PRESS RELEASE ARCHIVE
For Immediate Release – July 2007
AEGIS AND PRACTICAL UNITE TO OFFER FIRST PLANT TRACEABILITY VALIDATION TOOL
PHILADELPHIA, PA – Aegis Industrial Software Corporation (Aegis),
the leader in manufacturing information management systems, and
Practical Components Inc. (Practical), the leading supplier of dummy
components, have partnered to offer a new and innovative traceability
and control kit designed to validate manufacturing process and provide
the potential for rich product and process traceability detail. The kit
is the first measurement tool for manufacturers to validate their
plants’ traceability and control based on Aegis’ proven methods of
rating traceability. The Aegis Traceability and Control Validation Kit
will be available for purchase in the new 2007 Practical Components
Catalog, which is designed to help engineers quickly find the key
products needed to qualify their assembly technology.
“Traceability and process control are no longer requirements reserved
for manufacturers in regulatory or specific market segments,” said Bob
Miklosey, Aegis VP of Product Management. “Today, manufacturers who
aspire to achieve or to maintain ‘world class’ status must deliver some
degree of traceability, and until now, there has not existed a common
language regarding the nature of traceability or its levels.”
The new Aegis Traceability & Control Validation Kit provides the
physical materials and procedural guide to determine a factory’s
traceability and control capability and to rate the results in a
formalized matrix. These ratings can be used to demonstrate
manufacturers’ capabilities, communicate these capabilities to customers
or auditors, and provide a starting point for improving capabilities. As
the sole solution provider of information systems delivering such scope
of control and traceability, Aegis has the unique technical experience
to deliver such a kit in conjunction with Practical. Aegis’ methods of
rating traceability have been concurrently developed with, and adopted
by, many of the leading manufacturers in the industry. Manufacturers can
now benefit from Aegis’ years of definition and usage proficiency in
factories all over the world, to rate their own systems and processes
against a uniformed scale.
“Practical is committed to ensuring that electronic assembly engineers
and technicians have information about new and innovative technology and
to provide cost-effective components, PCBs, and training kits to improve
their process,” said Practical President Kevin Laphen. “Working with
Aegis helps us deliver innovative products and to continue to provide
the tools our clients need to run their plants better.”
Practical’s free catalog is organized by package type/category with each
product accompanied by drawings, description, part number with special
attention to lead-free availability, and formulations. Supporting the
catalog is the updated website
www.practicalcomponents.com, with more than 1,250 pages of dummy
components, test boards, training and setup kits, component drawings,
engineering/design guide data, daisy chain patterns, production tools,
training aids, and a complete downloadable catalog.
About Practical Components:
Practical Components is the worlds leading supplier of dummy components,
which are exact mechanical equivalents of live components, used when
only the physical properties of the components are required. These
components can cost as much as 80% less than live components making the
ideal for testing of solder processes, machine setup and other process
evaluations. The new publication provides a detailed offering of
Practical Components’ full line of dummy components, test boards,
training kits, production tools and training materials.
Visit our website at
www.practicalcomponents.com
For additional information contact:
Paul Ferdas, Marketing Director
Aegis Industrial Software Corporation
Email: pferdas@aiscorp.com
Phone: 215.773.3571