ARCHIBUS - FM Web Central 14

FM Web Central 14^®
Enhanced Communication and Collaboration

With FM Web Central 14, facility and infrastructure managers can reach beyond their own departments and coordinate all levels of the enterprise, from the operations level to the strategic decision-making level.

Key features and benefits include:

Features and Benefits Overview [pdf]

Availability

ARCHIBUS V.14.3 for Windows Features and Benefits

Watch pre-recorded Webinar on FM Web Central 14

Familiar Web interface:
Access the robust ARCHIBUS^® repository via the Web in an easy-to-use, intuitive manner.

	Easily deploy ARCHIBUS throughout your organization
	Practically eliminate the learning curve by offering intuitive Web navigation within your ARCHIBUS programs

Zero-footprint Web client:
Client workstations using ARCHIBUS views, reports, and forms require only a Web browser and access to the Internet or intranet. Only client workstations that access drawings require Autodesk’s Express Viewer or DWF Viewer, which downloads automatically.

Decrease the time and effort required to maintain client software—updates occur only on the server.

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Facilities and infrastructure information is visually presented in a browser format, available to authorized users anywhere, anytime

Configurable Process Navigator:
Implement changes in minutes, in one location, then extend them to all end-users worldwide, in all environments: Web, Windows, and CAD.

	Immediately reflect all application changes, such as added functionality or revised processes, on all users’ desktops
	Synchronize costs, analyze results and resources, and continuously improve your processes

Customized navigation:
Easily configure the Process Navigator by business process or organization; develop a customized interface that shows only the activities a user needs to see.

	Reduce users’ learning curve and work more productively.
	Cost-effectively allow users at various levels to enter and edit data, while conforming to organizational standards
	Easily customize the Process Navigator, without coding, to reflect your own organization’s unique business processes and/or division of labor

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Easily personalized navigation shows users only the information they need to see—such as high-level reports for senior management

Universal access and editing capabilities for authorized users:
Web-based architecture grants authorized users the ability to collect, edit, and monitor project and infrastructure data from anywhere in the world.

	Gather information from multiple time zones, organizations, projects, and processes in a single, easily accessible source
	Apply unified benchmarks/standards to all departments, divisions, and sites while tracking key performance metrics in real time

E-mail integration:
Add live links to forms via e-mail, with your own attached notes, to anyone who is authorized to access and edit information directly in the relevant database.

	Use e-mail in conjunction with ARCHIBUS as a workflow management tool
	Reduce inefficient communication by allowing authorized recipients to enter missing data directly into live forms

Unified project staff database of record:
Develop a single database of record to maintain details on all employees, contractors, visitors, and temporary workers.

	Gain a complete view of project staffing, including external staff who may not be included on your HR database or IT security roles
	Coordinate the facilities department, project managers, and the security desk with a single data source—a regulatory requirement in some industries

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Authorized users can input and edit data from wherever they are; updates are automatically reflected in a centralized database. E-mail integration enhances the workflow.

Hierarchical security:
Divide security and responsibility by domain area (e.g., Real Estate, Space, Operations); by function (e.g., data entry, CAD updates, management roll-up results) or any combination of these.

Gain fine-grained security control over all tasks, reports, forms, tables, and fields while maintaining the ability to quickly assign broad system access to select users

Security roles definition:
Map hierarchical security groups to roles that reflect your existing data or organizational divisions.

	Easily control information access based on user type; quickly grant security levels to multiple users with similar job responsibilities
	Easily coordinate ARCHIBUS restrictions with SQL-level database security

One-click role assignments:
Assign a process or role, such as program access, to a staff member with a single click.

	Easily define and coordinate the roles of your entire staff, including contractors and/or vendors
	Enforce data security by hiding sensitive information or restricting approvals based on user log-in

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Easily expand or restrict users’ privileges based on job responsibilities

Web-centric, J2EE™-compliant implementation:
FM Web Central 14 complies with the widely-accepted Java 2 Platform, Enterprise Edition (J2EE) Web
development standards. This scalable platform is the standard for developing multi-tier enterprise applications.

	Ease interoperability of ARCHIBUS with existing and future J2EE implementations
	Confidently implement, integrate, and customize ARCHIBUS using documented protocols such as SOAP (simple object access protocol), CORBA, etc.

Enhanced Virtual Private ARCHIBUS (VPA):
Develop separate data repositories for each building, site, or department while simultaneously
maintaining information in a centralized location to track holdings and performance across sites or organizational functions.

	Control data access on a "need to know" basis and monitor facility and infrastructure status across geographic or departmental boundaries
	Provide unique, easy-to-maintain environments for site-specific data

View a print-friendly overview of FM Web Central 14 [pdf]

For more information, contact your authorized Business Partner or ARCHIBUS, Inc. at 1-617-227-2508 or info@archibus.com