February 14, 2005—As more organizations extend their operations, their management systems must be able to coordinate work in far-flung locations, cities, even countriesand synthesize business results in multiple languages. The new ARCHIBUS/FM V.14.3 addresses this trend with a multi-lingual product architecture that understands the meaning and role of every piece of information entered or retrieved within the system.
Whether users are working in Spanish in Barcelona or French in Le Havre, whether they use Windows-based platform or logs in over the Webthe system can interpret data as it is entered and interpret it for colleagues who speak other languages. This high level of coordination applies to every activity within the system, from standardizing property cash flow projections to retrieving horizontal cabling details.
As soon as corporate standards, such as accounts, region codes, or space categories are added, the program immediately uses them to control data entry and to aggregate the results with these consistent roll-up categories.
Transactions that occur in different domains, such as space management and building maintenance, are also reconciled against a single, interoperable facility and infrastructure profile. For example, a room entered in a CAD system feeds directly into a lease chargeback program, while lease chargeback results feed directly into property costs. These in turn are reflected in the property cost model, cash flow, and forecasting areas of the system.
Meanwhile, the system automatically applies any restrictions imposed by users’ security permissions. Security group codes can be set and aggregated into roles using a flexible scheme that allows for hierarchies and wildcards, so users can quickly organize information by site, management level, or department.
The system is currently available for English, Spanish, French, and German implementations. Support for Chinese, Simplified Chinese, Dutch, and Norwegian will are expected to be added later in 2005.
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