FactoryTalk® AssetCentre: Overview

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FactoryTalk® AssetCentre Overview

Agenda
Release Update
Overview of FactoryTalk® AssetCentre
Live Demo
Why do you need an Asset Management solution?
Customer Success Stories

Integrated Approach to Control & HMI
Help convert your hidden data into
relevant and timely information
Why do you need an
Asset Management solution?

Automation Assets
Automation Controller
Programs
Human Machine Interface
Configurations
Drives, Motion,
Robot Configurations
Ethernet Switch
Configurations
Process Instruments,
Measuring Devices
100s or 1000s
Industrial Organizations have
OF AUTOMATION ASSETS
PHYSICAL, PROGRAMMED AND CONFIGURED COMPONENTS

Common Challenges & Potential Risks
LOST CONFIGURATION
& DEVICE FAILURE
PRODUCTION
ENVIRONMENT CHANGE
UNAUTHORIZED &
UNDOCUMENTED ACCESS

TOP REQUESTED
CAPABILITIES
Financial Impact & Business Outcomes
Rockwell Automation TechED 2014 Customer Survey of Downtime Cost (~300 Customer Responses)
76%
11%
Several
between $1K-10K
between $10K-50K
over $100K
Fewover $1 MILLION!
CO T OF DOWNTIME (Per Hour)
Better collaboration between maintenance & operations
Capture incident resolutions & build knowledge base
Search control system content
Loss of
PRODUCTION
Idled
EMPLOYEES
Damaged
EQUIPMENT
Concerns of
SAFETY
Increased
LABOR COSTS
Callout here
if necessary
DOWNTIME

Overview of
FactoryTalk AssetCentre

How Can Rockwell Automation Help?
ARCHIVE & DISASTER
RECOVERY AUDIT SECURITY EXTENSIBILITY CONFIGURATION
& CALIBRATION
• Centrally manage
versions of programs,
files & folders
• Automate backup of
automation assets
• Generate detailed
difference detection
reports of assets
• Track user actions –
Who did What,
When, Where?
• Produce adhoc reports
associating users,
assets, and programs
to paint a full picture
• Automate the reporting
process via email
• Restrict viewing of
artifacts
• Prevent unauthorized
access to make
changes
• Prevent unauthorized
users from creating
new versions
• Ability to extend and
add support for 3rd
party devices
• Web client available to
track assets from a
mobile device
• Support for Process
Device Configuration
using FDT-DTM
technology
• Paperless
management of
instrument calibration
data

Modular Approach
(10 ASSETS INCLUDED)
Process Device Configuration
EASY TO SCALE
Designed to grow with the customers needs
Agent Groups
ADD-ON
ADD-ON
Disaster Recovery
ADD-ON
Calibration Management
ADD-ON
Add more capabilities as needed

Scalable Deployment
FactoryTalk® AssetCentre Server
Governs the system’s operations
FactoryTalk® AssetCentre Client
AssetCentre configuration & View system operation & reports
FactoryTalk® AssetCentre Agent
Perform Backup, Compare & Search operations
FactoryTalk® Directory / Security
Common security provider for all FactoryTalk components
Microsoft SQL Server
Hosts AssetCentre databases (SQL Express = Smaller systems)
AgentServer Client
STAND-ALONE
Multiple Servers
DISTRIBUTED
Client Multiple Agents
Agent 1 Agent 2 Agent 3
AssetCentre Agents can be
added to handle systems with
higher asset count

Archive: Version Control / Source Control
MASTER FILE Automatic version control ensures
proper file management
Version 11

Disaster Recovery
Disaster Recovery can optionally be configured to create a new Archive version
WHEN A DIFFERENCE IS DETECTED
Version 10 Version 11
VS.
Compares image or code
to master file in archive1 Detects differences & generates an
event to FactoryTalk AssetCentre2 Email containing difference
report sent to users3

Disaster Recovery Options
Rockwell Automation products, Windows Files,
Non-Rockwell Devices and 3rd Party Assets
14

Tamper Detection
Logs • Creates • Sends Report
DETECTS CHANGES IN REAL TIME
Constantly
monitoring
for changes
Without needing FactoryTalk® AssetCentre Clients & Logix5000™ installed anywhere

Track User Actions: Audits / Events
Logged Time Occurred Time Source Location Resource Username Message
4/2/2015 1:56.13 4/2/2015 1:56.9 Logix Designer FTAC-DEMO15 Filler_CLX(S/N 7 FTAC-DEMO15L Changed Data Value of Tag
4/2/2015 1:55.2 4/2/2015 1:55:15 Logix Designer FTAC-DEMO15 Filler_CLX(S/N FTAC-DEMO15 Going Offline from Controller
4/2/2015 1:55.0 4/2/2015 1:54:59 Logix Designer FTAC-DEMO15 Logix Designer FTAC-DEMO15 Started Application
4/2/2015 1:54.3 4/2/2015 1:54:31 FactoryTalk AssetC.. FTAC-DEMO15 Client FTAC-DEMO15 Checked out file
Log Time Details
Logged at: 4/2/2015 1:56.13 PM Location: FTAC-DEMO15
Occurred at: 4/2/2015 1:56.09 PM Username: FTAC-DEMO15LABUSER
Source: Logix Designer Resource: Filler_CLX (S/N 70243FF1)
Attachments: 0
WHOWHEREWHEN WHY
WHAT

Searching & Reporting
Ad-hoc or Scheduled
Searches
CREATE
Reports
VISUALIZE
Program
Modification By
Shift Or Line Archive
History For
Modifications
Search
Audit Logs

User Access & Authentication
User 1 User 2
Restricts
access rights
in system
Changes can
only be made by
authorized users
RESTRICTED ACCESS FULL ACCESS

Asset Inventory Agent
Maintains a version inventory of devices running in the plant
HELPS TO ORGANIZE AUTOMATION INVESTMENT
Constantly
scanning the
network

Asset Inventory Agent to PCDC
Turning the Inventory of your Assets into actionable results.
COMPARE AND SEE THE LIFE CYCLE OF YOUR ASSETS
Scan your
network

Premier Integration with Logix Designer

Custom Device Plug-In
Generic
Agent Backup Compare
FOR YOUR DEVICE
EXECUTE Disaster
Recovery
ADD-ON
Store Results of
Operation in…

Web (Mobile) Client
Disaster Recovery Status Dashboard
Asset & Schedule Information
Audits & Events Reports

Process Device Configuration
Access instrument parameters
Configure & commission process devices
Help with diagnostics
FIELD DEVICE
TOOL

Calibration Management Capability
Master Records
Scheduling
Calibration Results
Work Orders
Reports
Hand-held Interfaces
Remote Workstation

FactoryTalk AssetCentre
DELIVERING VALUE
Reactive Proactive
ASSURANCEACCESSIBILITY RECONCILIATION DETECTION ACCOUNTABILITY CONTROL PREVENTION
Process
Device
Configuration
Calibration
Management
Disaster
Recovery
Reporting Authentication Logs Archive

Release Update

2015-17 Release Summary
Product What are we doing Why are we doing it
• AssetCentre v6.1 • Added ability to add custom 3rd
party “drivers” to do backup
• Customers want AssetCentre but don’t have
all Rockwell Devices
December
2015
• AssetCentre 7.0 • Asset Inventory
• Web/Mobile Clients
• Unattended Install
• Raising maintainability of our
architecture
• Ability to compare changes in assets
on network or version information
April
2016
• AssetCentre 7.10 • PCDC export
• Force Comment on Check-In
• Inventory Agent licensing
• Latest Microsoft OS support
• Export Inventory Agent results for view
within the PCDC
• Reduce licensing required for
Inventory Agent needs
• Support for SQL/Server 2016 & Win10
January
2017

Demo

Customer
Success Stories

Major U.S. Food Company
CHALLENGE
• Inadequate control measures in place to manage automation control system
• Excessive downtime resulting from unknown or unauthorized changes to controller programs
RESULTS
REDUCED DOWNTIME
events by 7% or more
REDUCED WASTED
PRODUCT by 10% due to
equipment stoppages
IMPROVED ACCESS to
audit reports and archived
repository through change
management system
7%
SOLUTION
• Implemented FactoryTalk® AssetCentre software to provide change management control
and disaster recovery
• Leveraged user security to restrict who could make changes to controller programs
• Provided audit reports showing authorized changes to the automation control system
• Leveraged FactoryTalk® AssetCentre archive to provide change control for production related
documentation
CUSTOMER SUCCESS

International Metals Company
CHALLENGE
• 150+ systems, Multiple OEMs, 30+ engineers
• Versioning from commission to steady state
• Manual backup procedure
RESULTS
IMPROVED PRODUCTIVITY
IMPROVED ACCESS to
audit reports and archived
repository through change
management system
SOLUTION
• Implemented FactoryTalk® AssetCentre software to provide change management control
and disaster recovery as part of overall asset management program
• Disciplined change management process implemented across 4 district site operations
• Audit trail history provides summary of non-conformance
CUSTOMER SUCCESS

Medical Device Manufacturer
RESULTS
REDUCED VALIDATION COST by
$2 million dollars
REDUCED TIME TO MARKET
RECOGNIZED FOR
OPERATIONAL EXCELLENCE
CUSTOMER SUCCESS
CHALLENGE
• Upgrading a proprietary control system
• Time to market was not keeping pace with increasing demand
• Production data and configuration information was dispersed
SOLUTION
• FactoryTalk® AssetCentre was implemented as part of broader control system upgrade

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