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Plant Engineering Magazine Readers Vote SMART Task Tracker to be one of the Year’s Most Useful Products
BP Pioneers New Mobile Product for Efficient Refinery Turnaround
Hoffman Estates, IL – February 6, 2008 - – February 6, 2008
Syclo, a leading developer of mobile computing solutions, today announced that its SMART Task Tracker, a product developed for intense job-tracking required to speed the completion and increase the accuracy of plant turnarounds, shutdowns and outages, has received Plant Engineering magazine’s 2007 Product of the Year Award. More about the selection will be in the issue published this month.
Recently released and used by BP at several of its plants on turnarounds, Syclo’s SMART Task Tracker helps plant turnarounds, shutdowns and outages to be completed faster and more accurately by eliminating the excess foot traffic and delays caused by paper-driven sign-offs. SMART Task Tracker is designed to integrate into multiple back-end applications, including the EAM system, project management and compliance reporting software. SMART Task Tracker can also be used to track progress, control work progress and capture signoff’s in real-time for scheduled routine maintenance activities. BP plans to expand use of the product in 2008.
“We appreciate the recognition by Plant Engineering and the engineers who voted SMART Task Tracker to be one of the year’s most useful products. We are not surprised, however, because there is a great amount of interest in making plant turnarounds, shutdowns and outages less costly by completing work more efficiently,” Richard Padula, CEO and President of Syclo said. “BP played an integral role with us in developing this product. Trimming even a day off a refinery turnaround is worth hundreds of thousands of dollars for them. The same is true for other companies across several industries during plant turnarounds and intensive task-tracking operations such as new builds and high-value asset maintenance.”
Previously, Syclo products have been recognized by Plant Engineering magazine during its annual Product of The Year issue. Other products that have been honored by the magazine include SMART Work Manager, SMART Schedule and SMART Auditor — all of which are a part of the SMART Mobile Suite of mobile products. Unlike other sponsored industry honors awarded at the editorial team’s discretion, award winners for Plant Engineering’s honors are determined from pre-qualified readers – the plant engineers. Plant Engineering, the leading problem-solving information source for America’s industrial plant engineers, is available online at www.plantengineering.com.
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With more than 12 years of experience and unmatched execution expertise serving over 750 customers, Syclo helps organizations with mobile workforces who must streamline workflow and improve productivity. Syclo delivers quick ROI by offering rapidly deployable mobile software applications built on a 100% configurable mobile Agentry™ platform. Syclo's SMART Mobile Suite includes prepackaged and preintegrated applications for the fastest path to mobilize enterprise systems. Unlike other mobile solutions, Syclo simplifies enterprise wide deployments with a leading strategic architecture for one or more mobile applications while letting you concentrate on business processes. Syclo also sets the standard for adapting to rapid change. For more information, visit www.syclo.com, or email info@syclo.com.
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