McLaren - kVisia document management software applied to industry processes

As we have transitioned to a software company - added new applications and learned more about the range of document management issues and business processes our customers are addressing with our flexible, configurable kVisia software products - we have reviewed and updated our company positioning.

Our customers are using our software to manage the documents and business processes of typically large, complex to co-ordinate and strategically key programs of work, which we have termed Program Lifecycle Management. Our customers are benefiting from the power and easy configuration of kVisia to manage their intellectual property - held in documents, drawings, SOPs etc., - and are using the configurable business rules of kVisia to manage the business processes associated with these documents, thus controlling and reducing exposure to commercial risk.

Customers are using kVisia to manage business processes such as Correspondence Tracking, Drawing Management, Global Collaboration and Drug Submission in areas such as design, development, research, construction, business process outsourcing and asset management. We have identified a number of Document Lifecycle Applications that our customers benefit from to address these business processes, and are now providing these as configurable templates, included with kVisia, to help you get started quickly addressing common Program Lifecycle Management problems. See our Overview of kVisia Software Products for information on the kVisia environment, the foundation Document Lifecycle Applications currently available, and our kVisia Solution Enabling Tools.

Visit our updated website at www.mclarenkvisia.com for more information.

Find out more at DaratechPLANT 2003 - 27^th 29^th January, Houston, Texas, Booth 10

Since its launch in 1994, daratechPLANT has grown to be the largest, most successful and value-packed conference focused on owner/operator and EPC enterprise- through project-level business and work process advancement made possible by the application of information technology solutions.

McLaren will be exhibiting the full range of kVisia software with comprehensive one-to-one demonstrations. Whether your program is one of research, design, development, construction, operations or maintenance there are common challenges and significant opportunities to increase effectiveness, cash flow, competitiveness and therefore profitability, through the use of kVisia products for effective intellectual property and risk management. Join us at DaratechPLANT 2003 to find out more.

Updated Daratech Vendor Profile

If you are not attending DaratechPLANT, Daratech has also updated our Vendor Profile to reflect our revised positioning. Find out how “McLaren’s kVisia software brings real world capability and advantage to companies seeking to better manage their documents and affiliated processes.” Download a PDF of the Daratech Vendor Profile from our website.

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Company News

Case Study - MWH Risk Management Strategy Relies On Improved Document Access – Delivered by kVisia

Utilities engineering consultancy MWH has engineered, constructed, financed and managed some of the largest and most technologically advanced projects in the world. For an organization that is truly global, easy access to relevant information is hugely important. A key aspect in the control of MWH’s exposure to project risk is the ability to find any single document at a given time.

Find out how a document management solution, based on configurable kVisia, cost significantly less to develop and will enable easier upgrades with lower skill-sets for maintenance and future development for MWH. As Mark Bottomley, Programme Manager at MWH commented, “McLaren’s kVisia application has worked well and has done exactly what they claimed it would.”

Download our case study on the kVisia implementation at MWH for details.

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Product News

RenderCenter 5.0 Now Available

RenderCenter, a kVisia Solution Enabling Tool, allows the automatic rendition and creation of multiple file formats directly from Documentum. RenderCenter 5.0 is now available for Windows 2000 SP2/SP3 and is fully certified against the Documentum 5 Server. This release also includes improved integration with the kVisia Desktop Client. For more information email sales@mclarenkvisia.com or contact kvisiasupport@mclarenlkvisia.com about upgrading to this latest version of RenderCenter.

kVisia Business Action Manager (formerly kRecord)

kVisia Business Action Manager is an application that provides dynamic management of both electronic and physical documents, based on configurable business polices. kVisia Business Action Manager allows the definition of policies that contain business rules, which specify an action to be carried out at a pre-defined time interval. Documents are then associated with a business policy. The policy manager then automatically reads these business policies, calculates action schedules and then automatically executes actions on documents once triggered by an event(s) in the policy.

Find out more on the kVisia Business Action Manager Web page.

McLaren announce support for Documentum Webtop Platform

kVisia currently supports the Documentum 5 platform. After active participation in the Documentum Beta Program we are now announcing planned support for the Documentum 5 Webtop Client. We are delivering kVisia Webtop support in two phases, scheduled for Q2 2003. Support for Documentum Webtop replaces the current kVisia Web Client.

� The first release will be kVisia Industry Process Server (IPS) 2.3 and will deliver a Power Consumer Webtop Client.

� The second release will be kVisia Industry Process Server (IPS) 2.4 and will deliver a Contributor Webtop Client.

For the interim period, Documentum Webtop will be able to run on a kVisia IPS configured docbase. Customers are currently able to deploy a mix of kVisia configured Desktop Clients and standard Webtop Clients, and will be able to deploy the kVisia configurable Webtop applications when they become available. For more information email marketing@mclarenkvisia.com.

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