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To upgrade the Westinghouse WDPF distributed control system at its Holyrood Thermal Generating Station, Newfoundland and Labrador Hydro selected I/A Series automation from Foxboro, a unit of Invensys. The technology's "plug-in" migration approach uses I/O modules functionally identical to standard I/A Series I/O modules, but designed to plug into existing Westinghouse WDPF I/O racks.

Codelco, a Chilean national copper mining company, also signed a $2-million contract with Invensys for Foxboro supervisory control and data acquisition systems at Codelco's Chuquicamata mining complex. Invensys also will retrofit the controls at 26 electric substations by using Foxboro remote terminal unit technology, and implementing a suite of energy management and distribution management applications.

In a partnership with Invensys, Shell International Exploration and Production BV will use ArchestrA Collaborative Environment for its Smart Fields initiative to continually optimize and protect the life-cycle value of Shell's E&P assets.

Bruce Foods will leverage RedPrairie's warehouse management system, visibility solution LENS, and its integrated transportation management system to comply with RFID shipping mandates, standardize business processes, improve productivity and order accuracy within the distribution warehouse, reduce shipping errors, and gain networkwide visibility and inventory control.

Using Intentia's Movex financial solution, Art Corp. consolidated accounting processes and information between five groups of companies, and acquired access to accurate, real-time management information. The implementation reduced Art Corp.'s accounting cycle from 20 days to five—a 75-percent decrease.