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January 2010 |
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Lean Production with Work Process Management
By Greg Millinger and Alicia Bowers, GE Fanuc Intelligent Platforms
By maintaining automated control over a process with Work Process Management, companies can have a much better chance of reducing waste for the longer term. Includes Lean Six Sigma glossary.
Making BAS And Enterprise Systems Work Together
Building Operating Management, November 2009
By Rita Tatum
How do vendors move data from intelligent devices to the link layer and then up to the application layer? The short answer is vendors are using Web services and Internet connections, with various combinations of open protocols, standards and proprietary solutions.
Machines Have Their Say
Control, November 2009
By Nancy Bartels
Machines are getting better at telling us what's wrong with them. more and better sensors and sophisticated algorithms make predictive maintenance practical—and help close the loop between the plant floor, EAM systems and ERP.
Manufacturing Intelligence Not a Buzzword in Manufacturing Software
Automation World, November 2009
By Michael Bachelor, Bachelor Controls
Manufacturing Intelligence is more a strategy or way of defining and approaching solutions to problems and opportunities. However, a well-designed strategy will use software products that can make the adherence to standards and application of specific technologies easier.
Plant Automation and Supply Chain Execution Converge
Control Engineering, November 2009
By Frank O Smith
Manufacturers’ increasing integration of automation and enterprise technologies are being used for a variety of purposes, from production margin optimization to strategic energy efficiency decisions.
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GE Intelligent Platforms tracks GE turbines
Turbine monitoring and diagnostic platform uses Proficy Historian, Proficy SOA, Proficy Workflow and Proficy CIMPLICITY software to track more than 1,100 units.
Bottling Plant Decreases Downtime and Achieves Swift Payback
Invensys Operations Management
Just like consumers selecting a soft drink, Pepsi Bottling Ventures had a number of choices to consider for its new manufacturing performance system. With Wonderware software, the plant achieved 50% reduction in changeover time and 10% increase in line
efficiency, with payback in less than one year.
United Solar Ovonic standardizes on Proficy software
Proficy software includes Operations Management, HMI/SCADA and Reporting modules.
Software puts F1 company in pole position
Control Engineering Europe, December 2009
Whitely Brooks’ plant in Brinley, UK, makes parts for Formula One race cars. It uses ProgressPlus software from Berkeley Myles Solutions to keep track of and follow orders every step of the way, making sure parts stand up to rigid design specifications and are delivered on time.
Bentley benefits from production analysis software
Process & Control Today, December 2009
Luxury car producer Bentley Motors is using FactoryMonitor, a production analysis software system supplied by Autotech Controls. FactoryMonitor extracts and compiles a mass of data from the shop floor, presenting it in user-friendly graphical formats in real time.
SAP = Maintenance Success For Centocor
Maintenance Technology, October 2009
By Rick Carter
In what some in the maintenance world might consider a minor miracle, a SAP-PM implementation for Johnson & Johnson’s Centocor paid for itself through savings in both material and time. No cries of "Why me?" or "No! No! No!" SAP-related savings actually paid for the $3.2-million investment in less than two years. Miracles do happen.
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| White Papers |
Improving Traceability With Work Process Management in Food and Beverage Manufacturing
By Greg Millinger and Alicia Bowers, GE Intelligent Platforms
This white paper discusses how electronic work process management offers a way to greatly improve traceability by digitizing and documenting both manual and automated processes – and ensuring compliance with HACCP procedures and SOPs.
Six Sigma: What? Why? How?
By Dataforth
Six Sigma uses statistical analysis to quantitatively measure how a process is performing. That process can involve manufacturing, business practices, products, or service. To be defined as Six Sigma means that the process does not produce more than 3.4 defects per million opportunities (DPMO) – which translates to 99.9997% efficiency.
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| Resources & Literature |
ABB Start-Up and Commissioning Services brochure
Brochure provides an overview of ABB's start-up and commissioning services.
ISA publishes Collaborative Process Automation Systems book
The book discusses topics such as engineering, security, enterprise connectivity, advanced process control, plant asset management and operator efficiency.
National Instruments offers 8,000 Drivers on IDNet
From IDNet, engineers can download LabVIEW Plug and Play, LabWindows/CVI Plug and Play and Interchangeable Virtual Instrument (IVI) instrument drivers to automate measurements from instruments.
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| Featured Training |
Motor, Drive & Automation Systems 2010
January 28, 2010 - January 29, 2010
Location: Orlando, FL, USA
This annual conference will feature more than 25 presentations on new motors, drives & automation systems, power electronics and improving system performance, reliability and efficiency.
ISA Database Management for Industrial Automation and Control Systems
February 8-9, 2010 Research Triangle Park, NC
Learn the ways in which information is stored, managed and protected in a modern Industrial Automation and Control Systems (IACS) including how to access and manipulate that information and what steps can be taken to safeguard and ensure the availability of that information.
International Market Access Seminar
February 10, 2010 Montclair, NJ
Department of Commerce and TÜVRheinland will provide an overview of the Global Regulatory Approvals Process and review potential roadblocks. Price: $99.
OPC Foundation - OPC Seminar Houston
February 24, 2010
Location: Houston, TX, USA
This vendor sponsored seminar will include an overview of OPC Classic including Data Access, Historical Data Access and Alarms and Events all with hands-on demonstrations. The seminar will also include an introduction to the new OPC Xi and a review of OPC Compliance.
Catalyst SDP Introductory Webinar
Free, hands-on webinar covers Catalyst SDP, an event-driven System Development Platform for manufacturing operations that unifies systems within the manufacturing environment.
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| Company & Organizational News |
GE Intelligent Platforms to resell Metso software
GE will resell Metso's FieldCare Device Asset Management solution.
Automation Systems Market is coming back very slowly
ARC says the short term forecast for discrete automation systems looks bleak, but moderate market growth is expected five years from now. China and India are doing well, of course.
25 Years of PC-Based Control
At the 1984 ISA Show, 25 years ago, Intellution introduced The Fix, the first configurable PC-based HMI/SCADA software program. Process control and automation changed forever.
MESA study says manufacturers need faster KPI views
84% of production companies report that they could improve the speed of visibility into their operations performance. IT challenges and a lack of understanding are the main obstacles to changing that situation.
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| Project News |
GE Fanuc to supply Proficy Workflow to SABIC Innovative Plastics
SABIC Innovative Plastics will use the system to connect and organize people and work processes to drive Lean production initiatives – easing decision making on the plant floor and reducing costs.
Invensys to supply Mobile Workforce solution to Shell
Shell will use Wonderware IntelaTrac mobile workforce and decision-support solution in the Ensure Safe Production (ESP) initiative at 29 of its global manufacturing facilities.
ABB to supply cpmPlus Smart Client to Repsol YPF refinery
Repsol YPF will use cpmPlus Smart Client to improve operational efficiency at its Lube Oil Blending plant at the La Plata Refinery in Argentina.
Symyx to supply Zeolite Synthesis Workflow to Chinese chemical company
Symyx closed a deal with China Petroleum & Chemical Corporation (Sinopec Corp.) to supply a Zeolite Synthesis Workflow for research in energy and chemical development.
Wonderware software to monitor assets at Canadian nuclear plant
Wonderware software will manage Bruce Power's equipment condition and performance monitoring (ECPM) project at eight nuclear reactors in Canada.
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| Featured Events |
ARC's 14th Annual Orlando Forum
February 8-11, 2010
Location: Orlando, FL, USA
Operational Excellence Forum covers collaboration tools and technologies that enable businesses to move beyond integration and begin to have people, teams, and organizations work together more effectively.
MAINTEC
March 2-4, 2010 Birmingham, UK
The UK's biggest and most comprehensive event for maintenance and asset management. MAINTEC attracts senior decision makers from across the spectrum of British processing and manufacturing industries.
CeBit
March 2-6, 2010 Hannover, Germany
CeBIT is the world's largest trade fair showcasing digital IT and telecommunications solutions for home and work environments. The key target groups are users from industry, the wholesale/retail sector, skilled trades, banks, the services sector, government agencies, science and all users passionate about technology.
WESTEC 2010
March 23-25, 2010
WESTEC offers expert demonstrations of the latest technologies and applications by more than 450 international exhibitors. These exhibitors are ready with the advanced machine tools, cutting tools and accessories, applications, emerging technologies, and business resources that keep manufacturing on the move.
Montreal Manufacturing Technology Show
May 17-19, 2010 Montreal, Quebec, Canada
MMTS allows side-by-side evaluations of equipment, accessories and supplies from machine tool manufacturers and distributors in Canada. MMTS also includes a factory automation focus including control systems, software and hardware, assembly technology and test/inspection.
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