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REQUIREMENTS 
For best performance, ProVIEW requires the following:

• Pentium 750Mhz or faster CPU
• 128 MB (or more) of random-access memory
• Hard disk with 50 MB of free space for program files, plus 5-10 MB for a typical database
• Microsoft Windows 98, Windows 2000 or Windows XP

FEATURES
ProVIEW features are extensive, yet it remains simple to use and easy to operate. Below are some of the major features and many more can be found in the user's manual.

EQUIPMENT
· Track equipment, associated costs, histories, and failures
· Tracks current physical and storage locations
· Build failure codes to track equipment problems for trend analysis
· Setup detailed procedures to ensure consistent and thorough inspections and repairs
· Assign stores, repair shops, and vendors as location records to facilitate continual tracking of equipment as it is moved
· Powerful filtering and sorting function examines the potential for failure based on the equipment's location, maintenance technician or user defined criteria
· Automatically launches work order due report based on preset look-ahead or meter reading values
· Equipment warranty area for tracking warranty claims and expiration dates
· OEM or custom designed service and repair manual locations are tracked for quick and easy reference
· Multiple equipment drawings, diagrams or digital photographs can be stored with equipment the records for accurate identification and maintenance

WORK ORDERS AND SERVICE REQUESTS
· View comprehensive and detailed work plans, schedules, costs, labor, materials, equipment, failure analysis and related documents
· Quickly enter work and service requests on demand using validated list boxes to choose equipment and maintenance tasks
· Automatically or selectively generate work orders based on PM schedules, open service requests or on-demand
· Quickly and easily complete the maintenance work order record and close them from any PC connected to your network
· For two-step work orders that start with a Service Request, users can issue a Service Request and then supervisors can later review and convert to a Work Order
· Service Requests can be created within ProVIEW or optionally from an external Service Request Module for users that don't have access to the full version of ProVIEW
 

REPORTING
· Generate work orders based on location, technician, criticality or equipment type
· Include equipment drawings, diagrams, MSDS sheets or even digital photographs with work orders for accurate identification and safety
· Generate detailed or summary listings of all equipment assets
· Determine equipment usage and movement patterns based historical issue tracking records
· Manage work order backlogs to lower response time and equipment downtime
· Track work orders and jobs in real time
· Flexible filtering options allow reports to be generated for specific locations, equipment types and time frames
· Create ad-hoc tabular reports on-demand from any data entry screen
· Reports can be previewed on-screen, printed or emailed to employees and co-workers
· Optional Report Editor allows you to create custom designed reports or modify existing designs

INSPECTIONS
· Define inspection tasks and schedules
· Log all historical inspection dates and results for audit purposes and statutory requirements
· Analyze inspection data to support predictive maintenance needs

PREVENTIVE MAINTENANCE
· Generate PM work orders on demand, batched, automatically or selectively
· Generate seasonal PM work orders for planned shutdowns
· Schedule PM based on elapsed time, time used, mileage, operating cycles or whichever comes first

SUPPLIER AND SERVICE RESOURCES
· Maintain detailed equipment manufacturer, parts suppliers, tool suppliers and service contractors to better plan and analyze maintenance operations

LABOR
· Create employee, craft, or contractor profiles
· Maintain detailed personnel files for each employee
· Track overtime history and individual pay rates
· Establish regular and overtime pay rates by craft
· Organize staff by craft, skill level and department to streamline work assignment process
· Record actual labor hours on work

CALENDARS
· Create schedules for PM with color-coded cells to indicate resource utilization and prevent overtime costs
· Calendar cells can be drilled-down to display work details, hours and other information
· Create calendar "skip dates" to prevent scheduling work on holidays, weekends, vacations or any user-defined dates

SAFETY
· Identify hazardous materials with codes and MSDS documents
· Generate tamper-evident labels using the optional label printer and special TE tape
· Prevent safety problems with lockout/tagout procedures
· Identify hazards with high-visibility signage and equipment labels using optional label printer
· Track work permits and other important documents with user-defined fields in the equipment, tasks and work order records

MAINTENANCE TASKS & JOBS
· Set up a standard task template library for re-use over and over
· Track costs by operation or job type
· Track maintenance tasks, each with its own procedures, parts, labor and tool estimates
· Easily duplicate similar tasks and jobs with "clone" function

SCHEDULING OPTIONS
· Analyze availability of tools, parts and labor resources to optimize operations
· Schedule equipment to be off-line prior to work being performed
· Forecast future PM dates for resource planning
· Schedule based on elapsed time, time used, mileage, operating cycles or whichever comes first

INVENTORY, PURCHASING AND GL ACCOUNT CODES
· Prepare lists of parts, tools and materials needed for purchase requisitions or purchase orders to complete pending work orders
· Setup and track equipment, parts and tool suppliers
· Multiple warehouses, multiple alternates for spare parts
· Monitors shelf-life for perishable items
· Complete inventory tracking system with ABC classifications, re-order points, quantity on-hand and backorder status
· View work order reservations for inventory items
· Display all assets on which a given part or tool is used
· Increase efficiency of parts and tool crib room operations with instant access to image catalog
· Correlate and control financial GL account codes in equipment, tooling and spare parts records

CONFIGURATION
· Single or Two-step Service Request Approvals
· Streamlined service request to work order routing
· Workflow performance monitoring
· E-mail any reports in a variety of supported file formats
· Audit trail log for tracking all record changes, dates and times
· Automatic Work Order Due Listings

CUSTOM APPS
· Create external, stand-alone screens, modules and reports using MS Access, VB, Excel or any ODBC compliant software authoring system
· Establish relationships between drawings, images or digital photos and their respective ProVIEW records for equipment, parts, tools and procedures

SETUP AND DEPLOYMENT
· Multi-organization and Multi-site capabilities with support for multiple databases
· Global deployment with localized support for currency, date/time and numeric conventions
· Can be installed from either CD-ROM or Network File Server for easier deployment

SECURITY
· Password protected access with support for users and groups
· Audit trail log for tracking all record changes, user accounts, dates and times

COMPATIBILITY, INTEROPERABILITY AND INTEGRATION
· Compatible with MS Office applications like MS Access, Word, Excel
· Utilizes ODBC compliant Access MDB fiels for storing all database records
· 32-Bit native application runs on MS Windows 98/2000/XP for increased flexibility
· Compatible with stand-alone or networked PC's running on Novell or Microsoft LANs
· Open database table design allows for externally written applications to add, modify, retrieve and delete records using ODBC, SQL or direct access methods
· Supports bar code scanners and other types of readers (must be in keyboard wedge mode)
· Works with external report writers such as Crystal Reports and others
· Integrates with Excel and Word for creating ad-hoc reports and data analysis

SUPPORT
· Online, indexed, searchable help system
· Printed and Illustrated Quick Start Guide and User's Manual
· User manuals provided in searchable, digital PDF file format
· Unlimited 90 days toll-free telephone-based customer support
· 24 x 7 technical support via email or fax
· Over-the-web trouble shooting and technical support
· Optional extended annual support and software maintenance agreements