Increase Visibility.. SCADA/HMI and SharePoint

We are reaching a point in the industrial market, as well as others that it is becoming necessary to share data and increase collaboration between all departments of the organization. By taking advantage of Status and SharePoint you can do just that.

One reason companies are taking advantage of SharePoint is to increase visibility, this can be safety information, downtime and quality. If companies take advantage of the Status web clients you can see real time operational data presented in Silverlight in your SharePoint client.  Many companies are still using paper to track down times, quality and production, or they have a separate application for each. By using SharePoint there will be no need to use paper, or separate applications to track your data.

The Status web clients operating in SharePoint will display all OPC data, or any custom data source inside SharePoint in real time. You can also monitor alarms and all historical data while inside SharePoint. By implementing a SharePoint solution, corporate wide visibility is now possible. 

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Becoming more efficient

In recent years the need to become more energy efficient has gained prominence in today’s business society.

In a recent survey commissioned by energyrethinking, 40% of respondents said that one of the biggest barriers to becoming more energy efficient has been the upfront initial investment.  I tend to agree with that, but on the other hand if you invest in a solution like “Status” to monitor your energy consumption and turn off equipment that is not being used, or replace equipment that is drawing to much energy you can save anywhere from 9-11% in the first year. These savings have been realized by a company in South Korea called ChunCheon BioIndustry Foundation.

The ChunCheon BioIndustry Foundation is optimizing their HVAC controllers on time by a schedule using the Status Vision Designer. They reported saving 3-4% on energy consumption.  They have 3 buildings and each building had its own control room. By implementing a web solution, the have moved to a central control room reducing the need to hire additional engineers to monitor the buildings.  These savings were realized through a small investment. So although I would agree that some energy saving efforts can be a big initial investment, this customer realized a benefit by purchasing a remote monitoring solution at a small cost.

For companies looking to reduce energy consumption and become more efficient the first question needs to be, are you monitoring the data? If you or your employees do not know your business’s energy consumption, how can you improve?  So if you are looking for a way to monitor your energy usage and don’t know where to begin feel free to give us a call 352.564.9610.