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To: Bill Wexler who wrote (1597)	7/16/1998 6:42:00 PM
From: WR	Respond to of 4634

To All From the TAVA Annual Report 1997 For manufacturers, resolving Year 2000 date problems on the plant floor computers can be a opportunity if they use it as such. Although most companies have begun work on their corporate and financial business system, many manufacturers have yet to deal with the risk to the hundreds of control systems and embedded devices which operate their plant floors and which generate their revenues. The problem exist because many computer systems are not capable of handling dates that end in "00" and could crash when clocks tick over to January 1, 2000. The results are production problems for management and safety hazards for employees. The only reliable solution for the 600,000 plant floors in the U.S. is a methodical application of skill and experience to every system and device that controls their production operations. This is exactly the kind of superior project expertise and experience that TAVA brings to the Year 2000 issue. Executed properly, manufacturers can use this occasion to improve their plant floor performance so that todays expenditure becomes an investment for tomorrow. TAVA offers manufacturers two choices to solve their Year 2000 date problems. TAVA has developed Plant Y2kOne, a full service suite of resources on a CD-ROM that covers the entire project from from impact assessment to implementation and testing. The suite includes the following tools: PLANT Y2K ONE PRODUCTS AND SERVICES MEDTHOD Y2KONE A step by step methodology for identifying , prioritizing and fixing year 2000 compliance problems on the plant floor. Inventory Y2kOne A computer program designed to collect and organize data from the inventory of software and hardware components on the plant floor. COMPLIANCE Y2KONE Tava's database of potential year 2000 problems with thousands of over-the-counter plant floor devices and systems. Manage Y2kOne A highly developed project management program that provides for specific and comprehensive tracking, control and status reporting of the remediation process. CALL CENTER Y2KONE Provides access to a "help desk" which furnishes information on research, testing and general technical information. SEARCH Y2KONE A set of search engines that quickly scan and accurately identify date fields in customer software. TRAIN Y2KONE A structured multi-day training program designed to accelerate plant ability to launch compliance initiatives. A multi-day, graduated training program is offered to clients proficient in plant floor technologies that desire to apply Plant Y2kOne tools independent of, or with TAVA. However, most manufacturers don't have qualified systems engineers that they can take away from current assignments to work on Year 2000 date problems. So TAVA Technologies offers one more feature of Plant Y2kOne: Millennium Services Tava engineers either team with plant staff or conduct the projects for the plant. The service scope can range from managing and staffing the entire remediation program to supplying any combination of experienced technical staff augmentation, program or project management leadership to support client staff. This information was taken from the TAVA Annual Report 1997. WR