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GenS 3.0 Webinar Recordings

GenS 3.0 Webinar Recordings

Following the launch of GenS 3.0 on the 30th April 2024, Pennant have completed three live GenS webinars for our industry friends, partners and customers to expand their knowledge on GenS. Recordings of the sessions are available, just click here. The sessions...

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50 days to go… GenS 3.0

50 days to go… GenS 3.0

We are counting down... 50 days to go! GenS 3.0, Pennant’s future generation software, is ready for launch on the 30th of April. The new release includes multiple new features and capabilities, such as: Generate Logistics Product Data Summaries from TA-HB-0007-1...

Maximise your operational efficiency

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In 25 days, we will be unveiling something that will supercharge and maximise your operational efficiency. What we’re unveiling will allow you to use your data efficiently, expand your knowledge about your systems, to make data-driven decisions and remove bottlenecks to streamline your processes. From time and equipment to people and budgets, operational efficiency is about maximising available resource, to ensure systems are where they are needed, when they are needed and that they work. Stay tuned for more information coming on the 23rd of September. For those lucky enough to be...

GenS changing the game in Systems Support

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One of our Integrated Product Support experts, Mike Petik, frequently supports our customers and industry partners to build and format their database requirements, depending on the industry standard they are working in. Before our latest technology, the process would involve a Microsoft (MS) Access Database, containing the 13882B standard, which involved selecting, tailoring, and styling manually. These results would be exported as reports and sent to various stakeholders within Logistic Support Analysis Records (LSAR) working groups. Changes would be recorded and data elements within the...

The Pennant team visit Translink

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Pennant have been working with customer Translink for over 15 years, and were delighted that on Wednesday 17th July, our colleagues Lee White, Will Bruce and Tom Blacker flew to Belfast to visit Gary Cooley, Rail Services Change Manager and Stephen Faulkner, Change Control Supervisor – Rail Operations of Translink, to undertake a Project and Sales review with key personnel from Northern Ireland's only rail operator. Back in Q4 2023, Pennant and Translink agreed on a 5-year framework to provide driver training projects, to reflect changes to the network, resultant of significant investment...

Directors Talk Interview – 30 July 2024

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Phil Walker, Pennant CEO joins DirectorsTalk Interviews to discuss results for the six months ended 30 June 2024. In the interview, Phil discusses key financial highlights, including year-on-year revenue growth and improved gross margins, alongside significant updates on their new Auxilium software suite. Phil also discusses the group’s strategic plans and order intake progress, offering insights into the company’s future direction and ongoing efforts to convert significant sales prospects into contracts. Watch Phil's interview with Directors Talk...

Septembers’ shaping up for shows!

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The Pennant Team has a busy month of September ahead with attendance at the following exhibitions:  Land Forces 2024 – Melbourne, Australia: 11 to 13 September, 2024  Stavros Tsolakides (Stav) and Des St Bruno (Bruno) from Pennant Australasia and Mark Willis from the Pennant UK Team will be walking the floor at Land Forces Australia this year. The three-day event incorporates an international industry exposition held in Melbourne, Australia that brings together experts from industry, government and academia to discuss challenges and opportunities in the land defence sector. Mark is also...

Trading Update for Pennant International

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Pennant International Group plc (AIM:PEN), the systems support and training solutions company, is pleased to provide a trading update for the six months ended 30 June 2024 (the “H1 2024”). Chief Executive Officer, Philip Walker commented: “I am pleased to report ongoing progress in the business, and in particular, the investment in and development of our new Auxilium software suite, which we expect to launch in the second half of this financial year.” Click here to read the full...

Strategic partnership to collaborate on future Engineering and Consultancy services

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We are delighted to announce that Pennant International Group Plc and Belcan Engineering Services UK Ltd (a subsidiary of Belcan Ltd), have signed a strategic partnership to collaborate on future Engineering and Consultancy services across a number of projects, including the manufacturing and compliance of Pennant’s world-leading training solutions suite.  Pennant are looking forward to working with Belcan, who are a global supplier of design, software, manufacturing, supply chain, information technology, and digital engineering solutions to the aerospace, defense, space, government...

Director Appointment & Notice of Trading Update

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Pennant International Group plc (AIM:PEN), the systems support and training solutions company, provides the following Board update ahead of its Annual General Meeting (“AGM”) to be held later today, and gives notice that the Company expects to publish a trading update for the six months ended 30 June 2024 on 25 July 2024. The Board is pleased to announce the appointment of Jon Kempster as an independent Non-Executive Director with effect from 18 July 2024. Jon will chair the Audit & Risk Committee. Ian Dighé, Pennant Chairman, said: "We are delighted to welcome Jon to the Board. His...

Pennant announces Final Results for FY23

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Pennant International Group plc (AIM:PEN) announces its Final Results for the Financial Year ended 31 December 2023.  Commenting on the results, Chair, Ian Dighé, said: “I’m pleased to report my first set of results as Chair of Pennant, highlighting significant Group-wide progress with a return to operating profit and record gross margins. “We continue to invest in, and develop, our leading suite of services and solutions, helping our customers maximise their operational efficiency, whilst pursuing a Group strategy that focuses on higher value, higher margin, recurring software and...

Results of Placing and Subscription

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Results of Placing and Subscription. Read the full release here. Phil Walker, CEO of Pennant, commented "The support of our shareholders enables the continued development of Pennant’s systems support software suite, integrating Pennant's three core applications - GenS, Analyzer and R4i - into a single holistic offering, which will equip our customers with a powerful market-leading toolset to manage, model and utilise complex equipment data."...

GenS 3.0 Webinar Recordings

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Following the launch of GenS 3.0 on the 30th April 2024, Pennant have completed three live GenS webinars for our industry friends, partners and customers to expand their knowledge on GenS. Recordings of the sessions are available, just click here. The sessions cover three topics: Session 1: Project Configuration with GenS Join us for an informative GenS Element Manager Webinar! Discover how administrators can effortlessly create and modify LSA Project Configurations within GenS. Customise Project configurations using internationally supported LSA/LPD Standards, add business or...

The Future Generation Software is here.

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Pennant are proud to announce the launch of GenS 3.0. This exciting launch brings with it a whole host of key features which includes, but not limited to: Generate Logistics Product Data Summaries from TA-HB-0007-1 Light and dark theme settings Create data tailoring, custom views, custom workflows, user groups and projects Reliability centered maintenance module for building logic trees and performing analysis Export information via standard formats and the enhanced GenS Interchange format Conversion of logistics support analysis information between Logistics Product Data (LPD) standards...

That’s a wrap – Who does it best? GenS vs OmegaPS

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As we wrap up our ‘Who does it best? GenS vs OmegaPS’ series, we’ve got one final statistic to reveal. ◾Creating a maintenance task This task in GenS is much easier and quicker, taking about 16% of the time it would in OmegaPS. That’s more time to focus on other priorities and tasks. In case you missed any of our previous facts, here is a recap: Building a 200 asset Structure – Using GenS, this task takes only 4.8% of the time it would require in OmegaPS, saving you over an hour. Importing 200 unique Assets – With GenS, you’ll save 95% of the time it takes to complete this task. That’s...

Who does it best? GenS vs OmegaPS

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Our technology and innovation team have been working hard to bring you the next generation of IPS software. Our goal? To provide our customers with a seamless experience when using our software. That’s why we’ve been carefully developing GenS, the successor to OmegaPS. GenS represents a significant leap forward in terms of functionality and improvement. It has been developed in collaboration with our partners through our ‘Partner Programme.’ This program allows us to test the software in real-world scenarios, gather feedback, and continuously enhance its capabilities. Our colleagues have...

Upcoming Exhibition Alert for April & May 2024

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April 2024 is shaping up to be a busy month for our colleagues with several exhibitions on the cards. If you wish to meet with one of our team, email [email protected] to lock in your meeting today.         IT2EC, ExCeL, London – 9 to 11 April Pennant colleagues Stuart Hooker and Tom Ross will be attending IT2EC to discuss Pennant’s training capability. The event boasts an opportunity for the team to meet with industry friends and partners. Japan IPS/ILS Seminar & Conference 2024, Japan – 15 to 16 April Our Pennant representatives will be heading to Tokyo, Japan...

GenS Webinar Series: Enhance your GenS v3.0 knowledge

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Pennant is excited to announce the upcoming release of GenS v3.0, ground-breaking software to take product support to a whole new level! GenS is designed to power iterative supportability and logistics analysis, stakeholder collaboration, data-driven decisions, and organised management for unbeatable product support. GenS simplifies complex product support integration with an easy solution for complex problems. To celebrate the upcoming release of GenS v3.0, we welcome you to join Presenter, Heath Conroy - IPS Consultant/ Training Developer/ Maintainer, for our 3 Part Webinar Series...

50 days to go… GenS 3.0

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We are counting down... 50 days to go! GenS 3.0, Pennant’s future generation software, is ready for launch on the 30th of April. The new release includes multiple new features and capabilities, such as: Generate Logistics Product Data Summaries from TA-HB-0007-1 Light and dark theme settings Create data tailoring, custom views, custom workflows, user groups and projects Reliability centered maintenance module for building logic trees and performing analysis Export information via standard formats and the enhanced GenS Interchange format Conversion of logistics support analysis information...

Upcoming Exhibition Alert: RIA Innovation Conference

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We’re gearing up for the RIA Innovation Conference, 26th to 27th March in Wales, UK. The conference is a flagship event that brings together inspirational leaders, pioneering engineers, ambitious entrepreneurs and passionate railway professionals. Will Bruce, Head of Operations (Track Access) and Tom Blacker, Strategic Account Manager, will attend the event. They will be on hand to network with industry friends and partners, while providing demonstrations of Pennant’s capability for the Rail industry. Make sure you stop by and say ‘Hi’. If you would like to book a meeting, please email:...