Rockwell Automation Launches Rockwell Software FactoryTalk

FactoryTalk VantagePoint Line Edition software integrates data from multiple plant-floor information systems for cohesive, timely look at plant-floor operations.

Rockwell Automation has launched Rockwell Software FactoryTalk VantagePoint, an innovative addition to its FactoryTalk Integrated Production and Performance Suite that allows end users to self-configure rich Web-based dashboards, trends and reports without expensive, time-consuming support resources. FactoryTalk VantagePoint software leverages the FactoryTalk service-oriented architecture and technology acquired through the company’s purchase of Incuity Software to deliver automatic access to valuable production information from both Rockwell Automation and third-party systems in an easier-to-use, cost-effective manner. 

Through a familiar Internet browser, Microsoft Office user interfaces and pre-defined connectors to third-party systems, FactoryTalk VantagePoint users can install and configure their systems in as little as a few hours with minimal technical support. This immediate access to actionable insight allows employees at every level of a production facility to better monitor and manage productivity, and exercise more control over high-profile operations such as energy efficiency or global supply-chain execution. Providing cohesive access to information on-demand in an intuitive, easier-to-use format improves decision support in any aspect of the manufacturing environment – from inventory to maintenance, production to quality, and up through the enterprise and supply-chain planning.