Achieving Automation Excellence

1. Honeywell
Achieving Automation Excellence
Honeywell’s strategy for Manufacturing Execution Automation Excellence comes from better understanding
Systems extends well beyond the traditional boundaries the increasing complexity of manufacturing processes,
of the solution space, and is oriented towards achieving and from understanding (controlling) the value chain
Automation Excellence. that it is part of. Increasing market pressures,
Traditional Manufacturing Execution Systems (‘MES’), regulation, and accountability force enterprises to do
Colloborative Production Management (CPM), or things right the first time, while maintaining a safe and
Decision Support Systems do not extend into areas of secure environment for its employees and surroundings.
advanced & regulatory controls, operator display
This can only be achieved through Automation
environments, operator training & simulation, operator
Excellence Solutions that create an environment where
effectiveness tools, asset management, or maintenance.
each employee performs his or her tasks perfectly,
Automation Excellence is a holistic approach that
making good decisions based on timely and accurate
focuses on delivering performance and benefits resulting
information, avoiding incidents and human error,
from improved work-flow and Best Practices across the
working in collaboration with others, while improving
entire manufacturing environment - addressing all the
these activities continuously.
aspects of People Effectiveness, Asset Effectiveness,
Process Effectiveness, and Business Agility.
ACHIEVING AUTOMATION EXCELLENCE
WHAT IS AUTOMATION EXCELLENCE? Automation Excellence Solutions can be delivered in
parts over time (in a sequence of projects, but
Our strategy for Automation Excellence includes all
implementing a single vision), or as a single project. The
advanced applications, such as Advanced Process
approach will depend on company philosophy, and
Control, Asset Management, and Manufacturing
available resources.
Execution Systems (traditional MES). Historically, these
disciplines are treated independently, but world-class In either case, the starting point for Automation
enterprises more and more realise that all of these are Excellence is an Automation Assessment. Such an
interconnected and require an integrated approach. Assessment provides up front the critical business
When addressed together, they provide the alignment, defining what manufacturing must deliver or
infrastructure to ‘excel at’, to best support business performance. It will
• Improve business agility (continuous and swift provide detailed assessment of the current performance
alignment of manufacturing with changing business and ‘as-is’ situation, identify the critical gaps and
objectives and strategies); opportunities for improvement, estimate the benefits
• Decrease costs (by increasing production rates, (tangible and intangible) and costs to justify investment,
lowering specific energy and raw material costs, rank and prioritise them in a schedule, and then define
streamlining supply and distribution, optimising the future ‘to-be’ situation and the roadmap to get
product specifications, and reducing specific waste there.
and emissions);
Delivering Automation Excellence requires industry
• Enable product and process innovation (new
expertise, process knowledge, automation experience,
products, new specifications, different product mix);
business know-how, and state-of-the-art technology.
• Improve quality (predictability and consistency).
Honeywell has a track record of scoping, delivering, and
sustaining Automation Excellence
Solutions that is unmatched.
Together with world-class peers
in your industry, we have fine-
tuned the delivery process of
Automation Excellence across
industries and geographic
locations.
Honeywell has the experience
and the portfolio of solutions
required for true Automation
Excellence. We can offer you
Holistic Automation that spans
Instrumentation and Sensors,
Control Systems, Safety Systems,
Access Control Systems,
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2. Honeywell
the actual production and the
actual resource consumption
compares to the original Schedule
(Yield Accounting), and finally,
how well the original business plan
has been realised.
The results of these planned
versus actual comparisons are
condensed into Key Performance
Indicators that continuously track
manufacturing performance.
Although the terminology and the
extend of each of these processes
will vary across industries and
organisations, they show the basic
steps that every manufacturing
organisation will have to go
through. Connecting and
managing these processes is key
in today’s environment.
Advanced Process Control, Unit and Plant Optimisation,
Holistic Automation Excellence addresses all of
Asset Management, Training & Simulation, Value Chain
these processes in a single vision.
Optimisation, Planning and Scheduling, Production
Management, Operations Management, Blending and With our automation portfolio, process knowledge, and
Moving, Terminal Automation, and Performance deployment experience, we have successfully
Monitoring and Visualisation. We combine this implemented (or completed) Automation Excellence for
automation portfolio with the process knowledge of UOP many of our customers.
(a Honeywell company) to deliver holistic solutions
Our Solutions are based on open, industry-standard
unmatched in the industry.
technologies and do not depend on a Honeywell
hardware (DCS) or software (Historian) infrastructure.
SCOPE OF AUTOMATION EXCELLENCE Our solution components will interface with existing MES
applications you may already have, or with non-
Automation Excellence can only be achieved if the entire
Honeywell applications that you may want to include.
manufacturing organisation is included in an integrated
automation plan.
The illustration above shows the typical business HONEYWELL’S VALUE PROPOSITION
processes that are present in a manufacturing
Our experience with Automation Excellence enables
organisation. Starting top right, this includes the longer-
us to guarantee the return of investment for
term Planning and shorter-term Scheduling processes
customers looking to implement Holistic Automation
(future-focussed business- and production–level
processes), followed by a step where the scheduled
Excellence to become a best-in-class manufacturer.
setpoints and operating boundaries are communicated After a detailed on-site investigation (by a joint
to Operations (Operating Instructions). These Honeywell/customer team), we typically offer a
instructions then need to be executed flawlessly and
Holistic Automation Program that will guarantee
according to Best Practices (Procedure Execution).
significant improvements in business-critical KPIs.
At the ‘now’ point in time, products are being As we will prioritise the different projects in a way
manufactured at the control level. Many Operator where the projects with the highest financial return
Effectiveness tools (includes Advanced Process Control, are executed first, the overall project pays for itself
and Training & Simulation) ensures that Operations can (positive NPV over the life cycle of the project) and
do their work effectively and are not confronted with
does not need to consume existing budgets.
abnormal situations.
If you would like to learn more about how Honeywell
With actual production data in hand, we can start to
can help you to achieve Automation Excellence with
look at Asset Effectiveness, and as longer-term historical
data becomes available we can analyse how well the
guaranteed results using a self-funding project
planned Operational Procedures were implemented methodology, please contact your nearest
(Procedure Analysis), how well the defined operating Honeywell office.
envelope was adhered to (Operations Monitoring), how
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