Examples, recommendations and webcast help unlocking the power of existing data, key to enterprise-wide optimization by using cloud-based predictive analytics.
As manufacturers say they need visibility beyond four walls, enterprise dashboards, modern data architecture, artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) help analyze, compare and optimize performance of assets, lines and plants. Other needs include reduced information technology cost, more cybersecurity and data governance, better performance on multiple backend data services connecting applications and reporting to operations along with standards-based interoperability.
Providing enterprise-wide visibility requires millions of pieces of information with data aggregation from operational-technology (OT) and information-technology (IT) systems.
4 ways to enable enterprise-wide visibility, analytics
To enable enterprise-wide visibility, GE Digital recommends following a four-step analytics process.
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Plan: Digital team works with operators, line supervisors and plant managers to understand challenges.
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Do: Analysts and process engineers create analytics for visualization that is digitally accessible by all stakeholders.
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Check: Operators and line supervisors are notified of anomalies on personal mobile devices that they verify and act upon.
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Analytics: Tweak analytics based on feedback.
These steps enable the plant manager, operators, line supervisor, process engineer and analyst to optimize and continuously improve the enterprise through analytics.
Examples, quick-start analytics, how to begin
Examples from a chemical company and pet food manufacturer explain challenges, actions taken and results in the webcast.
More details also are provided on how manufacturers can create a quick-start analytics journey. Seven recommendations include finding trusted software partners, start where you are to aim for rapid, incremental value, plan the journey, define the scope, make it scalable, evaluate off-the-shelf capabilities and extensibility and avoid science experiments and pilot purgatory.
The webcast and question-and-answer session, archived for a year, provide more information about the webcast topic to unlock the power of existing data and optimize at enterprise scale with cloud-based predictive analytics: “Advanced Analytics from Plant Floor to Cloud – It’s Not a One Size Fits All.”
Naren Gopalkrishnais senior principal technical product manager, GE Digital. Edited by Mark T. Hoske, content manager, Control Engineering, CFE Media, [email protected].
KEYWORDS: Cloud-based, predictive analytics, manufacturing visibility
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