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Features

Available in two versions
Main features
8 reasons why CMX is ideal for calibration management
Easy and safe documentation
CMX is excellent for regulated companies
Integration into management systems
Communication with documenting calibrators
Pocket PC Option
History Trend Option

Available in two versions:

• CMX for server
• CMX for workstation

Main features:

• Easy-to-use, modern software with user-configurable interface
• Provides traceable and auditable calibration reports
• Adheres to regulations (ISO, FDA, etc.)
• Can be integrated to your management system
• Built-in communication with documenting calibrators
• Pocket PC Option available for manual data entry with a PDA

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8 Reasons why CMX is ideal for calibration management:

  1 It's simple and easy to use.
    Explorer-like user interface and 'drag and drop' functions make CMX truly user-friendly calibration management software.
 
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  CMX explorer-like user interface.

  2 Calibration reports are traceable and auditable.
    Who calibrated? What instruments? When? What were the results? By using CMX, you will have all your calibration results in a traceable and auditable form, printed in paper or stored in electronic format in a database.
 
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    CMX has many different calibration certificate templates.

  3 It adheres to many regulations.
    CMX helps to meet the regulatory requirements, whether your plant's calibration system needs to comply with ISO 17025, cGMP or 21 CFR Part 11.
 
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    CMX's change management complies to FDA requirements (21 CFR Part 11 Electronic Records and Electronic Signatures).

  4 It's extremely flexible and can be customized.
    From user-interface to calibration reports, CMX can be modified to meet your company's standards and requirements. In addition, CMX's Pocket PC Option provides wide possibilities for manual data entry on site.
 
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    CMX's Pocket PC Option allows manual data entry on site.

  5 It increases calibration-related work efficiency.
    Utilizing CMX will decrease all calibration-related paperwork to a minimum. Furthermore, CMX's History Trend Option allows you to analyze and determine the optimal calibration interval.
 
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    The History Trend Option allows you to analyze the instrument's drift over a certain time period.

  6 Enterprise capabilities.
    When operations expand or several other plants need to use the same calibration management system, CMX adapts according to the new needs, thanks to the two different versions available: CMX for server and CMX for workstation.
 
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    Need to share your database with other sites? With CMX, you can allow access to your Plant Structure and share your database with other sites worldwide.


  7 Communication with documenting calibrators.
    Combine CMX with Beamex's documenting calibrators and you will have the most seamlessly connected calibration system in the world.
     
     
    The combination of CMX and MC5 make the most seamlessly connected calibration system in the world.

 

  8 Integration into management systems.
    CMX's scalable technology allows you to integrate into maintenance management systems, such as SAP/R3®, Maximo® and others.
     

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Easy and safe documentation

Documentation is easy and safe with CMX. All CMX documentation can be printed in electronic format (e.g. Word, Excel, PDF, HTML, JPG). These electronic documents can easily be shared via e-mail or published on the Internet. This enables sharing data with other systems.

How about adapting CMX document layouts to our company standards? Choose the CMX report design option to create completely new documents or to modify pre-designed document layouts according to the standards of your company. If your company's resources are limited, Beamex's Professional Services can provide some help. E-mail your specification and our professionals will do the rest.

Storing calibration documentation electronically in the CMX database is easy, safe and very efficient. In this way, you will minimize the amount of paper files. Making backups and searching and analyzing calibration documents is also much more quicker and easier when all documentation is in an electronic format. Storing documents in CMX adheres to regulations too!

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Choose the CMX Report Design Option to create completely new documents or to modify pre-designed document layouts according to the standards of your company.
CMX documents adhere to regulations and all documentation can be printed also in electronic format (e.g. Word, Excel, PDF, HTML, JPG).

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CMX is excellent for regulated companies

If 21 CFR part 11 is your challenge, then CMX is your solution.

Is your calibration system capable of withstanding a closer look? Are there regulatory requirements you must follow to the letter? For instance, if you are in the pharmaceutical industry, you must have a calibration system that meets all the regulatory requirements (cGMP, 21 CFR part 11). With CMX, you will have a complete, recorded history of your calibrations, which is fully traceable and auditable. All CMX's calibration certificates meet the regulatory requirements.

CMX is the right choice, if you must meet regulatory requirements such as ISO 17025, cGMP and 21 CFR Part 11.
An optional Electronic Signature is required when modifying any electronic records, not for just saving or approving calibrations.
Change Management stores record history including timestamp, record author or editor, record status and a unique key to the Audit Trail. The Audit Trail may be accessed by simply clicking on the key.
Audit Trail tracks detailed information such as record version number, timestamp, record author or editor, values before and after, which data fields have been added, modified or deleted, and, finally, user feedback explaining why the record has been modified. Audit Trail also saves illegal login attempts.

Download the pdf to learn what are the procedures in CMX's Change Management.

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Beamex's Validation Services support the implementation of CMX.

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Integration into management systems

The compatibility of IT systems is one of the most important issues today for almost any company. This concerns calibration management software as well: seamless integration into a maintenance management system is a must. Thanks to scalable technology, CMX can be integrated into your management system, such as SAP/R3®, Maximo® and others.

The limitations of having a maintenance management system (MMS) alone

Company plant hierarchy and work orders are stored into MMS, but it is not able to automate the calibration system, because it is not designed for calibration management and it cannot communicate with "smart" calibrators.

The Benefits of Integrating

Utilizing CMX with the maintenance management system will save time and money and increase company productivity by automating calibration work and preventing unnecessary work.

Integration into a management system in practice
Plant hierarchy and all work orders for process instruments are created and maintained in MMS
Calibration work orders are transferred to the CMX calibration management software, where calibration procedures, strategies and calibration standards are stored
When calibration work has been performed, CMX sends acknowledgement of the calibration back to MMS
All detailed calibration results are available in the CMX database

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Communication with documenting calibrators

Maximize benefits by using CMX together with Beamex calibrators.

CMX and a Beamex calibrator, such as the MC5 all-in-one multifunction calibrator, is the perfect combination. It really pays to have a calibration system where the one and same company has developed both the calibrator and calibration management software. It's the best way to guarantee seamless connectivity; and with a seamless connection comes many benefits that will ultimately provide a major improvement in work productivity.

The benefits of combining CMX with Beamex calibrators are very practical:
Major reduction of paperwork: even the work lists can be downloaded electronically onto the calibrator
Documentation of calibration results onto a database is easy, safe and accurate
No need to write calibration documentation by hand
An increase in work productivity: the ability to do more calibrations in the same period of time as before
A significant improvement in data accuracy and quality

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Pocket PC Option

No more manual data entry with pen and paper.

Calibration management goes mobile with CMX. CMX allows the user to computerize the entire calibration system, making it completely "paperless". This is possible due to communication with documenting calibrators and the new Pocket PC Option, which allows the use of a PDA for manual data entry on site.

Benefits of use:
Flexible and easy to use
Wide possibilities for manual entry on site
Aids in making the entire calibration system "paperless"

Features:
Stand-alone Pocket PC software allowing manual data entry on site
Downloads multiple work orders together with required settings, test procedures and routines
Displays predefined instructions and actions before test, while testing and after test
Stores all test results, as found and as left test results together with used reference
Tracks environmental information, time stamp, user information and notes for multiple tasks
Automatically calculates located errors for each test point
Automatic "out-of-tolerance" detection with pass/fail indication
Uploads all test results and notes to central database

Hardware specifications:
Supported Operating System: Microsoft® Windows® MobileTM 2003 or later
Application Processor: Based on Intel® XScaleTM technology or similar
Memory: ROM 64 MB, RAM 64 MB
Display: 3.5", 240 x 320 color TFT Touch Screen
Interface with Workstation PC: USB 1.1 via sync cable or docking station, Bluetooth or Infrared

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Learn how the Pocket PC Option assists calibration management. Click images to enlarge.

 

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History Trend Option

Plan the optimal calibration interval for your instruments.

Would you like to know what the optimal calibration interval for an instrument is? The new History Trend Option allows you to analyze the instrument's drift over a certain time period. Based on this information, it is possible to make decisionsand conclusions concerning the optimal calibration interval and the quality of the instruments.

Benefits of use:
Analyzing and determining the optimal calibration interval
Making conclusions concerning the quality of the instruments

Features:
Summary of all calibrations made on an instrument
Numerical and graphical display of the instrument's drift over a certain time period

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The History Trend Option allows you to analyze the instrument’s drift over a certain time period.

 

 

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