ARCHIBUS adds enterprise resource planning tool to workplace management system

by AF 0408 f3 — April 12, 2010—ARCHIBUS Inc., a major developer worldwide of real estate, infrastructure, and facilities management software, has now bundled its high-end ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning) integration tool — the ARCHIBUS Connectors 18.2 — as part of the core IWMS (Integrated Workplace Management System) product offering.

More than 4 million users around the globe rely on the ARCHIBUS intuitive business transformation platform to share information instantly, eliminate friction in their work processes, and gain new insight on how their real estate, facility, and infrastructure portfolio can be optimized to align resources with the organizational mission.

Many of the worlds largest organizations depend on ARCHIBUS as a critical extension to their ERP suite. The ARCHIBUS Connectors 18.2 allow these organizations to reuse information that already exists in their “gold-standard” data sources as well as share ARCHIBUS IWMS data in their Microsoft, Oracle, Sage, SAP, UFIDA, and other enterprise systems. The ARCHIBUS Connectors can enable rapid integration using industry standard transfer formats, such as OSCRE and COBIE.

ARCHIBUS Connectors 18.2 also enhances organizational insight by integrating enterprise data sources into the ARCHIBUS intuitive business transformation platform. For example, ARCHIBUS Connectors 18.2 can re-use personnel data from Human Resources systems for occupancy, hoteling, security, moves, and more. They can synchronize work processes with the most up-to-date account codes, or upload customer real estate billings and cross-charges from ARCHIBUS directly to the general ledger.

According to ARCHIBUS, ninety-percent of the data needed for an effective IWMS already exists within an organizations ERP systems, yet data access and data quality are two of the main obstacles for rapid deployments. The ARCHIBUS Connectors 18.2 can eliminate those roadblocks.

For more information, see the the ARCHIBUS Web site as well as the companys FMLink ad.