April 2, 2003—ARCHIBUS and Cyco Software, have recently formed a strategic partnership to offer customers a new Infrastructure Facilities and Document Management (IFDM) solution.
By combining the document management capabilities of Cycos AutoManager Meridian with ARCHIBUS/FMs structured facilities and infrastructure data development process, the companies will offer an integrated set of solutions for managing costs, forecasts, and workflows associated with facilities and infrastructure-related assets.
This integration saves an organization time, ensures the accuracy of information, and boosts productivity by streamlining management of all the physical and electronic documents related to facilities such as CAD drawings, lease agreements, project plans and equipment manuals.
AutoManager Meridian provides engineering and document management solutions for the department and divisional CAD and facilities management market. ARCHIBUS/FM is an integrated suite of applications for managing and extending the life cycles of facility and infrastructure assets. The solution lets users organize information in meaningful ways, thereby improving business processes such as space planning, moves/adds/changes, maintenance/repair operations, and more.
The AutoManager Meridian and ARCHIBUS/FM integration is designed to provide the following advantages to customers:
- Adds document management features such as workflow rules, access control, and change management to CAD drawings and other facilities-related documents such as leases, regulatory/compliance documents, maintenance contracts, and more
- Synchronizes data-driven facilities management CAD drawings with architectural drawings, effectively eliminating discrepancies between the as-built environment and facilities management drawings
- Captures the change history of CAD drawings and documents the life cycles of buildings and assets to ensure accurate, up-to-date information for decision making
- Enables collaboration between facilities management personnel and outside architects, designers and engineers
- Provides a formal structure and index for easily locating facilities-related documents
- Incorporates process and procedure control to be sure that the organization works according to the agreed guidelines for auditing purposes.
For more information, contact ARCHIBUS or Cyco Software.
