ILT Wins New Business From Daimler/Chrysler And NASA
10 January 2000
ILT Wins New Business From Daimler/Chrysler And NASA; Software Firm Is Developing Workforce Automation Solutions
WEST DENNIS, Mass.--Jan. 10, 2000--ILT, Inc., a Massachusetts-based developer of mobile computing solutions, today announced that DaimlerChrysler Corp. and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) have selected ILT's mobile data collection and procedural compliance software products for workforce automation projects.ILT's software is designed to help businesses automate all aspects of their facilities' maintenance, operations and inspection programs. ILT's suite of software applications helps customers increase employee productivity by creating a paperless work environment, preventing plant interruptions and ensuring that all regulatory requirements and mission-critical procedures are followed properly.
DaimlerChrysler Corp. currently is working with ILT on a multiple-phase project in its Chrysler division to improve the overall efficiency of the company's manufacturing equipment lubrication programs. Based on the success of the pilot phase of this project at Chrysler's Newark, Del.-based Dodge Durango assembly plant, ILT's solution is being fast-tracked for adoption as a corporate standard. Two additional Chrysler plants are targeted for implementation by the end of the first quarter this year.
NASA has authorized ILT to proceed to the final implementation phase of a wireless data collection project at its Michoud Space Center in New Orleans, where the new external fuel tanks for all space shuttle flights are assembled under the direction of Lockheed-Martin Corp.
DaimlerChrysler
ILT's Rounds product is the central component in Chrysler's project to improve its predictive/preventive maintenance program for machinery lubrication. The project objective was to implement a lubrication program to support the production line by ensuring required maintenance was scheduled, completed and accurately documented.
The Rounds solution interfaces with Chrysler's Enterprise Asset Management System (EAMS) and organizes lubrication plans for individual pieces of machinery into efficient schedules for maintenance workers. These schedules or "rounds" are sent to workers via handheld computers. As workers complete the scheduled lubrication task, the information is captured on the handheld computer and then ported directly to the company's EAMS.
Following implementation of two additional plants in early 2000, ILT is slated to work on automating all 42 of Chrysler's worldwide facilities over a 36-month period.
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Faced with planned increases in space shuttle flights and a shortened production cycle for new fuel tanks, NASA turned to ILT's workforce automation software to help the agency adhere to its zero-defects manufacturing standard.
NASA's Michoud Space Center in New Orleans encompasses 97 individual facilities on a campus of more than 650 acres. ILT was commissioned to help achieve compliance with standard work practices and quality control initiatives across the space center campus. The initial phase of the project called for ILT's Procedure Builder software to provide remote data collection and mobile information access for the entire campus. Concurrently, the ILT solution was integrated with NASA's EAMS to provide up-to-the-minute facility information to the center's database and eliminate the need for human data entry.
The final phase of NASA's initiative is installation of a wireless network for ILT's solution software, which will allow inspectors and workers in remote locations, via handheld computers, to download their daily work activities and communicate the results on a real-time basis to a central database. ILT partnered with Telxon Corporation to supply the communications infrastructure and mobile computers for this project. Completion of the space center project is expected in February 2000.
ILT, INC.
ILT offers a full range of mobile computing solutions, including procedure management, operator rounds and data collection, all designed to help mobile workforces thrive by delivering exceptional functionality, superior technology and a high degree of flexibility. The company's software solutions integrate seamlessly with leading Enterprise Asset Management Systems such as MAXIMO(R) from Project Software and Development, Inc. (PDSI) and support a variety of leading mobile platforms, including the Palm O/S, Java, Microsoft Windows CE, Windows 95/98 and DOS.
Founded in 1994, ILT is a rapidly growing company with customers in a variety of industries, including utilities, oil and gas, manufacturing, government and hospitality. The company's web site address is www.positrak.com
ILT and PosiTrak are trademarks of ILT. All other trademarks are the property of their respective holders. Copyright 1998, ILT, Inc. All rights reserved.
ILT, Inc.
Company Facts and Highlights
ILT is a privately held technology company that specializes in
developing world-class workforce automation solutions for businesses
in a wide variety of industries. The company's products are designed
as a flexible and powerful set of tools for helping facilities
managers to automate all aspects of their maintenance, operations and
inspection programs by providing a seamless connection between
maintenance personnel and enterprise asset management systems.
Headquarters
150 Main Street, West Dennis, Massachusetts
Principals
Kevin Maloney, President and founder
Milton Shaw, Chief Technology Officer and founder
John Murphy, Chief Financial Officer
Timothy Maloney, Director of Sales
Robert Dean, Director of Operations
Founded
1994
Number of Employees
21
Products
PosiTrak Facility Manager Suite includes two applications:
-- PosiTrak Procedure Builder allows users to create
intelligent procedures that can be performed on hand-held
computers in the field or on desktop systems.
-- PosiTrak Operator Rounds is a calendar-based equipment
monitoring application that organizes and electronically
automates periodic maintenance tasks.
Markets Served
ILT serves users of Enterprise Asset Maintenance Systems (EAMS)
in a variety of markets, including the utilities, oil and gas,
manufacturing, government and hospitality industries.
Web site address
www.positrak.com
ILT, Inc.
Product Description
ILT's PosiTrak Facility Manager Suite is a set of software solutions developed in response to the management truism that all operating facilities, no matter what product is being produced, require efficient operations and maintenance departments to run successfully. PosiTrak is a mobile data collection application designed to automate all aspects of a facility's maintenance, operations, and inspection programs by providing a seamless connection between maintenance workers and a facility's Enterprise Asset Management System (EAMS).
The PosiTrak suite currently includes two applications: Procedure Builder and Rounds.
Procedure Builder
Procedure Builder allows users to develop and control sophisticated work practices in a paperless environment. This can be achieved with the software alone or in conjunction with bar-coded equipment identification labels from ILT.
Users can send and receive work orders on handheld computers via a network, serial port, radio frequency or a wireless cellular environment, enabling them to take their EAMS applications wherever they need to be, and eliminating the need for manual data entry. Procedure Builder also allows for the embedding of corrective actions into daily preventive maintenance procedures by utilizing conditional-branching logic within the software.
Rounds
Rounds is a calendar-based equipment monitoring application that enables users to control and maintain all aspects of a facility's periodic maintenance schedules. Rounds helps users organize maintenance schedules into efficient "rounds," then forwards work orders to on-site maintenance personnel via handheld computers for completion. As rounds are executed, all work information is automatically captured and then ported electronically to the facility's computerized maintenance system.