subject: Mechanical Seals Selects Cimage Document Management [print this page] Cimage Enterprise Systems, a worldwide leader in the development and supply of electronic document management solutions for the petrochemical, utilities and manufacturing industries, and Staffware Corporation today announced that John Crane Mechanical Seals has selected Cimage and Staffware for managing engineering documentation and processes. John Crane, a $550M international supplier of engineered sealing systems, will implement the first phase of the enterprise wide project at their Morton Grove, IL facility.
The Cimage Document Manager and Staffware 97 application will be used to manage all corporate documentation, with the initial users located within engineering. The system is expected to manage over 600,000 drawings and 3,000,000 support documents (typically five support documents for each drawing). Staffware will be used to coordinate and manage the engineering design and change process within the facility.
There will be 500 users in the first phase, with the second phase of installation enabling instant access by 2,000 users in the US, UK and other countries around the world.
"People ranging from occasional users right through to continuous power users find the software easy to use for our applications," said Dave Bauman, VP of Business Enterprise Systems Development for John Crane Mechanical Seals. He continued, "This is one reason for selecting software widely installed in an industrial setting. The system is part of a John Crane program to enable access to engineering and manufacturing documentation from anywhere in the world."
"In working with John Crane to deliver a complete Engineering Information System, we knew that a fundamental component of this solution was integration with their existing environment to include manufacturing systems, such as ERP and other business applications. Staffware's open architecture allows for this seamless integration while its distributed server capabilities are adept for enterprise wide use," said Joseph Barry, VP of Operations for Staffware Corporation.
The Cimage / Staffware combination will also work in close coordination with the currently being implemented enterprise resource system (MFG/PRO from QAD, Inc.) as well as a component and supplier management (CSM) system from Aspect Development, Inc. The Cimage document management server will operate on an HP/UX platform and will utilize an Oracle relational database.
About John Crane
John Crane Mechanical Seals is a world leader in engineered sealing systems for industrial processes (oil and gas, chemical, pulp and paper, food, and beverages). The company is headquartered in Abingdon, UK, and its North American headquarters is in Morton Grove, IL. John Crane Mechanical Seals is a division of the John Crane Group, which includes John Crane Marine and Polymer Engineering. The John Crane Group is a member of TI Group plc, along with Dowty Group and Bundy Group. The TI group is a member of the UK's FT-SE100 Index and in 1996 had a turnover of $2.9 billion.
About Staffware Corporation
Located in Bedford, Massachusetts, Staffware Corporation is a subsidiary of Staffware plc and is the leading provider of production workflow technology worldwide. Staffware 97, the production workflow technology, provides process improvement and cost savings to over 200,000 users in 40 countries. Staffware Corporation markets and supports Staffware products and services to customers and solution partners throughout North, South and Central America.
Staffware 97 workflow technology provides rapid deployment, high transaction, easy integration and scalability to companies implementing enterprise wide solutions. Staffware 97's open architecture supports a wide range of IT platforms including Unix, NT and OS/2. In addition, companies can now web enable its mission critical workflow applications through the use of Staffware Global, the much-acclaimed workflow for the web product.
About Cimage
A document management leader since 1989, Cimage incorporates the latest technology including the Internet and Intranet and fully distributed document management. The company specializes in understanding and solving industry-specific document management problems.
Based in the UK, Cimage has a worldwide presence with over 450 installations in 18 countries. The company is now part of the Tarmac Group, a $3.5B international corporation and one of the United Kingdom's largest construction and professional services companies. Cimage customers include Ford, Raytheon, Mobil, US West, Rohr and Texaco. The company serves a worldwide market through Access Corporation in North America and a global network of distributors covering Europe, the Middle East, Africa, the Far East and the Pacific Rim.
