Proficy Software. A powerful production solution that delivers results. GE Fanuc Intelligent Platforms

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1 Proficy Software A powerful production solution that delivers results GE Fanuc Intelligent Platforms

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3 Introduction 2 Data Collection, Visualization and Analysis 8 Proficy * HMI/SCADA - ifix * 12 Proficy HMI/SCADA - CIMPLICITY * 18 Proficy Change Management 23 Proficy View Machine Edition 26 Proficy Historian 28 Proficy Real-Time Information Portal 30 Operations Management 32 Proficy Plant Applications 34 Proficy Tracker 36 Proficy Workflow Powered by Proficy SOA 38 Proficy DataMart 41 Proficy Enterprise Connector 42 Proficy Maintenance Gateway * 44 Proficy Shop Floor SPC 46 Proficy RX 48 Proficy Machine Tool Efficiency 50 Process Solutions 52 Proficy Process Systems * 54 Proficy Batch Execution 56 Proficy Batch Analysis 58 GlobalCare * Support Services 60 Industry Expertise and Leadership 62 GE Fanuc Intelligent Platforms 1

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5 Transforming your business for a sustainable advantage Every day, you face real challenges in your operations that can dramatically impact the overall performance of your business whether it s a single site or an extended enterprise. Customer de mands, disparate processes and systems, regulatory standards and a host of other issues all add complexity to your operations on a daily basis. Achieving a sustainable advantage in today s competitive marketplace means having to take the next steps toward transforming your business. Your ability to drive operator effectiveness, access the right information at the right time, control rising costs and operate at the highest levels of quality and productivity is no longer optional it is required for success. For businesses in infrastructure industries such as power, water, and oil and gas or in manufacturing such as those in healthcare, consumer packaged goods and automotive there are important decisions to address on your journey toward transformation: 6 How can I make my plant or operations more efficient and productive? 6 Is there one solution set that can work with my existing infrastructure to resolve my business challenges? 6 Can the solution be scaled to cover my entire enterprise to establish standards and operational best practices? 6 Would I be able to support my internal and external customers globally through the solution? 6 Which company has a solution that can help me achieve my goals and continue supporting me through my ventures? GE Fanuc Intelligent Platforms 3

6 Powered by Proficy SOA Proficy SOA provides an industrial Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) platform and enables you to solve production challenges with improved interoperability and composite applications that leverage a cross-system, real-time data and services bus and repository. You can consolidate and simplify systems, lower operating costs, respond more quickly to changing needs and ease training. Proficy: Better, Faster and More Cost Effective Results GE Fanuc Intelligent Platforms understands the challenges you face, and we can help you manage the complexities of your operations so you can focus on delivering results. Combining decades of technology expertise and domain experience, we offer a suite of proven, commercial-off-the-shelf software solutions called Proficy designed to help you solve your greatest operations challenges. With Proficy, you can transform your operations and position your business for a competitive advantage that sustains over time. From control and optimization to lean production execution and enterprise integration, we offer the depth and breadth of capabilities that fit your business needs and deliver better, faster and more cost-effective results: 6 Improved quality and consistency of products 6 Increased compliance with regulatory standards 6 Increased efficiency through higher productivity and lower costs 6 Decreased time-to-value 6 Decreased investment 6 Decreased risk and costs Critical Success Factors Interoperability to protect existing investments You need a solution that works within your unique production environment, embracing your current systems and infrastructure and extending them with value-added solutions and capabilities layered right on top. Built on an open and layered philosophy, Proficy integrates seamlessly with your existing infrastructure and resources to help you leverage your existing investments translating into real value. Modularity and scalability Whether you have a single objective or multiple goals, it s essential to have the ability to choose the right applications that meet your business needs to start small and grow big. Proficy can expand the size and footprint of your systems, adding capabilities on your timetable, to provide strong stand-alone applications as well as powerful, tightly integrated modules. Powerful genealogy for increased visibility Proficy integrates all your data and traces the complex genealogies of batches, continuous processes, sub-assemblies, components or by-products, so you know the origin and destination of all incoming materials and outgoing finished goods. The result: improved quality, yield and accountability. Reliability and visibility of information Access to accurate, timely production and process data is critical. Proficy quickly integrates information from across your business so you can gather, correlate and interpret your critical business intelligence efficiently. It also helps you trace process and product data, providing you with an accountable and up-to-date status of your operations at any time. Security Proficy helps manage security governance and security 4 Proficy Software

7 Material Management 6 Inventory Tracking & Material Movement 6 Holds & Disposition Management (Raw Material & Finished Goods) 6 Process Control Processing Operations 6 Recipe/BOM Management 6 Batch/Process Management 6 Schedule Execution 6 Quality Control & SPC 6 Safety Management 6 Process Control Packaging Operations 6 BOM Management 6 Finished Goods Inventory Management 6 Quality Control & SPC Industry-leading resources for your success Information Management 6 Visualization 6 Supervisory Control 6 Alarm & Data Analytics 6 Audit Tracking 6 Change Management 6 SPC and Reporting 6 Enterprise Connectivity With GE Fanuc, you have the tools and practices to properly adopt, enhance, support and evolve your systems over time. We ll help you apply the latest technologies and processes using our proven methodologies, to help manage the lifecycle of your systems and ensure your success. integration to address the key challenges and risks allowing you to make quick, effective decisions to safeguard your core infrastructure and ensure continuity of operations. Professional Services and Support GE Fanuc Intelligent Platforms ensures the best implementation and support possible through our professional services teams and global network of program and implementation partners. We re here to support your business needs for long-term performance and success from solution concept to implementation and beyond. Proven methodologies With decades of proven experience, we know that it s not just what you do, it s how you do it. You can rely on our engagement processes, which are based on GE s proven methodologies and best practices including our renowned Six Sigma Quality approach to get to the root of your business problems. We ll bring in cross-functional teams to properly identify what needs to be done and where, so you get the results you need. Technical support and maintenance To ensure successful implementation and valueadded ongoing support, you have access to our awardwinning GlobalCare support services. You can tap into a global network of support professionals with application and industry-specific expertise, 24x7 emergency support, product maintenance services, online case management, and a broad range of information and data knowledge. Proficy is designed to be an asset to both the plant floor and the executive offices optimizing and integrating site-toenterprise operations. GE Fanuc Intelligent Platforms 5

8 In short, partnering with GE Fanuc adds up to a competitive advantage you can sustain over time. Change management Business vision requires not just best-of-breed technology solutions but also careful attention to the impact across your operations. You can rely on our expertise and experience to help you identify your organization s needs, and we will work with you to successfully align your business processes and staff. Partnering with an Industry Leader for Long-Term Growth Combining technology and industry domain expertise We offer powerful technology expertise and unparalleled domain experience across various industries leveraging proven methodologies and best practices to deliver leading-edge solutions designed to meet your mission-critical goals. We understand what it takes to transform your operations, and we are committed to turn your vision into reality through real results. The strength of GE Assembly & Fabrication 6 Build to Order / Build to Sequence 6 Error Proofing 6 Assembly Systems & Instructions 6 Overall Equipment Effectiveness 6 Quality Assurance / Control 6 Machine Control You need a partner who understands your business and will work with you to offer the most effective solutions that meet your needs one with a global reach and a local touch. You want a partner who can drive commonality and consistency in your operations, large or small, and far or near. And, you need a partner with a vision for the future that s grounded in proven success. That s why GE Fanuc Intelligent Platforms is the right choice. In addition, you gain many advantages from working with a GE company, including the experience and security of a mature, stable and respected partner. You have access to our global organization, which means you can tap into a depth and breadth of comprehensive resources. And you can count on us to provide the most innovative, technologically advanced solutions to help you get ahead. l Your business. Our expertise. GE Fanuc Intelligent Platforms understands the challenges you re facing, and we leverage our extensive domain expertise, and that of our business partners, to define and drive real solutions to real problems. You can tap into our many advantages: 6 The vast resources of a large global supplier; the responsiveness and customer focus of a small company 6 A comprehensive global network of support, available around the globe, around the corner, and around the clock 6 Extensive experience solving problems across various industries 6 A company that is financially secure with a clear migration strategy for your current products 6 Proficy Software

9 Customer Successes Finishing 6 Machine / Process / Conveyor Control 6 Quality Assurance / Control 6 Visual Inspection / Defect Reporting Information Management 6 Visualization 6 Supervisory Control 6 Analytics 6 Product Birth Certificates 6 Audit Tracking 6 Change Management 6 SPC and Reporting 6 Enterprise Connectivity Using GE Fanuc Proficy software has e nabled us to demonstrably increase productivity and significantly improve the process quality. In addition, the software facilitates the daily work of our staff. Martin Siegenthaler Process Automation & System Support, Blaser Swisslube AG With Proficy software, I can create data diagrams in the most diverse formats at the touch of a button, and I immediately notice when anything gets out of control and can react immediately. Uwe Rosenski Head of the Electrical Engineering Department, Stockmeyer GmbH Proficy Delivers Results Material Management 6 Kitting 6 Lean Material Delivery 6 ekanban 6 Conveyor Control 6 Tracking / Routing Control 10% increase in OEE, Major Chewing Gum Manufacturer 80% decrease in integration costs, Nissan North America We chose GE Fanuc for complying with all commercial proposal requirements [and providing] technology knowledge, besides being the best option at integrating hardware and software available in the market. André Gatto Nova American Automation Group (GANA) Coordinator $4,000,000 cost savings in one year, Mohawk Fine Papers 45% reduction in energy costs, Blaser Swisslube GE Fanuc Intelligent Platforms 7

10 Data Collection, Visualization and Analysis In an increasingly competitive marketplace, the ability to truly understand and control your operations is critical for success. You need access to accurate, timely data to make informed decisions in real time. And you need the power and security to precisely monitor and control every aspect of your process as well as your equipment and resources. With our powerful solutions, you can visualize, control, analyze and optimize production data across your operations resulting in enhanced decision making, faster time-to-market, improved productivity and reduced costs. 8 Proficy Software

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12 An Integrated View of Your Operations A collaborative approach enables you to share real-time information at all levels of the enterprise accelerating efficiency and effectiveness. As businesses move away from an isolated silo approach to one that is integrated and collaborative, our visualization and control solutions leverage the latest technologies to connect the data you need across multiple, interrelated systems and departments. As a result, operators, supervisors, engineering, maintenance, quality and business personnel can quickly respond to accurate, comprehensive and enterprisewide information. l 10 Proficy Software

13 Infrastructure Analysis & Optimization Remote Operators Alarm Actions & Notifications Visualization On The Go Central SCADA Central Historian & Analysis Graphics, Alarms, History Source Wells, Drilling, Mining, Green Energy Graphics, History, Reports Processing Water Treatment, Metal Processing, Refining, Power Generation Graphics, Alarms, History, Control Conveyance Water Distribution, Power T&D, Rail & Road Transport, O&G Pipelines Manufacturing Analysis & Optimization Remote Operators Alarm Actions & Notifications Visualization On The Go Business System Operations Management Central SCADA, Historian, Batch, Tracking... Material, Validation Graphics, Control, Alarms, History QA, Testing, SPC Graphics, Events Inventory, Logistics Material Batching/Assembly Quality Packaging Shipping Today s businesses have a more collaborative approach toward their operations, driving them to leverage an integrated view of their automation solutions. GE Fanuc Intelligent Platforms 11

14 Proficy HMI/SCADA ifix A market-leading supervisory monitoring and control solution that leverages advanced technologies, Proficy HMI/SCADA - ifix provides a window into your total operations cycle enabling faster, better business decisions for high performance. Key Technical Benefits Flexibility of connecting and presenting data Scalability from isolated sensor to company-wide integration Reliable information analysis Proficy HMI/SCADA - ifix is a flexible, integrated solution that provides superior process visualization, data acquisition, analytics and supervisory control of your operations. It offers a robust SCADA engine, rich set of connectivity options, open architecture and highly scalable and distributed networking model. Used in a variety of applications across diverse industries, ifix is ideally suited for applications as simple as typical HMI applications such as manual data entry and validation to very complex SCADA applications like batching, filtration and distributed alarm management. It also complies with industry standards making it ideal as part of more IT-focused operations management and MES systems. Open, Flexible and Scalable Architecture Distributed Client-Server Architecture Isolated to Integrated. ifix can be configured from the machine and remote I/O level to the enterprise and advanced analytical layer. Its distributed client/server Real-time data management Adherence to compliance standards Flexible, scalable and powerful visualization for your plant or process. 12 Proficy Software

15 Multiple Thick and Thin Clients Flexible Multiple Thick Servers/ Terminal Servers/ Citrix Servers Scalable ifix Single Server/Node ifix is known for its robust SCADA engine that enables simple or complex applications to help you precisely monitor, control and visualize every aspect of your process. ifix also has an extremely flexible architecture that provides the power to meet your current application needs while delivering scalability for future growth. architecture enables you to spread applications across your operations, either geographically or across various application domains. Thin Client Capability. ifix leverages Microsoft Terminal Services and/or Citrix-based services either through operation on a SCADA node or as a separate Terminal Server. You can easily manage your users and terminal services session with ifix s Profile Manager, a powerful configuration and management tool. Native and OPC Connectivity. With a rich set of over 500 and a growing list of I/O drivers, ifix enables you to connect to a wide range of hardware. It also supports different communication standards like Serial, TCP/IP, leased lines/ modems from a single SCADA server. Its native I/O drivers and OPC servers support various performance-enhancing tools and provide support for driver failover across multiple communication channels to ensure seamless integration. ifix can handle large numbers of I/Os, alarms and client nodes. Its builtin mathematical and logic processing capability can help you process large amounts of data; ifix s SCADA servers can serve the data to as many as 200 thick clients at the same time. GE Fanuc Intelligent Platforms 13

16 With Proficy Change Management, you can easily compare current versions with previous versions to ensure the integrity of your information. ifix offers an extremely reliable ActiveX container based on Secure Containment technology. Its GUI container has been specifically designed for high reliability and offers technology that can capture failures of third-party ActiveX controls and scripting without crashing the c ontainer environment. Reliable and Secure Advanced Failover - Database Synchronization and Alarm Synchronization. ifix SCADA servers support replication and failover of database and alarms between the primary and backup SCADA servers ensuring that you have high availability and continuous control. Every aspect of the ifix database is replicated, including adding/ deleting tags, run time modifications, alarm generation, acknowledgement and database storage. All of the E-Signature configuration and audit trails can also be replicated. Secure Networking Network Encryption and Controlled Topology. To protect your data assets, ifix offers a high degree of network security with a proprietary set of communications, a layer of network encryption and the ability to explicitly define communications with remote nodes. In addition to enabling communications with any requesting node, ifix offers a communication table for defining nodes that are allowed to communicate. Integrated Change Management. ifix tightly integrates with our Proficy Change Management software to provide you with additional security and disaster recovery capability. You can report differences between databases, graphics, graphic scripts, dynamos, global variables, security configuration and other important system files; you can also track audit trails of system changes in real time. Data Analysis, Management and Presentation Flexible Charting and Trending. ifix provides flexible options with support for real time, historical, SPC, histogram and logarithmic charts enabling you to customize the data. Within each chart type, ifix provides options for arranging data through several plotting methods, different legend selections, exporting options and auto-scaling for best-fit charts. ifix s distributed alarm management allows you to view, acknowledge and notify personnel in their respective functional areas, thus reducing alarm clutter. 14 Proficy Software

17 Data Synchronization Alarm Queue Alarm Acknowledgement Synchronization iclients - Thick Clients iclient TS - Thin Clients Terminal Server Alarm Database Synchronization ifix SCADA Servers Database Synchronization ifix s failover capability enables you to configure an independent network solely between the primary and backup for replication. Advanced and Distributed Alarm and Event Management. ifix offers you maximum flex ibility in configuring alarms such as: 6 Distributed alarm management You can divide your solution into functional areas and distribute alarms across these areas. 6 Advanced alarm management You have the flexibility to define alarm delays, alarm inhibit factors, alarm suspension factors and re-alarming time. ifix s alarm statistics and counters provide critical insights into the alarm and operator behavior. 6 Store and forward capabilities You can store and forward alarms to a relational database or Proficy Historian through the OPC Foundation certified OPC A&E Server, providing the ability to access alarms and events through simple SQL queries. Whether you re implementing a single, stand-alone HMI or a highly complex, multi-node, multi-site SCADA system, ifix offers the functionality to help you quickly develop an application of any type and size. You can customize and arrange data to view trends and other key information for enhanced decision making. GE Fanuc Intelligent Platforms 15

18 It s easy to configure e-signatures while configuring your ifix database. Discovery and auto- configuration (DAC) tools allow you to discover PLC configurations, which in turn can be used to create the ifix Database, and configure the I/O driver and the Historian database. DAC also supports OPC drivers and can be used to discover OPC data sources. Integrated Historian. With ifix, you have two tightly integrated storage options: 6 Proficy Historian helps you address the need for more demanding node-based applications and more centralized data logging. ifix supports configuration of Historian through a single environment, which allows you to quickly set up your applications. 6 Classic Historian manages the typical data logging tasks of a small application. Electronic signatures. You can easily configure e-signatures, which are part of the ifix core, while creating the tag database. E-Signatures work together with ifix s Alarm & Event engine to record runtime changes made to the system and create an audit trail to help you meet regulatory compliance standards such as 21 CFR Part 11 and NERC. Easy Configuration for Development Productivity Prebuilt Dynamo Objects, Efficient Dynamo Management and Dynamo Toolkit. ifix offers over 500 prebuilt dynamos from basic lights and gauges to ISA symbols and equipment dynamos. ifix dynamos are objects that can be versioned and named, and they follow the master-instance linkage automatically replicating when changes are made to the master through the Dynamo Updater toolbar. ifix s Dynamo Toolkit enables you to build custom dynamos, which can be stored as Dynamo sets and will follow the same masterinstance linkage. VisiconX Objects. You can connect to any relational database by simple configuration of wizards. You can build SQL queries using the VisiconX objects to access simple data from a single database or combine multiple queries to access complex data from various sources. Flexibility to Customize VBA Scripting to Match Today s Demands. ifix includes a powerful and comprehensive scripting language, Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications (VBA). In addition, the implementation of VBA in ifix is pervasive in the GUI environment. 16 Proficy Software

19 When you make changes to the Master dynamo, all instances will be updated across the entire application. Powerful APIs for Data Access and Automated Development. You can easily customize ifix with various toolkits that enable system integrators and OEMs to apply ifix to virtually any application: 6 ifix Integration Toolkit designed to give you APIs for programming and data interfaces 6 System Extension Toolkit for network access 6 Database Dynamo Toolkit enables you to develop custom function blocks 6 Biometric Toolkit to customize the ifix e-signature dialogs for biometric interfaces. l ifix drives effective utility management and has proven to be a reliable and innovative solution for process visualization, alarm management, and integration of SCADA with business systems empowering users with better analytics. This results in operational excellence for our clients, which aligns with our business vision. Bill Serjeantson VP of SCADA and Telecommunications Services, Westin Engineering From runtime actions to special development tools, VBA enables you to customize ifix beyond all other products. GE Fanuc Intelligent Platforms 17

20 Proficy HMI/SCADA CIMPLICITY Maximizing the power of your information, Proficy HMI/SCADA - CIMPLICITY helps you visualize plant floor operations, perform supervisory automation and deliver reliable production data to higher-level analytic applications. Key Technical Benefits Easy application development and deployment Seamless scalability with a true client/server architecture Tight integration with Proficy software suite Open system design to protect your current investments Change-based execution architecture CIMPLICITY is a client/server based HMI/SCADA solution that collects and shares real-time and historical data across all business levels and provides actionable visibility to monitor and control plant processes, equipment and resources. Its process visualization, data acquisition and supervisory control provide a solid and reliable data foundation for digitized operations management. CIMPLICITY provides operators and engineers with the power and security to precisely monitor and control every aspect of their manufacturing environment, equipment and resources. The result is a faster response to equipment operation issues enabling reduced waste, improved quality, faster time-to-market and increased profitability. Features and Functions Flexibility and Scalability CIMPLICITY is highly flexible and can be applied as a small solution or can be architected to provide a high-performance enterprise solution. 6 The Proficy HMI/SCADA CIMPLICITY Viewer is the standard CIMPLICITY client. Serving as a traditional PCbased client, it is installed locally and accesses data from a local or remote server. Applications you can run include real-time graphics, trending, alarming and reporting. A CIMPLICITY Development Viewer option allows users to perform development online, including building graphics and adding points to local or distributed servers. 6 CIMPLICITY Advanced Viewer is an option on the CIMPLICITY Viewer that offers direct connection to OPC data sources allowing for point solutions and the ability to visualize OPC data without configuring the server. 6 Proficy HMI/SCADA CIMPLICITY WebView is a thin CIMPLICITY client solution for distributing information to many users enabling you to send CIMPLICITY information and view operator screens over the Internet or Intranet with no Internet server setup or deployment effort. 18 Proficy Software

21 CIMPLICITY Viewers CIMPLICITY Advanced Viewer OPC OPC Cable redundancy for devices Mobile Viewers ThinView CIMPLICITY Servers Simple or Redundant Remote Viewers, WebView or Terminal Services Device Connectivity Native Drivers and OPC CIMPLICITY is a highly scalable solution that can run in a simple or redundant architecture with a wide variety of viewer or client options to offer flexibility when architecting your solution, providing you with more control over how and where you view your data. 6 Proficy HMI/SCADA CIMPLICITY ThinView is a CIMPLICITY client solution that allows you to display CIMPLIC- ITY screens on a PDA or smart phone device, providing the ultimate in remote viewing capability. 6 Proficy HMI/SCADA CIMPLICITY Terminal Server Viewer is a thin client and web solution that uses the Microsoft Terminal Server technology and provides the capabilities of a standard CIMPLICITY Viewer providing users with complete access to their screens and the CIMPLICITY Server with full use of CIMPLICITY Viewer technology, ActiveX controls and thirdparty content. Development Productivity Reduced Time to Solution CIMPLICITY comes with a powerful set of development tools and capabilities to help you build your application quickly and easily. 6 Application Wizard guides you through the steps of getting started with your new application so you don t need to start with a blank page, saving you hours of setup time. 6 Screen Navigation helps operators easily locate the correct screens. Using a dragand-drop interface, you can create a hierarchical menu that appears in your tool bar, and colors and fonts can be configured so that screens can follow themes. Dell needs a measure of closed-loop control, but the business logic is too complex to reside completely within the SCADA layer. CIMPLICITY had the components to meet the challenge. Richard Brown Development Manager, Dell Global Manufacturing, Finance, and Supply Chain GE Fanuc Intelligent Platforms 19

22 You can easily create navigation menus for your application. Powerful APIs allow you to develop your own direct interfaces with the data and alarm information collected, managed, and maintained by CIMPLICITY. This design provides seamless integration of custom or third-party applications. 6 Scalable Screens allow you to modify dimensions of the CIMPLICITY screens without redrawing graphics. CIMView will scale the screens for various devices, so you don t need to develop new screens for different display sizes. 6 Symbols and Objects Library features an extensive library of symbols, along with the powerful SmartObjects feature that allows for easy application creation and maintenance. With SmartObjects, you can create your own custom objects and easily drag and drop them into the screens. 6 Scripting extends CIMPLICITY capabilities and tailors the individual applications according to specific needs. Scripts can be executed based on process events such as changing the value of a point, a specific alarm state or can be based on time of day. 6 Linked Objects allow you to create master objects as templates and have those objects created and used identically on multiple screens. The objects can contain graphics and scripts and are linked to the master object automatically replicating when changes are made to the master. 6 Dynamic Measurement Systems enable you to develop projects and dynamically switch between different measurement systems with a simple point and click. 6 Dynamic Screen Localization enables a CIMPLICITY application to be adapted to accommodate multiple users who speak different languages. 6 Alarm Viewer is an ActiveX object that can be embedded into screens to create a single, seamless interface for your process. 6 Powerful Object Model provides an external interface to CIMEdit and CIMView to extend the capabilities of the system. You can drive behavior through a powerful API to integrate with ERP and other external systems. 6 System Points provide pre-defined information for your applications such as project and computer information, date and time, and alarms. Ease of Commissioning Once your project is developed, the next task is going live with it. CIMPLICITY offers tools for deploying and troubleshooting during the critical commissioning phase. 20 Proficy Software

23 CIMPLICITY offers a variety of value-adding options such as SPC charts to monitor process quality. 6 Deployment Server eliminates the need to manually copy the application files to the viewers, as updated application files can be placed in the application server, and the viewers will automatically detect changes and update the files without user interaction. Running viewers will have the option to update live displays automatically or ask the operator when to update. 6 Point Control Panel allows you to verify the data collection and alarm configuration of your system without configuring a single graphics screen. 6 Point Cross Reference enables you to easily locate where various point data is being used to facilitate troubleshooting your application. Operational Productivity and Process Improvement 6 Database Logger provides the ability to choose how and where you want to store your critical and valuable production and process information. CIMPLICITY supports logging to Proficy Historian, Proficy SQL, Microsoft SQL and Oracle. 6 Trending allows you to analyze data collected by the CIMPLICITY system or other third-party software packages. You can compare current trends with historical trends to quickly identify and correct process malfunctions; Quicktrends provide a fast, easy way to select any point and trend it with no configuration. CIMPLICITY provides superior reliability and availability for the most demanding industrial applications maximizing uptime and continuous control for increased productivity and profitability. Deploy changes quickly and easily with CIMPLICITY s Deployment tool. GE Fanuc Intelligent Platforms 21

24 A powerful troubleshooting tool, DGR allows you to play back from a point in time, or you can have the DGR search for conditions in the data and automatically set start and stop times based on those settings to determine the cause of events. 6 Digital Graphical Replay (DGR) lets you go back in time and graphically analyze events that occurred in the past. Using data that is logged in Proficy Historian or SQL Server, you can replay graphical screens to determine the cause of events or alarms. 6 Statistical Process Control (SPC) provides tools for data measurement and analysis, as well as process improvements and quality control. Collect data from sensors or manual input, receive alerts for problem conditions (i.e., out of control) and use analysis tools to pinpoint the problem. Reliability, High Availability and Performance 6 Powerful Data Collection enables you to connect to hundreds of other systems and devices. Through native drivers and standard communication interfaces such as OPC, you can collect data from virtually any third-party device. 6 Change-Based Execution Architecture enables you to acquire data from field devices (either polled or via unsolicited communications), perform database math and logic, archive data, network data and run scripts all based on change unlike other products that offer a scanned execution environment. 6 CIMPLICITY Host Redundancy provides for the failover from a primary computer to a secondary computer in case the primary computer fails, supporting redundancy at several levels to minimize the effect of any failure. 6 Dynamic Configuration allows you to make changes, modifications and updates to running CIMPLICITY projects without shutting down. 6 Change Management increases the security of your system, provides you with revision control of your projects and offers powerful disaster recovery capabilities. 6 Action Calendar gives you the power to create, maintain and execute a calendar schedule of manufacturing events and corresponding actions. This allows controlling lights, heat and equipment based on a pre-defined schedule. 6 System Sentry provides real-time information about the health of the computers and the CIMPLICITY application within a network immediately alerting you to problem conditions and providing tools to pinpoint the cause. l 22 Proficy Software

25 Proficy Change Management Helping you manage your automation systems and protect your software and engineering investments, Proficy Change Management provides you with more control for minimized risk. Key Technical Benefits Client/Server architecture Easy deployment Customizable HTML interface Tight integration with GE Fanuc Proficy products Comprehensive third-party device support Proficy Change Management is a client/server system that offers detailed tracking of your operations to help you meet essential business goals. It provides value-added information for engineers, maintenance, IT and compliance personnel to help manage operational, regulatory and quality issues with increased efficiency and effectiveness. Change Management allows you to keep your plant s critical files, programs and applications in a central, secure location ensuring easy accessibility and keeping track of all previous versions of those assets. The server is also the core storage unit for the information, configuration and product modules contained within the system. Features and Functions Effective Management and Protection With powerful capabilities including security, version control, audit trails, central storage and automated backup and recovery Proficy Change Management ensures that your automation system continues running safely and efficiently through its lifecycle. Version Control ensures that only one person at a time is making changes to the system and archives the versions once those changes are made. You can also revert to previous versions; for example, if unauthorized changes are made, you can easily restore a previous version to keep your operation running. With increasing regulatory and security requirements, controlling changes to your software and data assets is becoming ever more critical. Proficy Change Management provides an automated way to manage your systems and protect your technology investments while meeting crucial regulatory standards. GE Fanuc Intelligent Platforms 23

26 In the Operations and Maintenance phase, Change Management stores the latest information and backups in a central location with change history and audit records to help maintenance personnel troubleshoot issues and keep your system running efficiently. Assess In the Assess phase, Change Management provides the ability to manage your project documents, providing traceability on your design decisions. Operate Maintain Deploy Design Develop During the Design and Develop phase, Change Management provides version control to ensure that work is being done on the current plan and that only one person at a time is making changes saving time and avoiding duplication or even destruction of effort. Qualify In the Qualify and Deployment phase, as a system is being installed, Change Management helps capture changes and ensures careful control of modifications recording details for future recall. Proficy Change Management offers an automated way to assess, monitor, manage and control your automation system throughout its lifecycle providing a free and clear flow of information to ensure that engineers, maintenance, IT and compliance personnel can access the information they need. Change management software is a key component in enabling synchronization between all levels of the plant and plays a key role in standardization and collaborative operations management, which aids in transparency across business levels. Craig Resnick, Research Director, ARC Advisory Group Security allows you to monitor and control who has access to what function reducing the number of errors that occur due to unauthorized access. It also enables you to set up a permission hierarchy by roles, which eliminates the need to establish permissions for every employee. Audit Trails and Reports enable you to track what has been happening with programs and devices in your plant, automatically providing the who, what, when, where and why information of events taking place throughout your operation. An integrated report generator allows data to be sorted and filtered, and compiles reports according to need. Audit trail databases can be maintained in a variety of formats, including Microsoft Access, SQL or Oracle. Automated Scheduling, Notification and Reporting allows you to check the integrity of what is happening on a regularly scheduled basis. It automatically reviews server files and compares them to what is running notifying management of any discrepancies through regular automated reporting. Furthermore, it helps determine root causes for future prevention. Track versions, review changes and restore versions for a variety of GE Fanuc and other popular automation software and hardware. 24 Proficy Software

27 Change Management offers multiple client options, including a new web-based client, and a client that is built into our programming and HMI/SCADA software. Electronic Signatures help you gain additional control over changes in your plant by allowing you to enforce authorization to make changes An authorization dialog enables you to enforce and track approvals on changes. to your devices and projects. Whether you want to better meet regulatory compliance requirements such as 21 CFR Part 11, NERC, or just improve your Good Manufacturing Practice, the Electronic Signature functionality provides you with more control over what is being changed. HTML Interface and Plant Layout allows you to customize the end-user interface to match your plant s needs. This powerful point-and-click interface makes accessing projects and devices easy and helps you simplify the interface used by your end users, giving them access only to what they need thus reducing errors and training. Extensive Product Support provides access to valuable resources because Proficy Change Management is pre-configured to support a variety of commonly used software and devices used in the industrial environment, including GE Fanuc, Rockwell, Schneider, Siemens and many more. It can also help you manage any file type such as documents, spreadsheets and drawings with our easy-touse Wizard. l With the installation of change management capabilities, there are fewer failures, and recovery from failure is quicker, as the technology brings consistency to maintaining the hundreds of programs used in the operation. Once it saves you a couple of times, it becomes invaluable. Joe Gruber Director, Process Controls, Barry-Wehmiller Design Group GE Fanuc Intelligent Platforms 25

28 Proficy View Machine Edition An intuitive, machine-level HMI for machine control applications, Proficy View - Machine Edition makes it quick and easy to configure applications and helps reduce system integration efforts. Key Technical Benefits Quick and easy configuration Object re-use (Toolchest) Integrated development environment (Control, Motion and HMI) Proficy View Machine Edition offers an all-inclusive graphics configuration tool and a wide range of PLC communication drivers using OPC client/server technology, and provides connectivity support for remote monitoring and diagnostics. Features and Functions Connectivity to most PLC devices via OPC communications Web publishing of application to standard internet browsers Scalability of applications from Windows CE-based platforms to Windows NT/2000/XP platforms Data Collection. There are two ways to collect data: 6 View Logging allows easy customization of userdefined logging conditions to groups. During runtime, the data is then logged to a file that can be viewed offline. 6 Proficy Historian s Collector is integrated with Proficy View, featuring store-andforward capability and automatic reconnection to the Historian Archiver to ensure that data is never lost during a network outage. You can generate and access detailed reports documenting a project. Visualization/Animation. With a complete set of machine level objects, including push buttons, pilot lights, data entry, data display, gauges and message display as well as a full set of drawing tools it s easy to develop user interface graphics. Alarming. Integrated alarm management allows you to define, group, display, acknowledge, log and print both discrete and analog alarms. You can even notify an operator with an if an alarm event occurs. Advanced Scripting. To perform the difficult tasks required by your application, Proficy View provides Microsoft s Visual Basic (VB) Script language. Scripts can be developed at the application level or per graphic page; 26 Proficy Software

29 Proficy View Machine Edition offers an extensive list of communication drivers. they can also be configured to execute periodically or conditionally. Common examples of VB Scripts are simple-tocomplex process algorithms, reading and writing to a file and sending an with a file attached that contains production data for that day. Web Publishing. With the setting of a single property, Proficy View allows you to publish your application making it available to a web browser for remote monitoring and diagnostics and remote clientbased reporting. Toolchest. Providing the ability to streamline your application development through the re-use of objects from one application to another, the Toolchest stores, manages and retrieves application objects; allows objects to be shared across applications and across users/pcs; and automatically updates all occurrences of an object in applications when the master version is changed. Multi-language support. Proficy View delivers multi-language support that allows you to switch languages on the fly during runtime. In the development environment, you can choose to translate text strings using Machine Edition s userfriendly grid or export the text strings and work in a spreadsheet or word processing document. The only limitation to the number of languages used by an application is the amount of memory. l GE Fanuc Intelligent Platforms 27

30 Proficy Historian Providing a robust and effective plant data repository, Proficy Historian enables you to collect, archive and distribute large volumes of real-time, plant floor information at incredible speeds. Key Technical Benefits Highly reliable system architecture Easy configuration and administration With the ability to read all types of process data, Proficy Historian provides a window into your manufacturing operations and feeds the higher-level operations management systems with accurate, real-time information. Superior collection, storage and retrieval performance Enterprise-level data management Extensive standardsbased connectivity Whether you re a small municipal facility, a global pharmaceutical company or any business that needs to capture mission-critical data, Historian can help improve your profitability and productivity. Features and Functions Standard Edition Connect-and-Collect Capabilities. The heart of Historian s data acquisition capabilities is the collector, providing automatic data collection of configured points. Our collectors feature store-and-forward capability and automatic reconnection to the server ensuring that data is never lost during a network outage. Using the Proficy Historian web-based administration tool, you can perform all configuration tasks, including browsing data servers, configuring points, performing on-line backups and viewing system messages and alerts. Versatile and Simple Administration. Historian provides both a Windows -based and web-based administrator that have similar interfaces and operate in the same fashion eliminating the need for additional training. Users can access and configure Historian from virtually anywhere, including over the Internet. Archive Data Servers. The archive manager administers the archive files and is completely configurable to meet the specific needs of your application. It serves as the main data retention and information conduit, providing full archive management and messaging services. It also enables online system backups without the need to disconnect clients, as is often required by other data historians. With Microsoft Cluster Server, you can configure two historian servers 28 Proficy Software

31 in a primary-backup pair for uninterrupted access to critical production data. Interfaces. Historian provides two standard interfaces, the OLE DB Provider and a Software Developers Kit (SDK), plus many optional client tools and applications. You can easily integrate Historian with OLE DB-aware applications such as Microsoft SQL Server, Business Objects Crystal Reports, Excel, Proficy HMI/ SCADA ifix s VisiconX and others. You can also query the data, alarms and events, and system and administrative information using standard SQL commands. Enterprise Edition For Advanced Enterprise-Level Data Management The Enterprise Edition offers all the features and functions of the Standard Edition, in addition to the following capabilities: Alarm and Event Management. You can collect and store process data with alarms and events in a single, secure data repository. They can be The Re-calculation Expert makes it easy to run calculations or update stored results against legacy data. collected from any OPC alarm and event server, and they are indexed with the process data tag in a Microsoft SQL Server or the bundled SQL Server Desktop Engine database that does not require any additional configuration. Furthermore, with administrator tools, you can manage both the process data and alarm and event data simultaneously. Advanced Calculations. The Calculation Collector has pre-configured but extendable business rules and calculations that allow users to manipulate the collected data, including alarm and event data, and store the calculated values in Historian. Distributed Data Management. The Server-to-Server Collector shares all of the features of the Calculation Collector and distributes data from one Historian to another enabling robust data distribution. You can centralize administration for all remote tags and standardize on performance and reporting metrics across multiple locations, thereby streamlining your processes and reducing variances. Enhanced High Availability. In addition to Microsoft Cluster Server support, the Historian Enterprise version includes redundant data collectors that automatically switch to a backup collector in the event of a system failure providing uninterrupted access and collection of plant data, regardless of network, software or hardware problems. l The benefits of Proficy have touched almost every department in the plant, as we are a data-driven company. We never would have achieved our current productivity and scrap rates without Proficy. Lee Fortney General Manager, INTERMET Columbus Foundry GE Fanuc Intelligent Platforms 29