Asset optimisation solution for linking enterprise activities
September 2001
System Integration & Control Systems Design
Wonderware Corporation is offering its Collaborative Asset Optimisation (cAO) solution which integrates new software and service offerings to manufacturing enterprise applications from the plant floor to the boardroom. The new asset management initiative is designed specifically to help enterprises gear up production operations and optimise supply chain linkages to both suppliers and customers.
"Asset management systems can play a key role in supporting the supply chain because enterprises today need to integrate every facet of their operations to facilitate business decision-making," said Mike le Plastrier, Managing Director of Futuristix.
"Knowledge of what is happening on the plant floor is crucial to this process and cAO is the means by which the plant floor data is transformed into actionable business information that can be disseminated to anywhere it is required."
The cAO solution consists of three key functionalities:
* Realtime Asset Optimisation which provides an understanding of what is happening on the plant floor, using condition monitoring and asset health analysis to decrease unplanned downtime by enabling management to predict an asset's probability of failure, potential time to failure and probable failure mode.
* Enterprise Integration Suite which uses XML-based technology to easily integrate plant and enterprise systems and ensure that information flows to where it is needed across the enterprise .
* Rapid Implementation Methodology (RIM) which is a methodology for deploying Wonderware's Avantis solution to ensure rapid return on investment. RIM can help enterprises get the most out of their Avantis asset management solution through the use of predefined templates.
cAO will link asset health information with the Avantis asset management system and Wonderware FactorySuite's InTouch human-machine interface (HMI) software, permitting work activities to now be based on actual asset condition so that actions can be taken in advance of any failures. The same asset health information is readily available to both operations and maintenance personnel so that maintenance services can be better scheduled to minimise or avoid production downtime.
"Wonderware's leadership in the asset management market is evident with its cAO initiative," noted Houghton Leroy, Director of Consulting Services at industry consultants ARC Advisory Group. "Enterprises are striving to reduce costs and get the most out of their assets. With the advent of the cAO solution, enterprises are now in a position to lower their costs of operations and maintenance, improve uptime and optimise asset efficiency."
Futuristix
(011) 723 9900
[email protected]
www.futuristix.co.za
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