ARTTU - Professional Choice for Maintenance and Material Management System
Arttu software is designed to make it easier and more efficient for customers to manage their machines, equipment and facilities. The system serves as a tool for planning, executing and controlling all maintenance. It also manages material and spare part purchases and stock inventory. In addition, the Arttu system can be used for handling the sales and invoicing functions of the maintenance organisation or company. In Finland only, Arttu system is used for more than 50 large-scale maintenance organisations and several new implementation projects are underway at the moment.
The Main Objective and Advantages of the System
The main objective of the Arttu system is to offer a reliable, versatile and flexible software for different sectors of maintenance and material management.
Arttu system gives its users multiple advantages, including
- The Windows or Internet browser –based user interface makes it easy for the new users to learn the Arttu system and standardises the ways it is used, so that the system’s use is effective and covers all levels of the maintenance organisation
- The document link of the Arttu system improves the availability of instructions, images and other documents and also facilitates changing their contents.
- The Arttu software has been realised with modern application development systems, which enable easy linking of the Arttu system with other systems, as well as customer-specific reporting.
- The Arttu system has been comprehensively documented and tested. This assures trouble-free operation and easy control.
- Enables the handling of Euro and other currencies
Main Functions and Links
- Maintenance Card File Management
- Work, Downtime and Project Managemen
- Purchasing
- Purchase Invoice Management
- Stock
- Diaries
- Arttu Mail
- Cost Transactions
- Reporting
- Sales and invoicing system
User examples
Maintenance can use Arttu system for several functions, including
- failure repairs
- maintenance and preventive maintenance
- failure monitoring
- project works
- calibrations
- instrumentation
- material and spare part purchases
- equipment purchases
- stock transactions
- purchase invoice management
- handling internal debiting
Production departments can use Arttu system for several functions, including
- preventive maintenance
- failure monitoring and reporting
- managing changes
- ordering spare parts and materials
- equipment purchases
- WO purchases
- equipment register
- calibrations
- cost accounting
Real estate department, data processing department etc. can use Arttu system for several functions, including
- planning
- managing changes
- ordering spare parts and materials
- equipment purchases
- WO purchases
- project works
- handling internal debiting
- cost accounting
Interfaces with other programmes and services
Arttu system has links to several other manufacturers’ software. They enable, for example:
- making use of documents (e.g. Word, Excel) and images (e.g. MST9000, AutoCad) produced and maintained with a different system
- transferring hour data from salary information collecting systems
- planning and loading WOs graphically (e.g. LoadTool, PlanNet)
- controlling meter calibration (e.g. Beamex, QM6-software)
- using barcodes (e.g. Barcode)
- Arttu system also has built in links with other system providers’ financial administration software (e.g. Meritt, R/3, Wintime, Intime, EPOK, and Fenix)
Arttu System’s Technical Background and Availability
The Arttu system delivered to the customer is based on the Arttu software, which has been realised with Oracle’s products:
The basic technical solution of Arttu system can be
- Server (UNIX or NT)
- Workstations’ operating system
The following technical features indicate the comprehensiveness of the Arttu system:
more than 700 displays
more than 500 standard reports
more than 650 database tables
more than 10 000 data fields
the largest reference facilities have
more that 700 named users
more that 200 simultaneous users
approximately 300.000 equipment and operating locations
Browser-based Arttu:
Because of the application development systems used, we can deliver the Arttu system with either a windows-based or an Internet browser –based user interface.
The Arttu firmware is developed as a so-called basic version. Each customer project is based on the latest basic version, modified with the changes and additions necessary for the specific customer. These customer-specific features are controlled with the PVCS version control system.
The Arttu system makes use of the features of the Windows operating system, which makes moving between other Windows-based systems (such as word processing and image processing) easy and user-friendly.
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