Cincinnati, OH – Version 2.0 for Zontec's Synergy 3000™ statistical process control (SPC) system, including more than 20 new features and enhancements is now shipping.

Some of the more significant features in the new release are:

• Customized standard reports with up to four SPC charts per page
• Expanded e-mail notification options for out-of-control and out-of-specification conditions
• Numerous enhancements to the Certificate of Analysis Report
• A Manager-Level dashboard display showing specification status of last measurements entered (available in both the Windows and Web application)
• Intercharacteristic math calculator for inputing average, maximum, minimum, total indicator runout, true position, overall equipment effectiveness and rolled throughput yield
• Built-in interface to Statgraphics® and Minitab™ off-line analytical programs
• Viewing of PDF documents by quality characteristic
• Viewing of prints or part drawings by characteristic
• A new data collection window for Operators that combines spreadsheet and control chart displays
• Additional data save/data export options
• Improved mapping of characteristics to process relationships
• More comprehensive reporting of process events to the Log File

Synergy 3000 is the quality industry's first SPC software application to use Microsoft's .NET programming environment for 100% of its development effort. Zontec's decision to utilize .NET tools exclusively gives Synergy 3000 users a future-ready IT path for universal connectivity, integration and collaboration with such systems as ERP, laboratory information management (LIMS), supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA) and supply chain applications. Companies can license Synergy 3000 for either SQL Server™ or Oracle® databases.