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The Swiss authorities have presented their latest proposed revision of the country’s asylum legislation, aimed notably at cutting the time needed to process requests from 1,400 days today to just 140 in most cases. (Photo: Keystone)

The United States tax authorities have filed a request for legal assistance to identify former American clients of the private bank Wegelin who are suspected of tax dodging. It is the fourth such request against a Swiss financial institute. (Photo: Keystone)

The United States tax authorities have filed a request for legal assistance to identify former American clients of the private bank Wegelin who are suspected of tax dodging. It is the fourth such request against a Swiss financial institute. (Photo: Keystone)

Switzerland and Luxembourg are the countries whose tax coffers are most boosted by migrants, according to an Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) report. (Photo: Keystone)

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The traditional Swiss custom of leading the herds up to alpine pastures for the summer has been delayed this year due to bad weather. Farmers who have risked the journey have been faced with rain soaked mountain sides and soil erosion. (Photo: swissinfo)

Swiss and German non-governmental organisations have criticised Swiss-based mining giant Glencore Xstrata over a huge planned mining project in the Philippines. (Photo: Bobby Timonera/Fastenopfer)

It is arguably one of the most unusual political ideas launched in decades and campaigners for an unconditional basic income for all say they have already collected enough signatures to force a vote on their utopian proposal. (Photo: Keystone)

The campaigners behind an initiative to give everyone a basic income want a debate on the value of work in society. Would you want to work or be tempted to take a lesser-paid job if you were also guaranteed a state income?

Foreign Minister Didier Burkhalter has highlighted Switzerland’s commitment to the abolition of capital punishment at the opening of the Fifth World Congress against the Death Penalty in Madrid. (Photo: Keystone)

A draft law allowing Swiss banks to pass data to the United States justice authorities has won approval by the Senate. The other parliamentary chamber, the House of Representatives, is set to discuss the controversial issue next week. (Photo: Keystone)

Art Basel opens in Switzerland following the launch weeks earlier of its first Asian edition in Hong Kong. With Art Basel Miami Beach now in its tenth year, swissinfo.ch looks at the brand’s expansion and how experts view the change. (Photo: Keystone)

Sbiti Abdel Hay was born in Tunisia and emigrated to Switzerland in 1984. Having had his work exhibited in many leading museums, today he sells his paintings for just a few dozen francs in the streets of Bern. (Photo: swissinfo)

Which way Turkish society and politics should develop is an issue not only in Turkey itself, but also among Turkish citizens living in Switzerland. The recent protests that began in Istanbul are absorbing the attention of many Turks here. (Photo: Keystone)

Crystal River, FL - - June 11, 2013 - - CHAMPS Software, Inc., a leading provider of Computerized Maintenance Management (CMMS) and Enterprise Asset Management (EAM) solutions for over four decades, reports that long-time customer Appvion, Inc. (formerly Appleton Papers) has upgraded to CHAMPS version 11.0.  The maintenance system has been successfully upgraded at three Appvion locations including the West Carrollton, Ohio, coating facility; the Appleton, Wisconsin, coating facility; and the Roaring Spring, Pennsylvania, pulp and paper mill, and coating facility.  With this version of CHAMPS in place, Appvion is gaining improved functionality for work order and materials management – specifically with the inventory management module.

'The upgrade process went well and CHAMPS was there to ensure our success,' says Dave Erich, IT Manager at Appvion.  'They provided the initial guidance and framework we needed to get the project started, then remained available as we progressively migrated from site to site.  In doing so, we leaned on them for administrative and user training.'

The upgrade is giving Appvion enhanced functionality that provides a smoother flow and better match for their work processes.  Overall, approximately 150 users across the three sites access the maintenance system routinely to initiate work requests, generate work orders, capture completed work, perform preventive maintenance, and track spare parts usage.

'CHAMPS provides everything we need in a maintenance system,' Erich further stated.  'As a company, CHAMPS is very customer focused and they are fully supportive of our needs.  We value the relationship we have with them and are confident this recent upgrade will keep us current on the latest functionality available.'

Appvion creates product solutions through its development and use of coating formulations, coating applications and Encapsys® microencapsulation technology.  The 106-year-old company produces thermal, carbonless and security papers and Encapsys products, and is 100 percent employee owned.

About CHAMPS Software, Inc.

For more than four decades, CHAMPS Software, Inc. has been developing and delivering Computerized Maintenance Management System (CMMS) and Enterprise Asset Management (EAM) software solutions that enable enterprises of varying size, sophistication, and industry to optimize the life cycles of their capital assets.  CHAMPS CMMS/EAM continuously improves operations by incorporating industry best practices with the flexibility inherent in component based web architected solutions. Regardless of organizational size or geographical layout, CHAMPS CMMS/EAM is purposely scalable to manage business processes for asset optimization across the enterprise.  Efficient acquisition, maintenance, repairs, replacement or salvaging of these critical assets result in operational excellence, leading to decreased cost and increased profits.  For more information, visit www.CHAMPSInc.com.
 
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