Right Hemisphere(R), the standard for visual enterprise solutions, today announced that its visualization technology is being integrated into the complex assembly manufacturing solution (CAMS) 7.1 software from SAP AG (SAP 45.98, +0.59, +1.30%) . CAMS 7.1 is scheduled to include an enhanced version of the Right Hemisphere Deep View(TM) software. The planned integration will standardize the viewer across all of the applicable modules in the CAMS suite. Right Hemisphere’s technology delivers a host of enhanced communication and collaboration capabilities, including more visual information to help improve decision making and reduce errors across the enterprise.

“Our strategy is to complement SAP’s manufacturing execution and business solutions with best-in-class technologies from our partner ecosystem,” said Magnus Bjorendahl, global director, Aerospace & Defense solutions, SAP. “The result is a set of well-matched technologies that increase production responsiveness and improve operational excellence for our aerospace and defense customers. Integrating Right Hemisphere’s advanced 3D viewer with the CAMS suite will enhance our solution by enabling business and visual data to flow harmoniously across the enterprise.”

Today at the Solution Summit for Aerospace and Defense, being held in Dallas, Right Hemisphere is giving attendees a look at the viewer capabilities that are scheduled to ship with CAMS 7.1. For example, Right Hemisphere will show how Deep View generates and displays 3D animated work instructions to help accelerate shop-floor assembly procedures and reduce errors.

SAP’s CAMS will be the next major SAP solution to integrate Right Hemisphere’s visual enterprise technology. In 2008, SAP signed an OEM agreement to license Right Hemisphere’s 2D and 3D visualization technology. The SAP(R) Product Lifecycle Management (SAP PLM) application was the first SAP enterprise application to integrate and take advantage of Right Hemisphere’s 3D platform. Building on this relationship, Right Hemisphere is working on additional ways to visually enhance business processes across the SAP solution suite.

The integration of Right Hemisphere’s 3D viewing technology in both the SAP PLM and CAMS solutions will allow users to incorporate Right Hemisphere client and enterprise software products with their IT infrastructures. With Right Hemisphere’s Deep Exploration(TM) client software and Deep Server(TM) enterprise software deployed, customers can leverage visual product information directly sourced from engineering to eliminate some of the inefficiencies and duplication of effort that occur further downstream in the enterprise.

“Like SAP, Right Hemisphere is enabling its manufacturing customers to achieve operational excellence,” said Right Hemisphere CEO Michael Lynch. “With SAP, we have teamed with a vendor that understands the power of visualization and the value of this information throughout the manufacturing enterprise.”

Source:http://www.marketwatch.com/story/right-hemisphere-contributes-visualization-technology-to-saps-complex-assembly-manufacturing-solution-cams-2010-06-17?reflink=MW_news_stmp

SAP Americas, a subsidiary of SAP AG (NYSE: SAP), announced on June 8 that it will deliver a software solution to American Water, the largest investor-owned U.S. water and wastewater utility company.

The software solution will be implemented companywide to link operations on a common platform and will help the company meet current and future business requirements.

American Water is undertaking a business transformation to update and modernize its business processes and out-dated technology to automate manual tasks to build efficiencies and provide more cost-effective services to its customers. The new platform will be built with various SAP solutions covering a wide range of business areas, from the enterprise resource planning (ERP) application SAP ERP to industry-specific applications such as billing and enterprise asset management.

“Our goal is to optimize workflow throughout our field operations while improving our back-office operations and enhancing our customer service capabilities,” said American Water’s vice president of Business Transformation Andrew Twadelle. “With SAP, we can standardize on a single platform while gaining proven industry best practices.”

Under an agreement between SAP and American Water, initial plans call for the implementation of SAP ERP, along with solutions from the SAP for Utilities portfolio, including the SAP Customer Relationship Management and Billing for Utilities package. The SAP Enterprise Asset Management solution and other applications for areas such as billing and call handling management are slated to ensue in a later phase.

“American Water joins legions of customers gaining business value from SAP’s expertise in our solution set for utilities,” said Robert Enslin, president of SAP North America. “American Water serves utility customers operating across 35 states with varying sets of regulations. SAP is uniquely positioned to address the needs of large enterprises like American Water and the specific requirements for water and waste water utilities. We look forward to helping American Water build its transformation on proven industry best practices and continually evolve with new opportunities.”

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