly announced that the Company’s surface mounter sale has reached the impressive number of 30,000 machines. The 30,000th unit sold was one of our Yamaha “YS24” models.

Yamaha’s surface mounters are highly acclaimed in the market for their “module concept” that enables them to keep pace with the trend toward smaller and more diverse electric/electronic parts being mounted on circuit boards. In recent years the demands in the market are for high value-added machines that help manufacturers reduce costs, use factory space more efficiently and save energy.

Yamaha Motor IM has created a strong business in the surface mounter industry that enables design and engineering, manufacture, sales and service to be conducted in one comprehensive system. Furthermore, the Company has used its core technologies in the areas of servo-motor control and image recognition technology for vision (camera) systems to develop solder paste printers, printed circuit board inspection machines, flip chip hybrid placers and other peripheral machinery. This allows Yamaha Motor IM to offer a full line of machines for electric/electronic parts mounting and propose optimum production-line makeup to answer the diversifying needs of today’s manufacturers.

Yamaha Motor IM has sales and service offices in Japan, China, Southeast Asia, Europe and North America provide a truly global sales and service network that will safeguard best in class on-site sales & service support for clients.
http://www.yamaha-motor.co.jp/global/industrial/smt/

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For additional information contact:
Shaun Black, Director of Marketing
Aegis Industrial Software Corporation
Email: sblack@aiscorp.com
Phone: 215.773.3571 Ext. 1102

Horsham, PA USA – Aegis Software unveils a unique touch-screen device to ensure a controlled process and provide a powerful and yet simplified interface to factory information systems.  Visitors to the Aegis booth will see first-hand how inForce monitors and controls the process, informs operators, saves energy and workspace, and reduces the infrastructure cost and complexity of best-in-class sfactories.

inForce is a multi-function bridge connecting your Aegis software system to operators and equipment throughout the factory. It provides a turn-key touchscreen operator interface, an intuitive user information center, a scanning and tracking terminal, and the means for an Aegis MOS system to physically control the process.

“inForce radically improves the simplicity, economics, and functionality of a factory information solution. Implementing a factory information system normally involves PC hardware costs, IT maintenance costs for those PCs, high energy consumption, and sizable workstation real estate. Our vision was to provide scanning on lines in an assured manner and to provide and interactive operator terminal without having to place PCs at every single process station”, commented Jason Spera, Aegis CEO. “inForce does this by providing a plug-and-play, auto-maintaining, compact and simple interface that provides many of the features where normally a PC would be required. As well, it functions as a bridge for the MOS system to physically reach into the process and control conveyors. ”

The inForce full-color touchscreen display delivers operators useful alarm and production status information without the need for a PC.  Wherever an interface to an Aegis MOS system is required, its compact console can be mounted using standardized VESA arms, under shelves, or even on a tabletop like a self-standing picture frame. The interface also supports audio to further enhance operator information. inForce enables your Aegis system to physically control conveyor flow, acquire barcode scans, and ensure accurate and complete WIP data transactions even on conveyorized lines. An optional light tower is available to extend the range of inForce’s visibility to operators where required.

Capabilities and Options

• Operator Interface, Barcode Tracking & Conveyor Control
  Ensure every unit is scanned accurately on a conveyorized line, stop the line automatically when Aegis alarm conditions occur, and inform operators about line status at each station. In this configuration, the inForce console is mounted where visible at the conveyor point of use, connected to your scanners and the Interface Module. The interface module is placed on the floor and electronically connected to your conveyors via SMEMA, the factory Ethernet, and power.

 

• Conveyor WIP Monitoring Only
  Track the counts of units moving through conveyorized lines for WIP quantity monitoring without specific barcode identifier capture. In this configuration, only the inForce Digital Line Attendant Module is integrated to power, the conveyor, and Ethernet. (Coming soon via automatic firmware update)

• Workstation MES Interface
  Most processes include workstations that require only unit scanning and ‘pass/fail’ entry at a given point. More advanced functions requiring a full PC user interface are not required at these stations. For such situations, inForce eliminates the need for a costly, bulky PC and provides the operator a simplified and compact interface at their workstation. (Coming soon via automatic firmware update)

• Light Tower Option
  Where broader visibility to the status of an inForce-controlled station is required, an optional light tower integrates directly to the inForce Line Attendant Module.

Unique Benefits

• Interactive and Informative
  With a full-color touchscreen display that responds even to gloved hands or a stylus, inForce does not simply control the process, it informs the operator as to status and the ‘why’ behind the control decisions enforces. An interactive, informative solution for your operators to keep lines running efficiently. Vivid LED alarm lighting, audio prompts, and even optional light towers ensure operators are instantly made aware of problems.

 

• Low Energy Consumption
  inForce consumes a fraction of the electricity required to support a PC or even a thin client or all-in-one shop floor PC.

• Simple, Automated, and Central IT Management
  From a central server application, all inForce settings can be adjusted and immediately all endpoints update automatically. The simple act of placing new firmware on the server automatically updates each endpoint.

• Visually Announces Your Lines are State of the Art
  Every manufacturer takes pride in their lines. inForce’s elegant custom housing and its vivid and dynamic display announces to visitors or customers that your factory is at the pinnacle of information management and process control.

• Easy Setup and Maintenance
  With a full touchscreen display, configuring the initial setup and ongoing IT maintenance is simplified.

• Assured Barcode Acquisition
  Since inForce is actually a mini Windows-based computer, it is capable of implementing continuous barcode scanning for a moving conveyor. As failsafe, if a barcode is not acquired, the system stops conveyor movement and informs the operator why.

• Flexible Mounting Options
  The inForce console design accommodates a vast array of mounting options to make installation easy. It’s articulating and locking rear bracket can swing out to act as an integrated desktop stand. If you wish to use any VESA arm or mount, such as used with all PC monitors and TVs, it is VESA compliant. Or, pass the provided ballistic strap through the bracket slots to fasten it to a surface. And of course, the provided mount holes enable direct-attachment when desired. It even mounts under-shelf.

• CE Certified
  CE certification ensures safety and reliability in factory environments that are often particularly hostile in terms of EM interference.

• Future Proof & Expandable
  inForce is more than a single-use device. It is a true miniaturized computer incorporating a compact Windows operating system. As a true computer, inForce may be a conveyor control and MES portal today, but can evolve to deliver richer and broader functionality in the future through updates.

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For additional information contact:
Shaun Black, Director of Marketing
Aegis Industrial Software Corporation
Email: sblack@aiscorp.com
Phone: 215.773.3571 Ext. 1102

Aegis has launched a completely new Japanese language website for its Manufacturing Operations Software (MOS) products. This website reflects the Japanese market’s vital role and growing demand within Aegis’ continued expansion into the Asian region. It forms part of Aegis’ overall strategy which has also seen expanded local staffing levels both for sales and for technical support.

The new website has already proven to be a valuable resource for the Japanese market by responding to both existing and potential customers in their own language. It provides the critical data they require for the challenge of making informed decisions when purchasing software for their business needs.

In Japan’s large and competitive marketplace, controlling costs and responding fast and flexibly to customer demand is essential. With MOS, electronics manufacturers can cost-effectively enjoy the benefits of factory-wide monitoring, traceability, reporting, quality management and materials control. With its world-class visibility and control, MOS gives its manufacturing users their competitive edge while eliminating the time and expense of software customization, and report development.

“Japan is a vital market for Aegis’ expansion into Asia.  Aegis currently maintains strategic partnerships with many Japan-based hardware manufacturers and continues to see very strong interest from potential customers in the Japanese market” commented Paul Price, Paul Price, Director of Aegis Asia “The launch of our new website, together with our expanded Japan-based workforce, highlights our level of commitment and our ability to meet our local market’s demands.”

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For additional information contact:
Shaun Black, Director of Marketing
Aegis Industrial Software Corporation
Email: sblack@aiscorp.com
Phone: 215.773.3571 Ext. 1102