Curtiss-Wright Helps Nuclear Power Plants Prepare for Regulatory Inspections
公司规模
Large Corporate
地区
- America
- Others
国家
- United States
- Worldwide
产品
- WebFOCUS
- AppStudio
- Portal
- In-Document Analytics
- InfoAssist+
技术栈
- Microsoft .NET
- Cloud Computing
实施规模
- Enterprise-wide Deployment
影响指标
- Productivity Improvements
- Customer Satisfaction
技术
- 分析与建模 - 实时分析
- 应用基础设施与中间件 - 数据可视化
适用行业
- 公用事业
- 石油和天然气
适用功能
- 质量保证
- 维护
用例
- 预测性维护
- 过程控制与优化
- 实时定位系统 (RTLS)
服务
- 云规划/设计/实施服务
- 数据科学服务
- 软件设计与工程服务
- 系统集成
关于客户
Curtiss-Wright Nuclear, which includes the product brands of AP Services, Enertech, Nova, QualTech NP, and Scientech, offers a comprehensive range of products and services for the global nuclear power industry. Curtiss-Wright Nuclear Division’s Information Solutions business unit provides products, services, and software solutions to the global power industry, including computer systems, thermal performance software, and equipment reliability solutions. For many years, Curtiss-Wright has compiled data from the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) library concerning the licensing, inspection, and enforcement activities of nuclear power plants. Its customers –primarily utility companies that own and operate nuclear power plants – access this database via subscriptions to Curtiss-Wright’s software-as-a-service (SaaS) applications.
挑战
Curtiss-Wright’s previous reporting environment, based on Microsoft .NET, could not provide clients with the information and visualizations they needed. Requests for custom reports sometimes took days to fulfill. The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) library is very difficult to navigate, and it’s not conducive to the kinds of research that these power plants want to do. They had pressure from competitors who offered analysis and reporting capabilities that they couldn’t match. They selected WebFOCUS because it has a nice way of visualizing information and a flexible environment for developing and embedding analytic applications in their SaaS solutions. Information Builders also offered implementation capabilities to help them build a new analytic portal.
解决方案
Curtiss-Wright used WebFOCUS to create an analytic portal that enables users to search for and analyze regulatory inspection data through a visually appealing interface. Information Builders Professional Services helped Curtiss-Wright develop dashboards and InfoAppsTM and embed them into the TRENDS portal, along with a self-service ad hoc reporting environment based on InfoAssist+. The entire environment runs in the cloud, giving users functionality on-demand – when and where they need it. This is all part of an IT modernization project in which Curtiss-Wright is transforming its regulatory solutions for a new generation of customers. Information Builders trained Curtiss-Wright’s internal developers to use AppStudio so they can add new functionality to the portal and create new analytic products.
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