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PRODUCT SCAN graphical display of load movement, equipment status, and visual notification of situations requiring human intervention; the ability to pull in live video from Ethernetenabled cameras; an alert feature, customizable by format, schedule, and user role, that allows system alarms to be sent to an e-mail address, including a mobile phone; and the ability to customize standard operating procedures into applicable screen views. Once deployed, the client automatically updates every time the application is run and does not require separate installation of any third-party products. www.managingautomation.com/HKSystems I-MANY, INC. CONTRACT MANAGEMENT SUITE C ontract management specialist I-Many announced its Contract Management Suite for Life Sciences, a suite of applications engineered for pharmaceuticals companies. The suite, built on the company’s integrated ECMF platform, features modules for contract authoring, rebate and chargeback management, pricing compliance, rebate validation, Medicaid analytics, and a reporting tool for gathering intelligence. I-Many’s executive vice president, David Blumberg, noted that direct sales and direct-to-consumer advertising had “begun to plateau,” prompting many pharma manufacturers to examine other ways of reaching the market. The Contract Management Suite also aims to replace the paper-based process of tracking rebates and other contract stipulations, the company said. www.managingautomation.com/IMany most popular HRM apps FKI LOGISTEX MATERIAL HANDLING SOFTWARE A look at the 10 most compared human resource management (HRM) products on ManagingAutomation.com (7/1/07 - 9/30/07), with information on the degree of HRM functionality that each product supports, according to MA’s directory database: 1. Oracle Applications, Oracle’s platform, including comprehensive HR functionality, from core HR transactional functionality through service automation and delivery to enterprise talent management (100% of MA’s HRM functionality supported) 2. Finesse, by Enhanced Systems & Services, an ERP suite designed for highly engineered projects (92% of MA’s HRM functionality supported) 3. IFS Applications, a suite of more than 60 Web-based components, including time and attendance, project reporting, and expense reporting functionality (70% of MA’s HRM functionality supported) 4. Vantage, an ERP suite from Epicor, including applicant tracking, benefit programs, workforce training and development, union dues calculations, and benefits (72% of MA’s HRM functionality supported) 5. Infor ERP Syteline, an ERP package, including workforce management and deployment, and talent management functionality (62% of MA’s HRM functionality supported) 6. Sage MAS 500, a set of business management applications, including Abra Attendance, Abra Human Resources, and Abra Payroll (51% of MA’s HRM functionality supported) 7. Macola Enterprise Suite (ES), by Exact Software North America, an ERP solution designed for the mid-market (65% of MA’s HRM functionality supported) 8. Plexus Online, by Plexus Systems, an on-demand manufacturing performance system containing HR functions, such as recruitment management, personnel management, and payroll reporting (29% of MA’s HRM functionality supported) 9. EMPulse Series HRMS, by ORANGE Digital Systems, an HR management system, including payroll preparation, payroll processing, and advanced project tracking and job costing functions (72% of MA’s HRM functionality supported) 10. Perfect HR, from Perfect Software, a suite of systems based on .NET, including applicant tracking, attendance tracking, benefit enrollment control and tracking, payroll, and job tracking (95% of MA’s HRM functionality supported) A new software subsystem for FKI Logistex’s vhswEDGE material sorting system aims to help manufacturers and distributors attain maximum throughput of material on the line. The patent-pending UniSort MXT software lends additional sorting capa- bilities to a customer’s vhswEDGE installation, balancing the product flow at merge points on the line. The company claims that the software can facilitate throughputs of as many as 400 cartons per minute in operations using high-speed sliding shoe and linear belt sortation systems. Algorithms in the UniSort MXT software boost a system’s merging, induction, and sortation capabilities. The vhswEDGE system comprises a series of conveyors set up to feed a main line. www.managingautomation.com/FKI BECKHOFF AUTOMATION ETHERNET/IP I/O MODULES F or manufacturers requiring Ethernet/IP input/output devices that will perform in harsh conditions, Beckhoff Automation has introduced the IL230x-B905 Fieldbus Box modules. Featuring an IP 67 rating, the units offer four 24-V DC inputs and four outputs. The modules, which are fully November 46 2007 http://www.managingautomation.com/HKSystems http://www.managingautomation.com/IMany http://www.ManagingAutomation.com http://www.managingautomation.com/FKI

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