Operate and Implement Change More Efficiently 
- Manage a variety of changes within an organization - plant change, process change, operational change, hardware change, equipment rollout, emergencies and so on- all from one application.
- Along with multiple workflows in a single plant management system, the system also allows for multiple steps within a workflow state. For instance, within a Construction State, the ability to have sub-states of Preparation, Endorsement and Implementation.
- Tasks and Checklists can be generated and automatically associated with particular stages. Progression from one stage to the next may be tied to the completion of associated tasks or checklists.
- Insure any and all plant issues are dealt with in a timely matter with both automatic and manual (on the fly) Escalation.
- Pre Alarms - Remind staff that an event is upcoming. Post Alarms – Alert staff than an event was missed.
- Visibly Track where a plant issue stands - everyone has up to the second information about a MOC's status.
- For extended workflows, the ability to focus on current, recently completed and upcoming stages.
A Robust Tailored System – Configured by You
- Configure SLAM Plant Management Control with the fields applicable to your MOC workflow - default fields are included with the system with the ability to easily add more as fits your workflow.
- Add fields that best fit to your change workflow including text fields, menu fields, memo boxes, multiple select fields and even dynamic fields with your own enforcement rules.
- Detailed control of Fields – Multiple Fields tie to Multiple States – Editable in some, read only in some, invisible in others.
- Custom Email Rules can be set up to notify any party based on any workflow at any time. Or, emails may be selected from a pick list to notify anyone
- Define your own method for progression from one state to the next - everybody must approve a change, more than half need approve (majority rules), or anybody can approve - a unique industry feature.
- Settings Tool - As a SLAM Plant Management Control administrator, you will have a fully web based tool that will allow you to add your own states, setup workflows, additional fields, set up email notifications, set escalation rules, set alarms, use the color palette, define email settings, attachment path settings, set database location, define web server setting all from the web interface - no need for access to the server the application will sit.
Plant Management Data and Tools You Can Use
- Automatic Assignment Rules can be configured based on MOC request fields selected by your users.
- Quick Assign Rules allow Administrators to pre-configure Workflow and Staff Assignments for changes that are done often and involve the same people.
- Up to the second updates - the instant a MOC is updated anyone with view or update access to that issue can see exactly where the issue stands.
- Communicate immediately - Email triggers that you configure allow notifications to be sent to the correct staff's email account, cell phone, and/or any other handheld device.
- Access the system from any device with Internet access - fully web based.
- Attachments - attach external files of data relevant to any MOC issue in any format - word document, excel spreadsheet, pdf, any picture file, Visio diagram etc.
- Measure your success - SLAM Plant Management Control allows you to run robust reports in a variety of formats including state of issues, category breakdown, audit history, open issues versus closed issues, response time, staff performance and reports against any other custom fields you add in.
- Knowledge Base - the SLAM Knowledge Base is a mini search engine that indexes any information in the Plant Management Control database and returns it to you by keyword search.
- Search - search across all fields in your Plant Management Control system to bring back the specific MOC issues you need.
- Bulletin Board - post any type of message for all staff to view and prioritize according to urgency.
Enforce Best Practices and Compliance with Industry Standards
- Complete documented history of who, what, where and when in regards to any update of a MOC issue - all entries are time and date stamped.
- A full comment log that describes who approved or rejected any status progression in a MOC.
- SLAM's Plant Management Control includes the option to enforce Digital Signatures when approving a change - ability to comply with 21 CFR Part 11.
- Audit report format allows you to historically report the full history of work done - in compliance with regulatory acts.
- Archive Table - Data is never permanently deleted, rather you have the option of pushing information to an archive table when change management issues become dated.
Clean, Straightforward Design and User Friendly Interface
- Browser based design is a familiar environment for most end users - no need for extensive training.
- Customizable fields allow for the addition of your own data and the order in which you wish it to be presented - familiar environment.
- Audit trail formatted in clean and simple matrix presents a quick overall snapshot of a change management issue's status.
- Visual representation of the change path on each MOC issue via a graphic workflow chart presented at the top of each change issue.
- For extended workflows, the ability to focus on current, recently completed and upcoming stages.
- Clone feature allows change management issues that have already been created to be cloned - no need to repeat work that has been done.
- Bulletin Board feature allows you to post information for all users to see and be aware of.
- Can easily be integrated with SLAM’s Help Desk Control and Asset Control.
Manage and Schedule Your Resources
- Ability to set permissions per staff based on their expertise limiting them to certain tasks and stages.
- Calendar functions allow you to schedule a due date for a change management issue, schedule change issues over a series of days and add in the completion date for a change.
- Calendar view gives users the ability to see what issues are urgent, pending and in the future.
- Time Spent Reports that allows your staff to monitor the overall progress of changes that are in your system over a given period of time.
- Alarms and escalation rules custom to each change management issue insure deadlines are kept and all change parties are aware of a change issue's status.
- Measure time management of by reporting scheduled milestones versus completed milestones.
An Affordable Plant Management Solution
- Low cost of ownership - compared to similar enterprise plant management software on the market, SLAM's Plant Management Control is a reasonable and affordable solution.
- Sold per staff license - end users are unlimited and can submit any number of MOC issues. SLAM's Plant Management Control is sold by the staff that can assign out and are able to change the status (state) of each change.
- Purchase the license type that meets your organization type - named licenses assign a single license to each specific staff person or concurrent licenses allow any number of staff to share the number of licenses you decide to purchase - they are "first come, first serve" licenses - used only when a staff is logged in and can be used by the next staff that logs in to see.
- ROI - every company is unique, but the value of a secure vault of data that has tracked the major change issues within your plant allows for unparalleled peace of mind.
Secure Technology
- Security - Encoded URL to disallow hacking into other changes that a user does not have access to.
- Session ID's - unique IDs provide secure access for authorized users.
- Password Control - Administrator can configure the parameters for password creation.
- Written in ASP.NET
- Web Based, Requires IIS.
- MS SQL 2000/2005/2008 or SQL Express as back end databases.
- Architecture - Three tier with the option to use one, two or three tiers as per your requirements.
- License Tracking - Able to monitor who is logged in when.
