Sentient Computing has established a partnership with St James Software to promote the J5 suite of software , some of the capabilities of the product are shown in this email.
Further information and examples of the implementation of the product can be seen at the St James website by clicking here.
Since the November User Group we have worked with St James Software on the J5 Log Book , as a result the ability to automatically
update a Log Book from MacroView is now available.
Below are some screen shots from Log Book examples along with some other suggestions. The flexibility of the product is open to multiple
functionality and integration of many sources of data.
Knowledge Book: Keeping Track of the Knowledge of the corporation and presenting it timorously to the site personnel.
QA Book: Managing the Quality Assurance tests and ensuring the product is according to the Corporate standards.
Issue Book: An interactive electronic Help Desk management system.
Sales Book: Monitoring the communications with customers and sales prospects so as to optimize the sales and marketing process.
Quote Log: Keeping track of quotations made to customers.
Stock Log: Managing the movement of stock into and out of the warehouse and categorizing this according to product numbers.
Downtime Log: A new application in development that will add logs into the Logbook when the nominated equipment goes down.
Procedures Book: A repository of procedures that are easy to find and easy to update.
Shift Report or Hand Over Book: Shift Report and handover information managed in one product

Work Order Book: Keeping track of work orders while enforcing the required procedures

Inspection Rounds: Managing inspection rounds on a site and efficiently distributing the
information across the site.
Process Reporter: Combining information from the Logbook and PLC or DCS data into a report.
