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Sapienza Consulting Awarded 3 Years Contract by Septentrio NV

Noordwijk, 1 February 2016Sapienza Consulting today announces it has been awarded a 3-year contract to supply the ECLIPSE suite and its professional services to Septentrio NV.

Septentrio NV joins the growing list of successful European SMEs that benefit from adopting several modules of the ECLIPSE suite in their space projects management processes.

In particular Septentrio NV will take advantage of the Document Configuration & Change Management (DCCM), the Review Items of Discrepancy (eRID) and Action Items Manager (AIM) modules.

Andrea Bennetti, Group Commercial Director at Sapienza Consulting said: “We are proud to welcome on board Septentrio NV. This procurement of the ECLIPSE suite follows an accelerating standardisation trend which now sees the ECLIPSE suite being selected by a fast growing number of institutional and industrial space sector players. We are very glad to see this trend develop, and we hope it will help us fulfil our goal to bring further standardization to the space sector through our ECLIPSE Space project support software and services.”

ECLIPSE is the only collaborative suite of integrated applications designed with the invaluable experience of space industry professionals for use by European space sector organisations ranging from Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) all the way to International Agencies.

 

The ECLIPSE Suite helps space project and mission teams achieve higher efficiency, better control and compliance to ECSS standards in key project and business areas such as:

  • Project Management (PM)
  • Product Assurance (PA)
  • Configuration Management (CM)
  • Quality Assurance (QA).

 

The DCCM module fulfils all the document configuration requirements of a space project. All the integrated functions are tailored specifically for the space industry’s needs and best practises. Furthermore, it supports the document’s entire evolution (i.e. creation, modification, evolution and distribution) throughout its lifecycle.

 

eRID supports space project and mission teams through the preparation, set-up, management and control of formal project and mission reviews. The eRID application provides the means for project review participants to access deliverable data packs, contractual or technical baselines as well as requirements documentation via the web. eRID supports the complete work flow of the approval and review process, and the assignment and lifecycle management of actions and eventual closure of RIDs in accordance with the ECCS standards.

 

AIM is a web-based application that allows the creation, allocation, monitoring and tracking of Action Items (AIs) and their associated information across small and large project teams alike. Each Action Item can be allocated to an Actionee and multiple Contributors, who can access and contribute to the Action Item’s progress, completion and closure via the web, in accordance to security permissions. Each AI enables all those involved to collaborate via a thread-based discussion capability which enables additional information to be provided in the form of video, images or documentation attachments.

 

About Sapienza Consulting Group

The Sapienza Consulting Group is a leading provider of space mission and project support through people, software and services. Since 1994 Sapienza has been a supplier to the European Space Agency as well as the other key players of the European institutional and commercial space sector. The Group now consists of strategically located offices in Germany, The Netherlands, Italy, The United Kingdom, Belgium and France.

 

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For Media information contact:

Sapienza Consulting Group

Space Business Park

Kapteynstraat 1

2201 BB

Noordwijk

The Netherlands

 

Ph: +31(0)71 407 6518

Fx: +31(0)71 407 6536

 

http://www.sapienzaconsulting.com

 

About Septentrio NV

Septentrio designs, manufactures and sells highly accurate GPS/GNSS receivers, for demanding applications requiring accuracies in the decimeter or centimeter range, even under difficult conditions. Whether it’s on the high sea, in scintillation prone areas or at high latitudes, our customers know that Septentrio receivers deliver fast, accurate and reliable positions. In urban canyons, under canopies or even under circumstances where there is deliberate interference, our receivers make our customers excel.

 

For Media information contact:

Septentrio NV

Greenhill Campus

Interleuvenlaan 15G

3001 Leuven, Belgium

 

Ph: +32 16 30 08 00

 

http://www.septentrio.com/

Noordwijk, 26 JanuarySapienza Consulting today announces it has been awarded a 3-year contract to supply the ECLIPSE suite and related services to Compagnia Generale per lo Spazio (CGS SpA), an OHB group company.

CGS SpA is the first Italian company to take advantage of the ECLIPSE suite. CGS has selected to use the ECLIPSE suite Non-Conformance Tracking System (eNCTS) and the Action Items Management (AIM) modules. CGS joins the rest of the OHB group companies in the use of the ECLIPSE software suite to enhance their internal efficiency and improve collaboration between their space projects team members and stakeholders.

Andrea Bennetti, Group Commercial Director of Sapienza Consulting said: “We welcome CGS SpA as the latest adopter of the ECLIPSE suite and our first commercial client in Italy. CGS has a long standing heritage in working on space projects both nationally and internationally and we hope they will become an advocate of the ECLIPSE suite to a very active and rich of heritage Italian space sector.“

Paolo Lorenzi, CTO, Quality and Business Processes at CGS SpA said: “When researching for tools to manage our Non-Conformances, we approached Sapienza to assess their ECLIPSE software suite. From the initial demonstration, and after further testing, we quickly realised that obtaining this toolset designed by Sapienza would be a wise choice. Sapienza’s heritage and experience in working with ESA and the wider European space industry over the last 20 years shone through and gave us confidence in our selection choice.”

ECLIPSE is the only collaborative suite of integrated applications designed with the invaluable experience of space industry professionals for use by European space sector organisations ranging from Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) all the way to International Agencies.

 

The ECLIPSE Suite helps space project and mission teams achieve higher efficiency, better control and compliance to ECSS standards in key project and business areas such as:

  • Project Management (PM)
  • Product Assurance (PA)
  • Configuration Management (CM)
  • Quality Assurance (QA).

The eNCTS is one of the latest modules included into the ECLIPSE suite. eNCTS supports the recording, evolution, reporting and reviewing of Non-Conformances (NC) raised against components of a system. The information to be collected regarding the NC can be customised on a project level by the System Administrator. It is also possible to link related NCs to each other. The module allows users to manage Non-Conformance Review Boards (NRBs) or Non-Conformance Reports (NCRs) and controls user access to different areas of the system based on product tree access rights.

 

AIM is a web-based application that allows the creation, allocation, monitoring and tracking of Action Items and their associated information across small and large project teams alike. Each Action Item can be allocated to an Actionee and multiple Contributors, who can access and contribute to the Action Item’s progress, completion and closure via the web, in accordance to security permissions. Each AI enables all those involved to collaborate via a thread-based discussion capability which enables additional information to be provided in the form of video, images or documentation attachments.

 

About Sapienza Consulting Group

The Sapienza Consulting Group is a leading provider of space mission and project support through people, software and services. Since 1994 Sapienza has been a supplier to the European Space Agency as well as the other key players of the European institutional and commercial space sector. The Group now consists of strategically located offices in Germany, The Netherlands, Italy, The United Kingdom, Belgium and France.

 

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For Media information contact:

Sapienza Consulting Group

Space Business Park

Kapteynstraat 1

2201 BB

Noordwijk

The Netherlands

 

Ph: +31(0)71 407 6518

Fx: +31(0)71 407 6536

http://www.sapienzaconsulting.com

 

About CGS SpA

CGS is a reliable supplier of turn-key systems, products and technologies for space programs. CGS SpA provides the user community with solutions to lower the cost of first class science and application missions by:

  • Exploiting the full potential of small and medium size satellites.
  • Exploiting new orbital and transportation systems.
  • Exploiting advanced technologies that are turned into high performance products for space applications.

 

For Media information contact:

CGS S.p.A. – An OHB Company

Via Gallarate, 150

20151 Milano (MI) – ITALY

 

Ph: +39 02 380 481

Fx: +39 02 3086458

http://www.cgspace.it

Noordwijk, 11 February 2015Sapienza Consulting today announces it has been awarded a 3-year contract to supply the ECLIPSE suite to QinetiQ Space NV.

QinetiQ Space NV is the first industrial company in Belgium to use the ECLIPSE suite. QinetiQ Space NV will start with using two of the ECLIPSE suite modules namely eNCTS and AIM. The ECLIPSE software suite will enhance efficiency and improve communication and data collaboration between QinetiQ Space NV and its institutional and industrial partners.

Andrea Bennetti, (Group) Commercial Director of Sapienza Consulting said: "We are delighted to welcome on board our first Belgian customer. QinetiQ’s adoption follows an accelerating standardisation trend which now sees the ECLIPSE suite being used to various extents by the European Space Agency (ESA), OHB Systems, Airbus Space and Defence and Thales Alenia Space..“

Piet Rosiers, Corporate Product Assurance Manager of QinetiQ said: “When looking for a non-conformance tool we almost instantaneously turned to the Eclipse suite as it is fast becoming the de facto standard within the European Space Industry. Upon testing, we quickly learned that this tool is both extremely powerful as well as user-friendly. I'm therefore confident that we have made the right choice and truly believe that this tool will help us in achieving a higher efficiency.”

ECLIPSE Suite is a unique web-based, software platform designed for commercial Prime-Contractors, SMEs (Small and Medium Enterprises) and Governmental Space institutions alike. ECLIPSE suite empowers its users with a unique toolset supporting the management of

  • Product Assurance
  • Quality Assurance
  • Project Management
  • Configuration Management

activities in space projects and missions according to the requirements of ECSS Standards.

The eNCTS is one of the latest modules included into the ECLIPSE suite. eNCTS supports the recording, evolution, reporting and reviewing of Non-Conformances (NC) raised against components of a system. The information to be collected regarding the NC can be customised on a project level by the System Administrator. It is also possible to link related NCs to each other. The module allows users to manage Non-Conformance Review Boards (NRBs) or Non-Conformance Reports (NCRs) and controls user access to different areas of the system based on product tree access rights.

AIM is a web-based application that allows the creation, allocation, monitoring and tracking of Action Items (AIs) and their associated information across small and large project teams alike. Each Action Item (AI) can be allocated to an Actionee and multiple Contributors, who can access and contribute to the Action Item’s progress, completion and closure via the web, in accordance to security permissions. Each AI enables all those involved to collaborate via a thread-based discussion capability which enables additional information to be provided in the form of video, images or documentation attachments.

About Sapienza Consulting Ltd

Sapienza Consulting is a leading provider of software solutions, services and manpower to the institutional and commercial space industry. Sapienza has been a supplier to the European Space Agency since 1994. A team of software architects and developers, space engineering and consultancy experts deliver solutions from our offices in the UK, the Netherlands, Italy, France and Germany.

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For Media information contact:

Sapienza Consulting Ltd
Space Business Park
Kapteynstraat 1
2201 BB
Noordwijk
The Netherlands

Ph: +31(0)71 407 6518 
Fx: +31(0)71 407 6536

www.sapienzaconsulting.com 

About QinetiQ Space NV

QinetiQ Space Belgium has been the country’s leading space systems integrator for more than 40 years. We design, build, launch and operate complex space infrastructure and satellites. 

We are also a major contributor to the infrastructure of the International Space Station – developing and building the sophisticated instruments that allow scientists to: work in microgravity conditions; conduct medical, physical and biological research; create new materials, and carryout technological trials.

For Media information contact:

QinetiQ Space BV
Hogenakkerhoekstraat 9
Kruibeke 9150
Belgium

Ph: 00 32 3 250 14 14
Fx: 00 32 3 253 14 64

http://www.qinetiq.com/

Noordwijk, November 5th 2014 – Sapienza Consulting Ltd, a company of the Sapienza Consulting (Holding BV) Group is pleased to announce that today inked an agreement with the European Space Agency (ESA) to provide (Corporate) consolidated management services for ECLIPSE and PRISMA applications. The service will be available from any ESA location, however, Sapienza service operations’ staff will operate primarily from the ESA/ESTEC centre and Sapienza own offices across Europe.

The three-year contract awarded, (with an optional extension of a further two), focuses on the provision of ECLIPSE-PRISMA corporate-level services to all ESA establishments worldwide. The contract is underpinned by an incorporated licensing agreement between ESA and Sapienza for the provision of an ECLIPSE corporate-license available to all ESA Directorates for the same duration of the contract.

As part of the contract, Sapienza and ESA will work together to standardise and improve the delivery of the services, to increase efficiencies, as well as promoting the transition from the heritage PRISMA software to the ECLIPSE software suite, where this meets the individual requirements of the Programmes and Corporate users’ base.

With this contract, Sapienza Consulting makes a substantial step forward in establishing itself as a leading European provider of Space Projects and Mission Support through its people, software and services.

Furthermore, the formalisation of the ECLIPSE suite as the corporate tool of choice for ESA, brings Sapienza a step closer to its declared ambition for the ECLIPSE suite to become the European Standard tool for supporting space project Document Management & Configuration Management, Product Assurance, Quality Assurance and Project Management activities throughout the space supply chain. In fact, this latest contract award comes after a series of industrial contracts resulting in the adoption of various ECLIPSE modules from Major Space sector actors such as Airbus Defence and Space, Thales Alenia Space and OHB System. 

About ECLIPSE

The ECLIPSE Suite is a unique web-based, software platform designed for commercial Prime-Contractors, SMEs (Small and Medium Enterprises) and Governmental Space institutions alike. ECLIPSE Suite empowers its users with a unique toolset supporting the management of:

  • Product Assurance
  • Quality Assurance
  • Document & Configuration Management
  • Configuration Management
  • Project Management

activities in space projects and missions according to the requirements of ECSS Standards.

About Sapienza Consulting (Holding BV) group

The Sapienza Consulting Group is a leading provider of space mission and project support through people, software and services. Since 1994 Sapienza has been a supplier to the European Space Agency as well as the other key players of the European institutional and commercial space sector. The Group now consists of strategically located offices in Germany, The Netherlands, Italy,The United Kingdom and France.

Follow us on LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/company/sapienza-consulting

For Media information contact:

Sapienza Consulting Group
Space Business Park
Kapteynstraat 1
2201 BB
Noordwijk
The Netherlands

Ph: +31(0)71 407 6518
Fx: +31(0)71 407 6536

http://www.sapienzaconsulting.com

About ESA/ESTEC

The European Space Research and Technology Centre in Noordwijk, the Netherlands, is the largest ESA establishment, a test centre and hub for European space activities. It has responsibility for the technical preparation and management of ESA space projects and provides technical support to ESA’s on-going satellite, space exploration and human space activities.

For Media information contact:

European Space Research & Technology Centre
Keplerlaan 1
2200 AG
Noordwijk
The Netherlands

Ph: +31 (0)71 565 6565

www.esa.int

“The view expressed herein can in no way be taken to reflect the official opinion of the European Space Agency.”

Thursday, 16 May 2013 10:17

Latest ECLIPSE Suite release, 3.1

On the 10th of May Sapienza released ECLIPSE Suite 3.1. The latest release provides several new features in the following modules:

  • Document Configuration and Change Management (DCCM),
  • Non-Conformance Tracking System (eNCTS),
  • Risk Management (eRISK).

With the latest and upcoming features of eNCTS and eRISK, Sapienza aims at enhancing further the existing user experience.

Have a look at the highlights of the new features and further improvements on our ECLIPSE suite Wikipedia page.

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Published in Management

Noordwijk, April 16 2013 – Sapienza Consulting announces a major new release of the ECLIPSE suite.


ECLIPSE 3.0 is a fundamental step forward in the evolution of the ECLIPSE suite as it includes two new fully-integrated modules, namely eNCTS (eclipse Non-Conformance Tracking System module) and eRISK (eclipse Risk Management Module).

Along with the introduction of the two new modules, the 3.0 release focuses on providing enhanced user experience with numerous new features in the following modules:

  • Action Items Manager (AIM),
  • Document Configuration and Change Management (DCCM).

“These latest additions will help us cement the success of the ECLIPSE suite amongst our clients’ space projects and missions, and allow them an ever more effective digitally integrated project environment for their team and partners to work with”, said Andrea Bennetti, Commercial Director of Space Products and Manpower at Sapienza Consulting.

ECLIPSE Suite is the only web-based, software platform designed for commercial Prime-Contractors, SMEs (Small and Medium Enterprises) and Governmental Space institutions alike. ECLIPSE suite empowers its users with a unique toolset supporting the management of PA/QA/PM/CM activities in space projects and missions according to the requirements of ECSS Standards.

The eNCTS is one of the latest modules included into the ECLIPSE suite. eNCTS supports the recording, evolution, reporting and reviewing of Non-Conformances (NC) raised against components of a system. The information to be collected regarding the NC can be customised on a project level by the System Administrator. It is also possible to link related NCs to each other. The module allows users to manage Non-Conformance Review Boards (NRBs) or Non-Conformance Reports (NCRs) and controls user access to different areas of the system based on product tree access rights.

eRISK is also integrated into the ECLIPSE suite. It fully supports the specific risk management process needs of space projects and missions. It allows recording, accessing, monitoring and resolving risks identified and associated with a complex engineering or scientific project.

The DCCM module fulfils all the document configuration requirements of a space project. All the integrated functions are tailored specifically for the space industry’s needs and best practises. Furthermore, it supports the document’s entire evolution (i.e. creation, modification, evolution and distribution) throughout its lifecycle.

AIM is a web-based application that allows the creation, allocation, monitoring and tracking of Action Items (AIs) and their associated information across small and large project teams alike. Each Action Item (AI) can be allocated to an Actionee and multiple Contributors, who can access and contribute to the Action Item’s progress, completion and closure via the web, in accordance to security permissions. Each AI enables all those involved to collaborate via a thread-based discussion capability which enables additional information to be provided in the form of video, images or documentation attachments.

RID supports space project and mission teams through the preparation, set-up, management and control of formal project and mission reviews. The RID application provides the means for project review participants to access deliverable data packs, contractual or technical baselines as well as requirements documentation via the web. RID supports the complete work flow of the approval and review process, and the assignment and lifecycle management of actions and eventual closure of RIDs in accordance with the ECCS standards.

EEE is a customisable and centralised database of EEE parts and related Declared Components Lists (DCLs). It allows creating, storing and qualifying EEE parts for future usage in any space project as well as accessing a record of EEE parts which shows in which project they were used previously. The database allows collecting the details of a EEE part, which can define the type, component manufacturer, geographic location of the manufacturer, specifications, distributor and space qualification status. The database also allows selecting the qualified EEE parts for a specific project and then creating a Declared Component List from these selected parts.


About Sapienza Consulting Ltd
Sapienza Consulting Ltd is a leading provider of software solutions, services and manpower to the institutional and commercial space industry. Sapienza has been a supplier to the European Space Agency for over 19 years. A team of software architects and developers, space engineering and consultancy experts staff our three offices in the UK, the Netherlands and Italy.

For Media information contact:
Sapienza Consulting Ltd
Space Business Park
Kapteynstraat 1
2201 BB
Noordwijk
The Netherlands

Ph: +31(0)71 407 6518
Fx: +31(0)71 407 6536

www.sapienzaconsulting.com

Published in Management
Thursday, 04 April 2013 12:45

eRISK (Risk Management Module)

eRISK (Risk Management Module) is the latest module integrated into the ECLIPSE Suite. It fully supports the specific risk management process needs of space projects and missions. It allows recording, assessing, monitoring, mitigating and/or resolving risks identified and associated with a complex engineering or scientific projects (in accordance to ECSS and ISO standards).

As and added value, Risk and Risk Assessment related actions can be created and managed in the AIM module at any point of the project life cycle. All the decisions made from the Action Items (AIs) can be traced at any time, allowing appropriate project members to have the relevant information to make important and timely decisions regarding the risk item. The eRISK module also provides its users with a reporting possibility that allows producing tabular, and in future visual and trend reports.

Core Features
• ECSS Compliance
• Risk Management
• Risk Analysis
• Reporting Capability
• Pre-defined customisable user roles
• Auditing of changes
• User-level security
• Integrates Risk-related actions with AIM
• Provides user notification

Published in Products
Wednesday, 20 March 2013 12:53

ICM (Industry Capability Mapping database)

ICM (Industry Capability Mapping) DB is the tool which any organisation (industrial or institutional) serious about strategic technology (and supply chain) management, should have at their disposal. It offers its user the ability to construct and manage a centralized web-based database of organizations (products and services) engaged in (or supplying in) a specific industrial sector. This invaluable asset allows SMEs, Institutions and large prime contractors alike, to better manage their strategic technology programs, reducing technological risk and allowing better-informed decision in procurement.

ICM empowers the organisation supply chain personnel with a web collaborative environment, where they can record and track evolving suppliers capabilities (including key performance indicators of products and service offering) against their own organisation long-term strategic capability and technological requirements.

The European Space Agency (ESA) currently uses ICM DB to manage key aspects of their technology program; the tool provides an up-to-date mapping of the European technological competences and capabilities offering (at National and European level), versus the ESA technology and competences requirements tree.

Core Features

  • ECSS Compliance
  • Strategic Technology Management
  • Reporting Capability
  • Strategic Competitor Analysis
  • Knowledge Management
  • Competences Mapping
  • Strategic Supplier Management
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For the first time Electrical, Electronic and Electromechanical database (EEE DB) offers industry and governmental space project teams, a way of collaborating in populating of a trusted EEE parts database, and the lifecycle management of DCLs (Declared Components Lists) in projects.

EEE is composed by a highly customisable and centralised database in which the managing organisation can store electronically data about pre-qualified (or trusted) EEE parts for use in space projects. And a parallel project-based database that contains all the records of these EEE parts utilisation within DCLs created as part of previous and or concurrent projects.

EEE DB has been designed and built in collaboration between the European Space Agency (ESA) and Sapienza.

The currently available release of the EEE application enables the following features:

  • Address issues relating to parts selection in space industry projects
  • Provide an user-friendly tool that industrial teams trust to use in the creation of electronic official DCLs
  • Allow different roles to review and approve the process at various stages
  • Permit access to only information specific to the activity and project
  • Create an easy to access record of EEE parts used in previous projects
  • Display DCLs for all projects where EEE part assigned

Core Features

  • Management of EEE parts
  • Management of Declared Components Lists (DCLs)
  • Knowledge Management
  • Reporting Capability
  • Actions Management
  • ECSS Compliance
  • Product Assurance
  • Data Integration
  • Data Customisation
Published in Products
Wednesday, 20 March 2013 12:40

NCTS (Non-Conformance Tracking System)

NCTS is the only web-based (ECSS Standards compliant and ESA proven) application that supports the recording, evolution, reporting and reviewing of Non-Conformances (NC) raised against components of a system, which can be structured in a product-tree like manner.

NCTS enables the collaborative performance of NRBs (Non Conformance Review Boards) and recording of minutes, dispositions and actions. The application allows users from organisations involved in system (design, production or operation) to create Non-Conformance Reports (NCRs) and explore different areas of the system based their permissions. Depending on the user's access level, NCTS determines to which section(s) of a product tree this user has access and whether s/he can view or create NCRs (or initiate NRBs). The tool allows the user to enter all the details about the Non-Conformance (and NRB) on-line, including supporting documentation and evidence such as minutes of meetings, images, videos etc.

NCTS has been the European Space Agency (ESA) tool of choice for managing Non-Conformances for nearly a decade. ESA small projects and flagship missions alike, use and benefit from the NCTS application, often inviting their industrial partners to use the NCTS system collaboratively. Several prime contractors and SMEs, have also adopted NCTS, improving their ability to manage internal Non-Conformances as well as those of their suppliers.

Core Features

  • ECSS Compliance
  • Reporting Capability
  • Non-Conformance Review Board
  • Web-Based
  • Product Tree Based
  • Non-Conformance Reporting
  • Non-Conformance Management
  • Video, Images and Doc Attachments
  • Collaborative
  • ESA proven
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