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AADECA 2008: ARC Workshop on The Value of Automation
September 4, 2008 - Buenos Aires, Argentina
 AADECA (The Argentine Association of Automatic Control) is a consortium of automation professionals whose objectives are set forth to gather scientists, technicians, students, companies, and institutions to engage in the area of automation control and its applications, to expand the knowledge bank and help institute novel ideas and opportunities in automation control. AADECA was officially formed in 1976.
At AADECA's 2008 Conference in Buenos Aires, ARC is conducting a workshop on The Value of Automation. ARC works with many companies to answer the question: "Does your management know how much value your investments in automation contribute to your company’s bottom-line performance?" This workshop is intended to discuss some of the areas where best-in-class companies are investing today to improve their ability to compete globally. |
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Workshop Objectives
The Workshop is divided into six sessions. Each session will discuss industry best practice and will provide attendees with a way to compare their own practices and identify areas for performance improvement.
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.
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Agenda
The Workshop will be held on September 4, from 10 AM - 4 PM. Each session will include approximately 45 minutes for presentations, followed by 15 minutes of Q&A.
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Workshop Moderators
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 Dick Hill
Vice President and General Manager, ARC
Dick is part of the management team at ARC responsible for developing the strategic direction for ARC's manufacturing research. Prior to joining ARC, Dick was with Foxboro and Walsh Automation for 17 years and 3 years, respectively. Dick is a chemical engineer and has extensive experience in the petroleum industry and advanced systems applications which began with Standard Oil of Ohio and BP Oil. Recent research reports include "Value of Automation" and "Manufacturing Level Knowledge Management".
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 Wil Chin
Research Director, ARC
Wil leads the research team covering process measurement technologies, plant asset management, field systems, wireless devices, field device communication protocols, inventory, tank management, blending systems, and laboratory information management systems. He has nearly 30 years experience in the areas of sales management, product marketing, and engineering experience in industrial field instruments that utilize a vast array of technologies including magnetic, coriolis, radar, capacitance, vortex, vibration, DP and ultrasonic. Recent research reports include “Getting Ready for Process PAM Solutions”.
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 John Wason
Vice President, ARC
John’s focus is process industries client management. He has over 35 years of experience in the manufacturing automation industry in various management capacities. Prior to ARC, John spent 5 years as Vice President of Sales at NemaSoft/Intec Controls, a PC-based process control software company. Prior to that, he spent 20 years at Foxboro, where his positions included VAR/SI Channel Manager, Strategic Alliance & Contractor Program Manager, General Manager of Saudi Joint Venture Services Company, and Product Line Manager. John began his career as a Process Engineer and Production Manager at Pfizer before joining Foxboro.
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 Sergio Szklanny
Country Manager, Argentina
Sergio's focus areas include process industry measurement and control, instrumented safety systems, advanced control, simulators for operator training, and experience in oil & gas, pulp & paper, petrochemical, chemical, mining, and other industries. He has over 30 years experience as a process engineer, control engineer, value added services manager, and Director for various organizations and institutions, including SVS Consultores, Foxboro/Invensys, Tecna, Techint, Ormas, McKee, The Argentinean National Atomic Company, Universidad de Buenos Aires, and Universidad Tecnológica Nacional.
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Location and Registration
The workshop is held on September 4 at the AADECA 2008 Conference.
Centro Costa Salguero
Salguero y Avenida Costanera
Buenos Aires, Argentina
To register for the workshop, please visit AADECA 2008's Website. |
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