OSIsoft PI System, from AVEVA vs. Wasp Inventory

If you have many different DCSs or PLCs in your manufacturing plant, OSIsoft PI System does the job quite well to integrate all different types of sources and data. We have Yokogawa, Mitsubishi, Hitachi, and Azbil DCS and PLC. Connecting them is not a problem.

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Now that they have changed to a yearly subscription-based model, the cost to purchase Wasp Inventory software is much more expensive. So, I would have to say you'd need to be a mid-sized school or business to find the cost offset by the usability and functionality of the software. If budgetary issues aren't a concern - then this would be a perfect solution to anyone looking for a full suite for Inventory Control

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• Ability to integrate with many 3rd-party systems, 70 sources as per their marketing claims
• Great for big data management

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• Inventory Tracking
• Product Costing
• User Management

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• Missing some features and has some bugs

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• Better communication during updates.
• I don't really have any other issues.

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Good local support. The only issue is that there are not many system integrators that are well versed with OSIsoft. The implementation is also very costly.

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Wasp is a standalone asset tracking application whereas IssueTrak's asset tracking was a module available in their helpdesk ticketing platform. It's not an apples to apples comparison at this point. Wasp I feel is more robust in the feature set available but IssueTrak has a more modern interface and intuitive GUI

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• Real-time data
• We don't require constant updates during crisis from a technician who usually will update to BCP team via WhatsApp.

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• We have relied on this software for the last 10 years that I have been with the company - and it has been perfect. But their change in purchasing model may have us looking elsewhere for a new inventory software.
• I have saved countless hours of manually importing items by simply "duplicating" objects so that all hardware information, computer model. etc are retained - while new serial numbers can be input to create unique inventory items.

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