BURLINGTON, Mass., July 11 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Attunity , the leading provider of solutions in the new and fast growing workplace applications market, is helping Norandal USA Inc. more effectively manage around critical quality metrics of its key manufacturing processes with Attunity InFocus. Norandal USA Inc. is a division of Noranda Aluminum and is a leading manufacturer of rolled aluminum foil and light gauge sheet products for the consumer and industrial markets.
Managers in process-driven environments and manufacturing environments in particular, are frequently concerned with exceptions and unplanned variability in the supply chain and production processes. By gaining visibility into potential exceptions in quality, production rates or equipment failures, and providing the platform to take action on those exceptions, Attunity InFocus helps Norandal managers to more effectively prioritize projects and align engineering resources on key business issues.
Implemented in weeks, Norandal was able to easily integrate Attunity InFocus within their existing HP OpenVMS systems, providing quick and easy access to critical manufacturing data. Utilizing Attunity InFocus, Norandal can now better manage intraday casting performance, and proactively identify and act upon potential areas for quality and process improvements across the casting lines and alloys that it uses to manufacture its heavy gauge foil, light sheet and other aluminum products.
"We wanted to better understand and manage our pounds per inch of width (PIW) performance indicator," said David Way, Process and Reliability Manager, Norandal USA Inc. "Getting the PIW metric previously required several software tools and steps to get the desired results. We chose to implement Attunity InFocus based on its ability to help us not only monitor and analyze, but provide a means to act on critical information, which would help significantly increase our casting efficiencies."
"Manufacturing is an industry centered on large-scale, repeatable processes with major ramifications when exceptions occur, and yet until recently there has been very little in the way of systems to help those in charge of managing the unexpected," said Andy Bailey, vice president of marketing, Attunity. "Norandal understands the value of deep visibility into the unplanned, non-routine exceptions that can be costly to any organization, and is now uniquely prepared to proactively act on that information and better control their quality and process improvement initiatives."
Editor's Note: This release contains updated content to the release issued June 12, 2007 under the same headline.
About Attunity
Attunity has delivered sophisticated data integration solutions for nearly 20 years and today is at the forefront of the Workplace Applications market with its flagship product, Attunity InFocus. With Attunity InFocus, organizations can develop Workplace Applications that make business managers at all levels more effective giving them the information, context and collaboration tools to resolve the business problems that dominate their day.
With successful deployments of its products at thousands of organizations worldwide, Attunity provides enterprise-class software directly and indirectly through a number of strategic and OEM agreements with global-class partners such as HP, IBM, Microsoft, Oracle, Business Objects and Cognos.
Headquartered in Boston, Attunity serves its customers via offices in North America, Europe, and Asia Pacific and through a network of local partners. For more information, please visit us at http://www.attunity.com/
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