AUTOMATE™

Automated Run Removal

Performing routine maintenance tasks can be time consuming and tedious.  Nevertheless, they are necessary and crucial to the smooth running daily operation of any computerized system.  The process of removing Runs is one such maintenance task that is critical to the operation of PMC Software's Glass MATE optimization programs (OPTIMATE™, WINDOWMATE™and WINDOWMATION™), since these systems must have available Run numbers for processing.  To help reduce the bothersome clerical aspects of manually removing Runs, PMC Software has developed AUTOMATE™, with Automated Run Removal being the first task offered within this suite of automated task management tools. 

AUTOMATE™ expedites the operation of PMC Software's Glass MATE optimization systems by offering the flexibility to remove Runs in the method best suited to your facility's operations, considering retention time as well as glass table and glass composition.  Through AUTOMATE™'s definition grid, users control the removal of Runs by entering retention times and intervals specific to table, glass thickness and glass color.  Or, you may choose to set up Run removal definitions based only on retention time and interval, for all tables, glass thicknesses and glass colors. 

Once Run removal definitions are set, AUTOMATE™ can be scheduled to remove Runs at regularly scheduled intervals (daily, weekly, etc.) through the use of Microsoft® Corporation's Scheduled Task utility.  Once defined through Microsoft® Scheduled Task, Run removal occurs automatically with no need for user intervention.  Simply set it and forget it!  If the need arises, you have the option to initiate a single, one-time only processing of PMC Software's Automated Run Removal task via the command line used to launch the program.

AUTOMATE™ analyzes your system data to determine which glass Runs can be safely removed from the system.   Only those Runs that meet AUTOMATE™'s strict specifica­tions are removed, ensuring data integrity.