Aegis Releases Discoverant 3.4 Enterprise Manufacturing Intelligence Software
November, 16, 2009
LAFAYETTE, Colo., November 16, 2009 -Aegis Analytical Corp., the leading provider of Enterprise Manufacturing Intelligence (EMI) software solutions, today announced the release of Discoverant® 3.4, the latest version of its enterprise-class software platform. Discoverant is used by many of the world's life sciences manufacturers including Abbott Labs, Baxter, Biogen, Bristol Myers Squibb, Eli Lilly, Genzyme, Merck Serono and others for better process understanding.
The new features of Discoverant 3.4 were developed in response to, and in conjunction with, customers whose expanding business needs require:
- Better collaboration tools for data sharing across multiple manufacturing sites and contract manufacturing organizations (CMOs)
- Improved investigational and observational data analysis
- Enhanced process and product performance and reliability
"Input from our global life sciences customers provides us with an excellent roadmap for the development of Discoverant," says Aegis President and CEO Robert Di Scipio. "Version 3.4 not only makes data aggregation and analysis easier, it also simplifies the sharing of data, both internally and externally."
Discoverant 3.4 Features:
Data Analysis Engine: InVision/Analysis Group (AG) Manager
- AG creation - redistribution of the workload among new Windows services
- Defects and defectives - N, NP, U, and C charts available in control charts
- Feature extraction - added R2 for polynomial fit
- Line plots - allowing multiple Y axes
- Enhanced automated result methods that aid in using output from InVision in reports, dashboards and Web applications
Data Aggregation Engines: Hierarchy Manager/Dynamic Mapping Engine
- Optional step nodes - provide the ability to skip step nodes in hierarchies
- View, node and parameter definition pools action are all available from right-click menus in hierarchy Edit tab
- Direct Connect to Web Services allows users to retrieve data from sources that are exposed through Web services
Data Entry:
- PRIMR Book Templates may be associated with User Groups to facilitate data entry from or for multiple sites or CMOs
Administration:
- New browser-based administration tool simplifies navigation
- Increased memory space for AG Creation and Automated Result Methods (ARM) for higher performance with larger Analysis Groups (AGs) and scheduled jobs
- Users previously associated with domains and system groups can be associated with user roles
- User groups can be configured to associate users with roles
- System settings - all settings are now stored in an embedded database
- Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) - Discoverant also supports anonymous binding, OpenLDAP, Apache Directory, and enhanced security with SSL (secure socket layer)
Download a demonstration of Discoverant.
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ABOUT AEGIS
Aegis provides Enterprise Manufacturing Intelligence (EMI) solutions that drive a lean supply chain and accelerate revenue with a proven approach to data access, aggregation, analytics and reporting. The company's enterprise-class software platform, Discoverant, leverages existing IT investments to enable on-demand and scheduled access to all manufacturing, quality and process development data for process performance analysis and visibility. Leading manufacturers increase profits by using Discoverant to improve process predictability, quality and yield, and accelerate technology transfer. To learn more about Discoverant, visit: www.aegiscorp.com.
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Contact:
Lisa Fairbanks
Aegis Analytical Corp.
303-625-2130