Objectives
Session 1: Benchmarking
The session will describe the key business drivers for benchmarking and examine a typical internal benchmarking process. Anecdotal experiences and typical results from other companies will be reviewed from previous benchmarking engagements. You will be ready to begin benchmarking following this workshop.
Session 2: Wireless Applications in Manufacturing
Wireless technologies are being deployed in new applications that improve manufacturing processes, asset management and utilization, worker safety, and regulatory compliance. This session will discuss these applications, their value, and challenges.
Session 3: Alarm Management
Alarm management is one of the most undervalued and underutilized aspects of process automation today. Many plants still use the alarm management philosophy developed by engineering when the plant was built. Operations and engineering realize that alarm management is a serious issue, but often have trouble convincing plant management that they should invest in an advanced alarm management strategy. This session will provide best practices for justifying and implementing an effective alarm management strategy in your plant.
Session 4: Manufacturing Operations Management
In 2007, manufacturers focused on improving their plant performance invested more than $8B in manufacturing operations management software and services. Much of this investment was driven by the need to shift to real-time enterprise visibility and higher levels of synchronization and collaboration. The conventional, application–oriented approach is changing as new technologies such as role-based portals and business process management engines emerge. ARC will present a new vision, discuss practices and results among leaders, and offer suggestions on how to begin this journey.
Session 5: Asset Lifecycle Management
Studies show that owner/operators incur enormous costs each year due to poor interoperability across the various groups involved in their Asset Lifecycle Management programs. ARC will share its research into the causes of and solutions for these problems and discuss how Design, Operate, & Maintain (DOM) can be used to develop effective operational strategies that overcome the most challenging hurdles in this arena.
Session 6: Plant Manufacturing IT - Cyber Security
A variety of business needs have increased the value of PC-based systems in operations, especially when connected to corporate networks and the Internet. This has brought new risks from growing global cyber security threats that are difficult to manage with limited plant staffing. ARC will present typical business needs and the unique Manufacturing IT security challenges. ARC will discuss how leaders are addressing these challenges, allowing you to assess the urgency for your own plant cyber security programs.