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CASE STUDY
Manufacturing Intelligence Relies on Historians for Insight
A reliable historian strategy helps manufacturers master the bottom-line metrics critical to a successful MI program.
When production management software first began appearing in plants, plant operators sought answers to such questions as: why is this process, or that, failing? How can I get the most benefit out of fixing it? Since then, production management has undergone a subtle but important cultural shift toward operations management buoyed by the broader concept of Manufacturing Intelligence (MI) and its enabling technologies. MI doesn't just identify a process bottleneck or an out-of-spec temperature reading; instead, it empowers individuals at all levels of an enterprise to make continuous improvements in their jobs.
While the issues that manufacturers try to address using an MI solution vary—to better manage energy or complex supply chains, for example—the result is the same. MI provides operations with agility to respond to, and succeed in, an ever-changing marketplace
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TECH OVERVIEW  Make Sure Your Big Decisions Are Based on Fact
When product quality, time-to-market and OEE are at stake, FactoryTalk® Historian from Rockwell Automation ensures you have the data to make sound decisions.
Every moment a plant is producing—but not tracking data—creates risk for the manufacturer. Accurate, real-time Manufacturing Intelligence (MI) is critical to enable manufacturers to make decisions that will affect such key performance indicators as product quality, time-to-market, or overall equipment effectiveness (OEE). A fast, reliable historian strategy is a critical component to any MI program.
When you know what's happening on the plant floor, you can make better decisions—about process, time and material management—whatever you've identified as contributing to your continuous improvement objectives.
FactoryTalk Historian Machine Edition (ME) is ideal for capturing every event on a machine. Users can gather information from up to four controllers on one backplane, which enables both high speed and full resolution that is not impacted by potential server or network disruption. Its solid-state chassis and limited software footprint make it ideal for situations where absolute reliability—even in difficult or remote environments—is a must
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