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Since its founding in 1907, Appleton Papers has earned a reputation as an innovative producer of high value-added paper products. The company is the world's leading producer of carbonless and thermal papers and a premier producer of a broad range of coated papers used in a variety of commercial printing and specialty applications. Setting Appleton Papers apart in such competitive markets is the company's expertise in coating, its aggressive investment program in manufacturing technology and its unique approaches to customer service and logistics.

Appleton Papers uses CHAMPS CMMS at their Pulp and Paper Mill in Roaring Springs, PA, as well as their Coated Free Sheet Production plant in Newton Falls, NY.

CHAMPS Software has been working with the U.S. Department of Energy since January 2003 on one of this country’s largest environmental cleanup projects. CHAMPS has partnered with Bechtel National, Inc. along with prime subcontractor Washington Group International both of whom have been chosen by the U.S. Department of Energy’s Office of River Protection to design, build and commission a radioactive waste treatment plant on a 65-acre site.

The Hanford Site is the largest (586 square miles) of three original defense production sites founded in WWII as part of the Manhattan Project. The government acquired the land in 1943 to build large industrial facilities to produce plutonium, which served a vital role in our nation’s defense strategy. Hanford’s mission expanded during the Cold War Era to include activities related to research and development of peaceful uses of atomic energy. Most of the support structures were built between 1943 and 1963 including, nine plutonium production reactors, five reprocessing facilities and 900 additional support facilities and radiological laboratories. Over its 40 years of operations, the Hanford site has produced about 64 metric tons of plutonium which is two thirds of all the plutonium produced for government purposes in the United States.

The Richland Operations Office is responsible for cleaning up the balance of the Hanford weapons production legacy which includes, spent nuclear fuel, remaining plutonium, all buried and solid wastes, and various site facilities. The waste which is currently stored in 177 huge underground tanks at the Hanford Site will be treated and converted to a glass waste form using a process known as vitrification. Once immobilized, the high-level radioactive waste will be shipped to a federal geologic repository for permanent disposal. The government’s vision is to shrink the site footprint from 586 square miles to 75 square miles.

CHAMPS involvement at the Hanford Site is varied. Currently CHAMPS CMMS software solutions are being used to support The Office of River Protection’s management of waste retrieval and stabilization of the 177 underground waste tanks. In addition, CHAMPS is being used for the engineering and construction of the waste treatment plant. CHAMPS CMMS will also play a significant role in managing the daily maintenance and operations of the plants equipment, materials and processes once in operation.

The Burlington Northern and Santa Fe Railway Company operates one of the largest railroad networks in North America, with 33,500 route miles covering 28 states and two Canadian provinces. This vast network covers the western two-thirds of the United States, stretching from major Pacific Northwest and Southern California ports to the Midwest, Southeast and Southwest, and from the Gulf of Mexico to Canada.

BNSF was created on September 22, 1995, from the merger of Burlington Northern Inc. (parent company of Burlington Northern Railroad) and Santa Fe Pacific Corporation (parent company of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway). The company employs more than 44,500 people. Revenues are generated primarily from the transportation of coal, grain, intermodal containers and trailers, chemicals, metals and minerals, forest products, automobiles and consumer goods.

Burlington Northern and Santa Fe Railway Company uses CHAMPS CMMS at their Fueling Facilities in both Commerce, CA, and Cicero, IL.

The city of Tallahassee's Electric company serves approximately 90,000 Tallahassee households and businesses with electric power. The system covers a 221-square mile territory and utilizes over 170 miles of transmission lines. The system's total generating capacity of 512 megawatts is adequate to meet Tallahassee's present peak electric demand, and future expansion is planned to assure that Tallahassee's electric system keeps pace with the community's growth.

The City of Tallahassee uses CHAMPS CMMS at three locations in Florida:
Hopkins Power Plant, Tallahassee Water and Sewer, and Purdom Generating Station.

The Fairfax County Water Authority is the largest water utility in Virginia, providing drinking water to 1.2 million people. The Authority will continue meeting the challenges of the future by building a new state-of-the-art treatment plant capable of meeting the needs of their customers and the most stringent water quality regulations. With treatment facilities located at opposite ends of Fairfax County, treated water is distributed through a network of over 2,800 miles of interconnected water mains. To ensure the highest level of water quality, these mains are cleared annually through an aggressive hydrant-flushing program.

Heinz Pet Products H.J. Heinz Company is one of the world's leading food processors and purveyors of nutritional services. Its 50 affiliates operate in some 200 countries and territories, offering 5,000 varieties. Heinz Pet Products is the second largest producer of pet food in the United States; pet food sales are well over $1 billion. They have state-of-the-art manufacturing and distribution operations in California, Kansas, Illinois, Texas, West Virginia, and Pennsylvania.

Heinz Pet Products uses CHAMPS CMMS at their Pet Food Manufacturing Plant in Topeka, KS.

What started as a town designed to support the world’s first modern Chocolate Factory has become an exciting entertainment experience; Hershey Pennsylvania.

In 1907 Milton Hershey, the chocolate philanthropist, founded the Hershey Park picnic and pleasure grounds. Over 100 years later HERSHEYPARK has become a first class entertainment facility, with over 60 rides and attractions including 10 roller coasters.

PolyOne Corporation was created by the merger of M. A. Hanna Co. and Geon Co. on September 1, 2000. The combined companies form the world's largest compounder and distributor of polymers.

Geon Co. was formed in 1993 when the Geon Vinyl Division of the BFGoodrich Company was established as a separate, stand alone company. As a part of BFGoodrich, Geon has been using CHAMPS since 1988.

PolyOne currently utilizes CHAMPS CMMS at 13 sites with approximately 300 users.

The Port Authority of Jamaica (PAJ) is a Statutory Corporation established by the Port Authority Act (1972). It is the Government's principal maritime agency responsible for regulating and fostering development of Jamaica's ports and shipping industry.

The Kingston Free Zone (KFZ), which was formerly factory space, caters to companies from all over the world and is in the process of developing an information technology park, as well as a commercial zone. The Montego Bay Free Zone (MBFZ) which was established twelve years ago is situated on a 95-acre site southwest of Montego Bay. It now boasts 333,400 sq.ft of factory and data entry space.

The Port Authority of Jamaica uses CHAMPS CMMS at their Shipping Ports in Kingston, Jamaica.

For More than 100 years Quaker Oats has been an icon in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. Encompassing more than 45 acres and 1.9 million square feet under roof makes the Cedar Rapids Plant the largest Cereal mill in the world.

Every day, more than 800 personnel across three shifts representing four different unions produce ready-to-eat-oatmeal and grits as well as Aunt Jemima syrup. The mill also makes grains to supply sister Quaker Oats plants.

The Virgil C. Summer nuclear power station occupies a site near Jenkinsville, South Carolina. The Monticello reservoir provides cooling water and feeds a pumped storage unit. The V.C. Summer station has one Westinghouse pressurized water reactor.

A request to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission to obtain a construction and operating license for a second, and possibly third reactor was submitted in early 2006. The site owners have chosen the Westinghouse AP 1000 design for the new reactors. This action comes after the recent successful completion and approval of a license extension on unit one, taking the license expiration from 2022 to 2042.

CHAMPS EAM has been the Maintenance Management solution of choice for V.C. Summer nuclear power station throughout the plants entire history. The longstanding relationship between V.C. Summer nuclear power station and CHAMPS has spanned more than three decades and four software operating platforms. Currently, CHAMPS’ oldest client has deployed CHAMPS flagship Enterprise Asset Management (EAM) solution as a mission critical application for Condition Reporting, Maintenance, Inventory Control, Procurement and Safety Management.

University Hospital, a 384-bed acute, tertiary care facility, is part of the University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center. University Hospital was recently selected as one of the 100 top performing hospitals in the United States, and ranked among the top ten academic centers in the nation. University Hospital is the primary teaching hospital for the UNM School of Medicine and is home of the highly regarded Children's Hospital of New Mexico.

Westinghouse designed, built and manages the Department of Energy's Waste Isolations Pilot Plant (WIPP), a repository for transuranic radioactive waste from the nation's commercial and defense nuclear programs. Transuranic waste includes tools, plastic, laboratory clothing, rubber gloves and other such items contaminated with man-made radioactive materials. The transuranic waste is sent to WIPP in the Transuranic Packaging Transporter (TRUPACT), a reusable shipping container certified by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

The repository, located 2,150 feet deep in New Mexico salt beds, employs about 650 operators, engineers and other technical personnel at the 16-square-mile site. Located in southeastern New Mexico, 26 miles east of Carlsbad, project facilities include disposal rooms excavated in an ancient, stable salt formation, 2,150 feet (almost half a mile) underground.

Westinghouse CHAMPS Fleet System (FMS)

Westinghouse TRU Solutions has implemented CHAMPS' Fleet Maintenance System (FMS) at the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant in New Mexico. The CHAMPS Fleet application is used to maintain the 54 TRUPACT units that are currently in service. The application tracks the lot numbers associated with inventory levels at all sites. When the units arrive at WIPP, they are maintained as necessary and cleaned for reuse. The CHAMPS equipment, preventive maintenance, work order, purchasing and inventory components are implemented to accomplish the work and retain the maintenance history. The CHAMPS fleet system also helps optimize the inventory levels of the TRUPACTS at all facilities. Westinghouse currently uses the CHAMPS Fleet Maintenance system (FMS) at their Waste Isolation Pilot Plant in Carlsbad, NM.

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UTI streamlined their entire student enrollment analysis process using by QlikView, a process that saved them 3 years of effort compared to traditional BI vendors. Successfully implemented in less than 5 weeks.

Feed The Children is using QlikView to analyze all aspects of this successful not for profit organization. By using QlikView, Feed The Children is able to monitor it’s costs closely so that every donation can be maximized to the fullest potential.

United Performance Metals learned that by using QlikView they can continue to leverage their existing AS 400 based ERP system – Metalware – and avoid a costly replacement system to Metalware. QlikView was successfully implemented in less than 4 weeks and several QV applications have been built to analyze sales and marketing performance and financial analysis.