Ellipse Hosting - Mitrais assisted an Australian mining company to install and implement Ellipse with Indonesian Payroll when they acquired a mine in Indonesia. Subsequently Mitrais assisted the Indonesian entity to move the instance of Ellipse to hosted facilities at the Mitrais data center when the Australian company sold the mine.
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Enterprise System Upgrade - Mitrais has successfully
upgraded the ERP used by Cement Industries of Malaysia Berhad (CIMA). The
new system went live at 3 different sites. Although there were a number of
challenges associated with the three month project, Mitrais succeeded in
bringing the project in on time and on budget. According to Hasni Halim,
CIMA Project Manager, the upgrade moved CIMA from a legacy system to a SOA.
Now users are able to utilise the updated integrated features of various
modules such as Asset & Work Management, Supply Chain Management, Financial
Management and Human Resources Management. The project was undertaken by a
joint team of 15 staff from CIMA and Mitrais.
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Advanced Funds
Sufficiency Checking - Mitrais has successfully developed an Advanced
Funds Sufficiency Checking Module for inclusion into Mincom International
Limited latest version of the Ellipse ERP system. The Funds Sufficiency Checking
module is designed to increase the functionality of the Ellipse product in terms
of cost control and is required by Mexican and Colombian government entities.
The development includes two new modules of the Entity Budget and Funds
Authorization that are required in the funds checking process. This was a major
piece of software development done collaboratively with Mincom's office in
Brisbane, Australia (project management and architecture) and Latin America
(project sponsor and system analyst). The total effort by Mitrais software
developers alone was over 2000 man-days.
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Advance Training Management
- for ERP developer Mincom International - Mitrais under took customer
enhancements to the Mincom's ERP system Ellipse. The enhancements met Learning
Management changes requested by Australian utility companies ENERGEX and Ergon
Energy. The enhancements extended and replaced existing Training system
functionality provided by Ellipse. The front-end of the application was
web-based and the back-end developed using COBOL. The total effort by Mitrais
developers exceeded 1000 man-days.
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Indonesian Payroll
Customization - For a major international EAM application vendor,
Mitrais designed and developed the Indonesian version of their Payroll system.
Significant modifications were made to increase the field size of amounts to
accommodate the Indonesian Rupiah, provide the facility for multi-currency
salary disbursements, cater for Indonesian specific tax calculations and add
Indonesian statutory reporting capabilities.
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Indonesian
Customs and Transport Consolidation
- For the same EAM application, Mitrais modified the Customs module to enhance
the functionality so it complies with Indonesian requirements. Enhancements
include a Transactionless Purchase Order, Insurance Cost Accounting, actual
freight/volume cost, change customs terminology, use customs w/- no Freight A/C
and the addition of several new interactive processing actions.
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Modify ERP Financials -
For a multinational operation in Thailand, Mitrais modified their ERP systems
Finance module to accommodate the Thai statutory regulation of cheque numbers
being 7-digit. A Thai electricity utility subsequently requested the same
solution, adding further enhancements to incorporate additional processing
options.
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Geological modeling and mine design system upgrade using Visual Studio .NET 2008
- Mitrais is currently undertaking a major upgrade from legacy X-windows based
application into .NET application using the cutting edge Visual Studio .NET 2008
(previously known as Orcas). Working remotely from Bali, Mitrais set up VPN
connection for VS.NET 2008 to be able to work with the Team Foundation Server
(TFS) at client premise. The collaborative software development using VS.NET
2008 and TFS provides quality work process and product by utilizing its source
control, work item, unit testing, code coverage, code analysis and nightly build
integration. When it all comes into one integrated development environment,
VS.NET 2008 provides developer efficiency with the enhanced feature, usability
and robustness.
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ERP System Support - Mitrais
has established & trained a team to provide support for a major ERP system
vendor, Mincom International Pty Ltd in Brisbane, Australia. A Frame relay link
into the client’s office allows the Mitrais software engineers to work directly
on the client’s source code. This is a prime example of a high trust
relationship where the Mitrais Team is integrated with that of the client. Some
examples of the work are:
- Ellipse Internationalization
– Simple COBOL works to remove some embedded literals within the code and
replace them with a macro. Some 350 out of 1500 components have been assigned to
Mitrais Software Engineers to review and convert. The work has been done in a
very short period (just over a week) with proper internal code review for
Quality Assurance.
- Mincom SA Payroll
– a team for coding and unit testing was formed to support Mincom South Africa
for their payroll development. This is a very good example of CSD (Collaborative
Software Development) where the project leader is in South Africa, the Software
Architect and Designers are in Brisbane while the development team is in Bali.
Mitrais has successfully supported the first phase of this project and will be
involved in the next phases.
- Ellipse 5.2.3 SP 4 Web View work order resolution
– a team of Mitrais staff was sent to Mincom Brisbane to join the development
team for bug-busting Web View work orders for an urgent target date release. The
team was out placed for one month and sent back home after the number of
outstanding work orders has been decreased significantly.
- Ellipse 5.2.3 upgrade projects
– a number of Mitrais Software Engineers were seconded to join Mincom APAC team
in a number of Ellipse upgrade projects on client sites in Australia. Some
individuals were performing like stars as appreciated by the project managers
and the clients after a successful go-live.
- Ellipse 5.2.3 WO Purging and XML work
– prior to the release of Ellipse 5.2.3 SP2 in October last year, Mitrais was
asked to assist in the resolution of a hundred Work Order for this new
development. A similar work for the newly developed XML screens was also
conducted early last year.
PocketPC Universal ID Card
- is developed as a PocketPC application dedicated to PT. Freeport Indonesia
employee identification. Completed with barcode scanner, data synchronization
with server (includes photo), and policy that each employee has a Barcode-ID
Card, the PocketPC becomes a power full tool to give guidance to an officer who
is guarding certain areas such as dining hall, explosive area, etc.
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PocketPC Logging System
- is developed as a PocketPC application dedicated to do outdoor data logging
for Mine Serve International, a PT. Freeport affiliate company. Completed with
data validation and data synchronization with server, the PocketPC becomes a
very good tool to log data. It decreases the possibility of logging wrong data
and does paperless work.
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Oniqua Bid Responder -
Oniqua Enterprise Analytics is a leader of Business intelligence Software for
capital intensive industry. Bid Responder is designed specifically for supplier
analysis and consequent business improvement. Mitrais were commissioned to write
(to Oniqua's specification) a stand-alone module for RFQ (Request for Quotation)
and bidding management. This module is distributed free by Buying Organizations
to potential vendors to allow them to respond to RFQ's.
The application was
developed in Java 2 Standard Edition in 3 months by a team of 4 Software
Engineers. Mitrais used the Rational Unified Process methodology. It proved to
be as effective for a light and rapid project as it is for larger projects.
Rational Rose was used as the development tool.
Vendor Trader is now
available for download from
www.oniqua.com
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Development of Mining
Market Place - Mitrais has completed development of a Mining Market
Place for a major publicly listed mining company. The system has extensive
custom designed functionality and features. These include online product
information, web orders, web stock and management of request, contracts, orders,
stock, prices, invoices, customer relationships and reports. The benefits
provided to the client include integration of their worldwide marketing process,
expanded market penetration and improved customer service. The system utilizes
the Java 2 Platform, Enterprise Edition (J2EETM ) and promotes Collaborative
Transactions whereby the client can negotiate with customers prior to
commitments being made or approval given.
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V-CAT - An Internet based central
materials catalogue that facilitates remote materials cataloguing services for
ERP/EAM applications. Developed for an Australian specialist materials
consulting firm, VCAT can also be the master catalogue for e-Commerce service
providers enabling standardized structure for vendor product data and
integration with ERP/EAM applications.
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Papua Knowledge Center -
Mitrais has designed and developed a website for Papua government to support the
Corporate Social responsibility (CSR) practices of PT Freeport Indonesia. The
website provides statistical information about population and graduate numbers,
etc. The statistical data is displayed in monthly, annual and year-to-year
charts and enables comparisons by region. The website uses CakePHP, Adobe Flash
action script and MySQL as the database.
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License Kiosk System - For
an international provider of mining software and consulting service based on UK,
Mitrais has just delivered a system to manage the licensing process of mining
software sales through a web application. This would make the licensing process
runs in more efficient across consultants and customers worldwide. License Kiosk
System maintains the customers of the software, the software products to be
licensed, the process of license key generation & recording and the process of
software maintenance update. License Kiosk System is developed using Microsoft
.NET technology.
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Tunnel Entry System
using RFID tags - For an international Manufacturing Execution System
(MES) provider based the heart of Silicon Valley of San Jose, California,
Mitrais has recently completed and delivered a system to monitor person and
vehicle traffic across tunnel system. The system is based on RFID tracking which
gives more flexibility on designing the portal and ID card system. The Tunnel
Entry System includes a module to produce ID card which include direct
connection to camera system, a module to handle real-time data acquisition to
RFID scanner, a module to handle the logic and state machine of portals, a
module which continuously synchronizes the data across portals and a reporting
system which performs status tracking and summary of vehicles and person as well
as scanning emergency condition and throws an alert based on that assessment.
Tunnel Entry System is developed using J2EE technology.
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Travel Booking System - A
web-enabled itinerary management system, developed by Mitrais for companies with
employees who frequently travel so that they can effectively schedule all
aspects of travel - from flight bookings and ticket printing to on-the-ground
transportation arrangements and accommodation reservations. A web-based version
for a remote client has also been developed recently. The system is integrated
to the client ERP system in the area of Finance and Human Resource.
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Online Recruitment System
- initially developed for internal use this product has now excited the interest
of a recruitment agency and is being extended to provide a proprietary and
enterprise critical application.
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Scholarship Interactive
Database - Mitrais has completed Scholarship Interactive Database (SID)
for Lembaga Pengembangan Masyarakat Amungme dan Kamoro (LPMAK), an organization
established under PT. Freeport Indonesia whose mission is to develop local
community, especially Amungme and Kamoro community. SID was designed as a web
application dedicated to maintain scholarship participant data.
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Business Intelligence
SkorStor - Designed and developed by Mitrais in association with a Management
Consulting firm, the SkorStor is a Performance Management tool based on the
Balanced Scorecard. The product consists of a Data Mart to store performance
measurement data, ETL routines to extract data from ERP/EAM applications,
published reporting and OLAP services. The Data Mart has been developed for both
MS SQL Server 7 and Oracle 7.3.
Next development will employ a Microsoft .NET
framework for a total solution in Business Intelligence (BI). A release is
expected on Q2 2004. Another development using Business Object’s BI tools is
under investigation.
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Metallurgical Database -
Mitrais designed and developed a Data Mart to contain metallurgical data for a
multinationals operation in Indonesia. The Data Mart acts as consolidated
standard repository of raw data extracted from real-time systems. The Data Mart
is the source for producing summary data to help eradicate the inconsistencies
created by individual geologists inputting information.
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