Many assets have reached the “point of diminishing returns” in their pursuit of optimization benefits using conventional business models. To reach the next horizon of value, these assets must undergo digital process re-engineering, digital re-organization and digital business transformation. In many cases, the entire operations management system needs to be re-written and re-implemented. The first step in transitioning to a new operating model involves defining the end-state and achieving a step-wise approach toward it. That end state might be a centralized optimization center, remote integrated operations center, minimal manning facility, or a fully automated facility. The internal rate of return (IRR) associated with the transition to remote operations depends on the extent to which operating cost savings can be traded for capital investment. Through various case studies, this session will explore the key considerations in making a successful transition and the important factors driving IRR variability and operational risk.
EzyPro has expanded its foot print with the integration of computerized maintenance management system. With this from a compliance and quality management system the scope has expanded to a productivity, problem-solving and efficiency enhancing software as a service
Helping businesses conduct post-payment audit to recover excess payment from suppliers – through spend analytics and a continuous process improvement to eliminate sources of leakage.
CEO Ruth Kearney will give a talk on ‘Toolkits for Smart Manufacturing’ to the industry cohort taking the ‘Certificate in Leadership in Digitalisation of Manufacturing
Webinar: Current Automation Landscape for Healthcare OrganizationsWithumDigital
In this webinar, presenters from Withum and Nintex, give an overview of the current automation landscape in the healthcare industry, share use cases where automation technologies are best applied and how healthcare organizations are transforming the way they operate.
After viewing this webinar recording, you will be able to:
- Apply the knowledge from this session to the Healthcare field to uncover opportunities for Process Automation gains
- Identify real world and customer success stories/use cases where Process Automation can benefit different departments within the Healthcare Industry
- Understand which regulatory compliance requirements (like HIPAA, PII and others) are solved by Process Automation Flows
EzyPro has expanded its foot print with the integration of computerized maintenance management system. With this from a compliance and quality management system the scope has expanded to a productivity, problem-solving and efficiency enhancing software as a service
Helping businesses conduct post-payment audit to recover excess payment from suppliers – through spend analytics and a continuous process improvement to eliminate sources of leakage.
CEO Ruth Kearney will give a talk on ‘Toolkits for Smart Manufacturing’ to the industry cohort taking the ‘Certificate in Leadership in Digitalisation of Manufacturing
Webinar: Current Automation Landscape for Healthcare OrganizationsWithumDigital
In this webinar, presenters from Withum and Nintex, give an overview of the current automation landscape in the healthcare industry, share use cases where automation technologies are best applied and how healthcare organizations are transforming the way they operate.
After viewing this webinar recording, you will be able to:
- Apply the knowledge from this session to the Healthcare field to uncover opportunities for Process Automation gains
- Identify real world and customer success stories/use cases where Process Automation can benefit different departments within the Healthcare Industry
- Understand which regulatory compliance requirements (like HIPAA, PII and others) are solved by Process Automation Flows
Going Beyond the Standards - Solutions for Your IndustriesCelonis
Process mining is well established for very standardized processes and ERP systems. However, many customers are unaware of the possibilities for process mining to boost process performance for more specific, business-differentiating processes. In the area of energy or financial services, IT systems and processes are very individual and heterogeneous. For example, there are processes such as meter-to-cash in the energy sector or claimsoft processing in companies with a high investment and asset focus that typically span a diverse set of systems ranging from large ERP to homegrown. So in many companies across all industries today, business transformation programs based on SAP S/4HANA or finance and banking platforms are looking to harmonize processes and data across a global range of businesses and systems. Finally, many organizations are rapidly ramping up automation capabilities using powerful technologies like RPA, but often struggle to find the most valuable opportunities. Find out in this session how process mining can be used to add value to your business in these ways - and take your process optimization beyond the standards.
Presenters:
Christian Bartmann, Partner, PricewaterhouseCoopers
Rafael Accorsi, Senior Manager, PricewaterhouseCoopers
Oliver Klein, Director, PricewaterhouseCoopers
Building the Tax Team of the Future to Navigate the Storm of Regulatory Change Sovos
As tax moves from a back-office function to an integrated and strategic position, tax professionals must have a data-driven, business, and security mindset.
Watch onDemand by using this link: https://goo.gl/8trFsv
Starting from Scratch: Build a New Business CaseCelonis
"No matter if your company is evaluating the potential value in applying process mining technology to your business processes, just starting to use Celonis or have already been a Celonis user for some time, it's crucial to have the right case framework to translate your improved process KPIs into financial figures.
In this workshop you will learn how to build a business case from scratch. Using a generic
approach you will learn about:
* The key value drivers of Celonis
* How these impact your KPIs
* How to assess and utilize these KPI improvements in specific formulas
* Summarizing all business case components to determine the overall figure-based business impact of Celonis on your processes."
Presenter: "Bertram Lutz, Head of Solution Engineering UK&I, Celonis
Sam Attias, Solution Engineer UK & Ireland, Celonis
Adaptive insights forrester and boston scientific webinar_finalAdaptive Insights
Paul Hamerman, VP & Principal Analyst for Forrester Research, explains how modern enterprises can leverage new finance technology in this FP&A Power Hour Presentation
This presentations looks at the issues facing accounting and finance department. The speed of change including use of AI is becoming more and more important to business.
More and more companies are embracing technological solutions as part of streaming their reporting and forecasting cycles.
This presentation discusses the role AI will continue to play in reshaping the work done by accounting, tax and FP&A departments.
Find out why enterprise businesses like Blue Shield Blue Cross, Gentiva Health Services, Specsavers, and others have ranked Adaptive insights #1 in both ease of use and time to value in the latest Gartner 2015 Critical Capabilities for Corporate Performance Management Suites research report.
How to effectively manage a "Lean Manufacturing" project using simulation. Keeping your eyes focused on Cost, Time, and Quality! Knowing the importance of "Protective Capacity".
TRU Snacks Webinar Series - How to Automate Finance Using Accounting RobotsCitrin Cooperman
TRU Snacks is now C-Suite Snacks! Sign up for our weekly C-Suite Snacks webinars here: https://www.citrincooperman.com/infocus/c-suite-snacks
Our C-Suite Snacks webinar series provides the middle market with brief, strategic, and tactical business improvement information for 30 minutes every week. Join Citrin Cooperman live every Thursday at noon for snack-sized insights for business executives.
In this session, Citrin Cooperman was joined by Plena Data to show you how your finance team can work smarter, not harder, with the help of accounting robots. Watch the replay to see the bots in action and learn a practical approach for integrating automation into your finance and accounting team.
La Importancia del Análisis de la InformaciónNexolution
Estudios demuestran que las empresas que aplican la analítica obtienen unos resultados mejores que los de sus iguales. Y aquellas organizaciones con un alto Cociente Analítico es decir, con una filosofía general basada en analítica, tienen un rendimiento medio tres veces superior.
La analítica de negocio permite que su organización identifique las tendencias y los patrones sutiles de modo que pueda anticiparse y controlar los acontecimientos para mejorar los resultados.
Lo invitamos a ver nuestro webcast "La importancia del análisis de la información para la toma de decisiones", donde le mostraremos:
- En qué están invirtiendo las empresas actualmente para optimizar su desempeño
- Descubra cómo lograr un análisis profundo de la información para la mejor toma de decisiones a través de una estrategia de Analítica de Negocios
- Analice el grado analítico de su empresa para la toma de decisiones
Presentador: Sergio Velazquez
Información de las soluciones: informacion@nexolution.com
Actionable Steps to Elevating your IT Service ManagementIvanti
Every organization goes through a process of improving its operation. Despite this, many ITSM projects fail to deliver the level of effectiveness and the value promised. You have to ask why do so many ITSM projects fail to deliver the value IT teams know they can realize?
Join us for this webinar as we uncover the approach and organizational capabilities required to continually increase ITSM efficiency and effectiveness. Learn about the building blocks to create institutional processes and a culture of shared learning and accountability needed to deliver optimized ITSM that delivers more value to the business.
You don’t have to rethink your payroll process when you move your HR processes to the Cloud. In this webinar experts explain the simple transition path for Payroll so you can maximize all the benefits without having to re-implement SAP Payroll.
David Beard
CRM Evangelist - Sage CRM Solutions
"With over 10 years involvement in business analyst & project management roles for a variety of companies in the IT, telecommunications & banking sectors, David brings a wealth of experience in helping companies define what a customer means and how best to interact - across both cultural & systemic contexts"
Going Beyond the Standards - Solutions for Your IndustriesCelonis
Process mining is well established for very standardized processes and ERP systems. However, many customers are unaware of the possibilities for process mining to boost process performance for more specific, business-differentiating processes. In the area of energy or financial services, IT systems and processes are very individual and heterogeneous. For example, there are processes such as meter-to-cash in the energy sector or claimsoft processing in companies with a high investment and asset focus that typically span a diverse set of systems ranging from large ERP to homegrown. So in many companies across all industries today, business transformation programs based on SAP S/4HANA or finance and banking platforms are looking to harmonize processes and data across a global range of businesses and systems. Finally, many organizations are rapidly ramping up automation capabilities using powerful technologies like RPA, but often struggle to find the most valuable opportunities. Find out in this session how process mining can be used to add value to your business in these ways - and take your process optimization beyond the standards.
Presenters:
Christian Bartmann, Partner, PricewaterhouseCoopers
Rafael Accorsi, Senior Manager, PricewaterhouseCoopers
Oliver Klein, Director, PricewaterhouseCoopers
Building the Tax Team of the Future to Navigate the Storm of Regulatory Change Sovos
As tax moves from a back-office function to an integrated and strategic position, tax professionals must have a data-driven, business, and security mindset.
Watch onDemand by using this link: https://goo.gl/8trFsv
Starting from Scratch: Build a New Business CaseCelonis
"No matter if your company is evaluating the potential value in applying process mining technology to your business processes, just starting to use Celonis or have already been a Celonis user for some time, it's crucial to have the right case framework to translate your improved process KPIs into financial figures.
In this workshop you will learn how to build a business case from scratch. Using a generic
approach you will learn about:
* The key value drivers of Celonis
* How these impact your KPIs
* How to assess and utilize these KPI improvements in specific formulas
* Summarizing all business case components to determine the overall figure-based business impact of Celonis on your processes."
Presenter: "Bertram Lutz, Head of Solution Engineering UK&I, Celonis
Sam Attias, Solution Engineer UK & Ireland, Celonis
Adaptive insights forrester and boston scientific webinar_finalAdaptive Insights
Paul Hamerman, VP & Principal Analyst for Forrester Research, explains how modern enterprises can leverage new finance technology in this FP&A Power Hour Presentation
This presentations looks at the issues facing accounting and finance department. The speed of change including use of AI is becoming more and more important to business.
More and more companies are embracing technological solutions as part of streaming their reporting and forecasting cycles.
This presentation discusses the role AI will continue to play in reshaping the work done by accounting, tax and FP&A departments.
Find out why enterprise businesses like Blue Shield Blue Cross, Gentiva Health Services, Specsavers, and others have ranked Adaptive insights #1 in both ease of use and time to value in the latest Gartner 2015 Critical Capabilities for Corporate Performance Management Suites research report.
How to effectively manage a "Lean Manufacturing" project using simulation. Keeping your eyes focused on Cost, Time, and Quality! Knowing the importance of "Protective Capacity".
TRU Snacks Webinar Series - How to Automate Finance Using Accounting RobotsCitrin Cooperman
TRU Snacks is now C-Suite Snacks! Sign up for our weekly C-Suite Snacks webinars here: https://www.citrincooperman.com/infocus/c-suite-snacks
Our C-Suite Snacks webinar series provides the middle market with brief, strategic, and tactical business improvement information for 30 minutes every week. Join Citrin Cooperman live every Thursday at noon for snack-sized insights for business executives.
In this session, Citrin Cooperman was joined by Plena Data to show you how your finance team can work smarter, not harder, with the help of accounting robots. Watch the replay to see the bots in action and learn a practical approach for integrating automation into your finance and accounting team.
La Importancia del Análisis de la InformaciónNexolution
Estudios demuestran que las empresas que aplican la analítica obtienen unos resultados mejores que los de sus iguales. Y aquellas organizaciones con un alto Cociente Analítico es decir, con una filosofía general basada en analítica, tienen un rendimiento medio tres veces superior.
La analítica de negocio permite que su organización identifique las tendencias y los patrones sutiles de modo que pueda anticiparse y controlar los acontecimientos para mejorar los resultados.
Lo invitamos a ver nuestro webcast "La importancia del análisis de la información para la toma de decisiones", donde le mostraremos:
- En qué están invirtiendo las empresas actualmente para optimizar su desempeño
- Descubra cómo lograr un análisis profundo de la información para la mejor toma de decisiones a través de una estrategia de Analítica de Negocios
- Analice el grado analítico de su empresa para la toma de decisiones
Presentador: Sergio Velazquez
Información de las soluciones: informacion@nexolution.com
Actionable Steps to Elevating your IT Service ManagementIvanti
Every organization goes through a process of improving its operation. Despite this, many ITSM projects fail to deliver the level of effectiveness and the value promised. You have to ask why do so many ITSM projects fail to deliver the value IT teams know they can realize?
Join us for this webinar as we uncover the approach and organizational capabilities required to continually increase ITSM efficiency and effectiveness. Learn about the building blocks to create institutional processes and a culture of shared learning and accountability needed to deliver optimized ITSM that delivers more value to the business.
You don’t have to rethink your payroll process when you move your HR processes to the Cloud. In this webinar experts explain the simple transition path for Payroll so you can maximize all the benefits without having to re-implement SAP Payroll.
David Beard
CRM Evangelist - Sage CRM Solutions
"With over 10 years involvement in business analyst & project management roles for a variety of companies in the IT, telecommunications & banking sectors, David brings a wealth of experience in helping companies define what a customer means and how best to interact - across both cultural & systemic contexts"
Fail to prepare, prepare to fail: implementing ERP and CRM systemsSageukofficial
David Beard, from the business software company Sage UK, looks at market place trends driving the thoughts of software vendors. He then considers why businesses often fail to realise the measurable benefits from ERP and CRM software implementations and what they can do to widen, and thus, improve their approach.
This Workshop Teaches Business Leaders How To Implement AI Technologies To Serve Customers Better Than Anybody Else.
AGENDA
Introduction to Artificial Intelligence
Extracting Value & Delivering Value
Predictive & Preventive maintenance
Marine market, Jet engines
How to prepare & implement AI Playbook
Copy and paste to access the full recording: http://www.castsoftware.com/news-events/event/gartner-technical-debt?gad=ss
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In this webinar David Norton of Gartner Research discusses recent findings on Technical Debt that estimates industry IT debt is at $500 billion—and on target to reach $1 trillion by 2015. He also talks about the importance of Software Analysis & Measurement to manage Technical Debt, how to measure debt continuously to control TCO of the application lifecycle and include debt measurement in project management and prioritization.
Genpact helps leaders of some of the largest enterprises
transform and run their processes and operations, including
the very complex and industry-specific. We help enterprises to be more competitive by becoming more intelligent: adaptive, innovative, globally effective and connected by enabling tighter management of costs, risks, regulations, and supporting growth.
THE POWER OF DIGITAL TECHNOLOGIES AND POSITIVE TRANSFORMATION ON BUSINESSES.pdfPaul Mbua
The training focused on The Power of Digital Technologies and the positive transformation they can have on their businesses.
Objectives Included:
•Clear Understanding of digital transformation
• Assessing your level of digital transformation
• Things to Consider in your digital transformation journey
• Digital transformation framework and strategy
• Effective use of tools and their Application
SAP Active Global Support - Support for Innovation - Quality Assurance at Cus...Bernhard Luecke
For enterprises , Time to Value is what most counts in the more and more rapidly changing world. As a software provider, SAP needs to ensure the quality of the configured and extended product, integrated as part of the solution landscape of the customer. This is achieved through the SAP Control Center Concept delivered within the SAP MaxAttention or Active Embedded engagement by SAP Active Global Support.
Presentation held at "II Jornadas de Calidad del Producto" in Madrid ( http://calidaddelproductosoftware.com/2014/programa/ )
Capitaliser sur la valeur de l’IoT : comment démarrer sa transformation numér...Greg Eva
Intitulé “Capitaliser sur la valeur de l’IoT : comment démarrer sa transformation numérique”, le webinaire conduit le 28 novembre 2019 par Greg Eva, Technical Business Development Manager chez PTC, a fourni de nombreuses recommandations pragmatiques sur la façon de bien démarrer avec l’IoT et l’analyse des données.
We wished to introduce our Company APAGEN Solutions – A Global Software & Solution Provider. We are a business-advantage driven firm. We have expertise in implementing & sustaining among the most difficult ERPNext installations in firms like Bajaj Holographic, Hanusoft, Enventa Power Systems, Omkam UPS, MV Logistics, Design India, Grail Group and so on., by the use of our Multi-faced ERPNext Services (CHANNEL, SERVICES, EDUCATION, and AMS).
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Data, Data, Everywhere...GA10 Brings It All TogetherYokogawa1
Today, data is everywhere. Collected by a multitude of sensors and devices, most organizations have plenty of data. The question becomes, “What should you do with it all?” In steps Yokogawa’s GA10 Data Logging Software. GA10 acquires data from various instruments via communications, such as EtherNet, Modbus, and OPC-UA, and enables centralized monitoring and recording of data from a PC or remote location. With all your data in the same place, users can make real time decisions while monitoring standard or custom dashboards, receive automatic reports, send email or alarm notifications to maintenance personnel, and much more. Let’s put your data to work, when you bring it all together, with GA10!
In this webinar, we will:
• Share best practices for monitoring, recording, and transferring data
• Challenges in data acquisition and how Yokogawa can help
• Demonstrate GA10 Data Logging Software capabilities:
Seamlessly connect Yokogawa and 3rd party devices
Easily create projects and standard or custom dashboards
Generate automatic reports, notifications, alarms, and emails
Chromatography is introduced to us from a very young age; from marker and coffee filter art projects to the simple black ink separation. All of which the pigments wick from the papers are different speeds when dipped into water, showing the various types of pigments. Chromatography is based on this originally when it was first used for the synthetic dye industry in the early 1990s as Chromatography means color measurement.
This one-hour session covers chromatography basics and explains what makes up a process gas chromatograph that is used today.
We will dive into:
Different types of sample injection methods.
What and how a separation column works.
Basic rules of thumbs for best practice.
An Economic X-ray of Digital TransformationYokogawa1
Recent dynamic market changes and uncertain business environments have placed a sharp focus on digital transformation (DX). DX initiatives must clearly align with business strategies and have a clear vision of where, and how, they add value in terms of enhanced profitability, capital efficiency and license to operate. Focusing on enhanced profitability, we start with a simple refresh of the “Profit & Loss” or income statement and demonstrate how it is impacted by DX initiatives, thereby demonstrating how money is made and lost. These general concepts are reinforced with several real-life examples across the upstream, refining and bulk chemical sectors. Through this exercise, conclusions are drawn on where DX has the greatest immediate impact.
Using A Unique, Next Generation APC Solution To Address Common Problems In Th...Yokogawa1
Shell Chemical's Geismar plant is the largest alpha olefins producer in the world. Being ready, situationally aware and making the right decisions only guarantees success with efficient and effective operational execution. This presentation will profile a series of unique ways to solve common multi-variable process control challenges often encountered in chemical processing units. Several examples will be given that were used at Shell’s Geismar facility to drive superior efficiency and productivity savings.
Open Process Automation: Status of the O-PAS™ Standard, Conformance Certifica...Yokogawa1
Today, end users in the energy and chemical industries must work with and integrate multiple proprietary systems in almost every process plant or facility. These systems include manufacturing execution systems (MES), distributed control systems (DCS), human-machine interfaces (HMI), programmable logic controllers (PLC) and inputs/outputs (I/O). These multiple proprietary systems, and the integration thereof, result in elevated capital costs on new projects and high total cost of ownership through the asset lifecycle, especially in the operation and maintenance of such systems. The Open Process Automation™ Forum (OPAF) is an international forum of end users, system integrators, suppliers, academia, and standards organizations who are working together to develop the specifications for open process control systems. OPAF’s goal is to enable more open and modular systems that supports integration of best-in-class components. This architecture will provide both configuration and application portability across components from different suppliers, thereby reducing system capital cost and total cost of ownership. The vision is a standards-based, open, secure and interoperable process control architecture that reduces the cost of control system upgrades and replacements, as well as removes barriers to technology insertion, with adaptable cybersecurity designed in. This keynote presentation will outline the Open Process Automation initiative, standard and status of industry prototyping, as well as share evidence of commercialization.
The Value-driven Approach to Digitalizing Assets and their Supply ChainsYokogawa1
Facilities must pursue the agile optimization of feedstocks and other inputs with products and operations to reflect market demand and prices. This is how the demand-pull business model is achieved and a measurable change in profitability delivered. This presentation will showcase why a mindset shift to value chain optimization is needed, as well as the deliberate approach needed to digitally transform value chain optimization activities. The value chain digital twin combining traditional solutions and AI will be profiled, along with the first steps that need to be taken, now.
The Role And Evolution Of Advanced Analytics In The Process IndustriesYokogawa1
To improve a plant’s operation, it is important to understand it’s potential for improvement so that the right actions can be taken. Plant data and advanced analytics are the keys to maximizing plant performance. This keynote presentation will highlight the role of advanced analytics and its evolution in the years to come.”
The Digital Twin For Production OptimizationYokogawa1
Digitalization is fundamental to the development of Repsol’s strategy for the future. To meet emerging challenges, the business units have developed an ambitious program comprising multiple projects. Within Repsol’s Industrial Business, development of a refinery digital twin leads the digitalization program. The digital twin allows the business to maximize production while optimizing energy consumption. This session will explore the digital twin project objectives to improve the accuracy and scope of the Refinery LP model that the Programming and Planning departments use to make decisions regarding crude feedstock purchasing and refinery unit operations. It will also report on the context of the business goals achieved, the technology and architecture developed, and the connectivity deployed to communicate results. It will conclude with a description of how enhancements to existing technology work with new technologies to improve value.
Multi-Site Optimization To Drive Value Creation In ChevronYokogawa1
The vision should be one of an asset, or portfolio of assets, that exists in the context of, and is synchronized with, its supply chains and surrounding business environment. The asset(s) together with its supply chain should continuously respond in unison to market signals, disturbances, and optimize holistically. Since the early 1980s Chevron has developed and continued to enhance its proprietary linear programming (LP) technology, Petro, to select the most profitable raw materials, evaluate product options, optimize refinery processes, and promote efficient capital investments across its global refining network. Key to this has been the use of Petro, with its highly efficient multi-location modeling methodology, to optimize raw materials and product supplies between refinery sites. This presentation will showcase how Chevron drives transformational value through multi-site optimization, and how development of associated people and business processes have accompanied evolution of the technology.
Keeping PACE with Advanced Process ControlYokogawa1
The pace was set to start APC sustainability, the software was chosen and the initial implementation was validated. This presentation will focus on how the company is approaching the upgrades, the training of new engineers, the benefits and results from it and the next steps to improve controls and stakeholders reliability.
Yokogawa’s DX and Smart Manufacturing Vision for Building our FutureYokogawa1
DX is the novel use of digital technology to accelerate companies' business strategies and business goals, not technology for technology’s sake. Digitalization and digital transformation involve business and workflow changes, adjustment of enterprise operations and business transformation. But to decide what digital applications and capabilities are required, business value drivers and the various digital challenges that contribute to operational excellence must be mapped out. Once these are known and understood, a holistic approach can be undertaken to drive triple bottom line performance in terms of people, planet and profit. Partners who have domain knowledge and best practices in the industry, are one of our key success factors. This keynote presentation will outline Yokogawa's vision for digital transformation of the energy and chemical industry to achieve their smart manufacturing goals. In doing so demonstrating Yokogawa's commitment to achieving net-zero emissions, making a transition to a circular economy, and ensuring the well-being of all.
A New Digital Maintenance Platform in a Large Petrochemical Facility to Ident...Yokogawa1
Every day, asset management teams must reliably deliver the highest predictable availability at the lowest cost. The focus should be on providing information and understanding directly to decision makers–human or machine–in a way that drives the business as a whole to make improvements. Braskem operates a very large petrochemical complex in Camacari, Bahia, Brazil that produces ethylene, polyethylene and PVC, and other chemicals. The site has recently embarked on a project to implement a digital maintenance platform to deliver enhanced situational awareness and decision support. The presentation will showcase the goals of the project and how the platform will gather data from a variety of sources in a secure manner. It will describe the automation tools, databases, manual inputs, event sorting, data modeling, and data science to deliver the intended outcomes.
Shift team effectiveness: Don't bother if you can't change "shop floor" shift...Yokogawa1
Overall shift team effectiveness is critical, but especially shift handover activities. Shift teams are at the point of manufacture and hold the keys to plant and equipment safety, reliability, production and product quality, as well as operational discipline. Shift handovers take just 5% of operational time, but account for around 40% of plant incidents. So if you want your digital transformation (DX) initiatives to succeed, you need to think like an operator–to empathize and gain credibility with those on the shop floor–and to translate the DX agenda into their language. Only through this can a true changing of ways occur. This session will showcase a proven shift team effectiveness model comprising four key areas and sub-components–organizational capability, work environment, information and technology, and operating practices–and how they all need to work in tandem with each other. A case study will demonstrate how these areas should be leveraged to ensure safety, reliability and production information effortlessly flow in, and out, of the shift team to the various support departments.
Adversity Drives Innovation and Enterprise Resilience to Best Leverage a Hist...Yokogawa1
In most plants, process data is generated by various OT systems such as the DCS or SCADA, blending systems, dosing systems, fault detection systems, smart instruments, etc. Enterprise process historians should be the system of record for all operating data and should support achieving a ‘single source of truth’ for the plant. The desire to have a single source of truth for all data types that can be consumed in decision making and execution is driving IT/OT convergence. How enterprise process historians are leveraged, both on-site and remotely, is crucial for business continuity and advancement toward increasingly autonomous operations. This presentation will showcase how new processes and techniques around remote monitoring, data extraction and advanced analytics enabled Kuraray to maintain situational awareness and visibility into key plant operations whilst social distancing during COVID-19.
Improved Upstream Production Efficiency with Remote Optimization Centers, Fie...Yokogawa1
To climb down the cost curve, upstream companies need to fundamentally change how they operate – technology, people and processes. The industry has reached close to the maximum threshold on the number of individual point solution applications (and associated processes and siloed departments) that are in use today. To remain relevant and thrive, upstream companies must firstly buy time, then digitalize and lastly, position more effectively for the energy transition. This means taking a “systems thinking” approach that focuses on the way that a production system’s constituent parts interrelate, how they work over time and within the context of larger systems. This presentation will outline the role of field-wide models, which when operationalized with real-time data, result in a digital twin that is highly effective in achieving production system optimization. These models when run in the Cloud, then enable the remote optimization center and generate synthetic data able to train AI algorithms for machine learning with limitless potential.
Transforming Decision Making in Scheduling of Terminal OperationsYokogawa1
Terminals are mission critical assets for effecting mass transfers, exploiting arbitrage opportunities, blending, mopping up errors and inaccuracies in supply chain planning, amongst others, across the hydrocarbon processing value chain. Effective scheduling of terminal operations is required to handle timing, sizing, allocation and sequencing decisions involved in connecting the "ideal" (production plan) to the "real-world" (the operation), with its various subtleties, nuances and non-linearities. Complex decision-making is required to make money. It involves the development of a detailed (executable) plan that is able to implement the operations strategy from the planning process, running the asset(s) up against physical and logistical constraints. As a result, schedulers must deal with a large number of inter-related alternatives with high implications in business performance. Wrong moves in the decision chain can set the execution path towards costly disruptions. Only through combinatorial optimization algorithms can this complexity be simplified. This presentation will show how these algorithms can be incorporated into practical business applications and made available to extend the capabilities of scheduling personnel way beyond what can be achieved with current methods. The value captured and how it is achieved will be demonstrated using actual applications in LNG Regasification, Crude Oil Supply and Primary Distribution operations.
Contributing to the Development and Application of Cybersecurity StandardsYokogawa1
As security threats evolve and adapt, so too must organizations’ responses to them. The development and application of cybersecurity standards in support of current and new generation industrial automation and control systems (IACS) are of fundamental importance. This presentation will provide practical and useful information on how cybersecurity standards are progressing and how they are applied. The initial focus will be on current activities in the development of the IEC 62443 IACS cybersecurity standards, and implications to the various stakeholders. An illustration will describe how to use the standards to frame the development of secure-by-design products and services, both current and future. Thereafter, the focus will shift to how IEC 62443 standards are used by other industry standards and securing IIoT and associated cloud systems. This is of particular importance in the context of the Open Process Automation Standard (O-PAS).
Asia NOC Bridges Business-wide Performance Objectives and KPIs through an Adv...Yokogawa1
Misalignment and conflicting performance objectives between management and front line operators is the root cause of a lot of profit erosion. Businesses need systematic ways to align senior management objectives and operating KPIs. This presentation will demonstrate how a National Oil Company in Asia utilized data analytics and KPI trees with drill-down capabilities to systematically align performance objectives and KPIs in its gas processing division to achieve profit driven operations. The presentation will also highlight how first principles digital twins can be incorporated to serve as a soft sensor to deliver further accuracy and rigour.
After fully exploiting digital computing technology to enable safe and efficient operation since the 1970s, the tank farm and terminal industry is in the midst of a major step change as organizations apply advanced analytics, artificial intelligence and machine learning to the massive operational data they have collected. Applications of digital transformation technologies are ultimately leading to the autonomous terminal. An autonomous terminal possesses comprehensive knowledge of its capabilities and limitations; it works with operators to provide maximum operational safety and efficiency. To realize the autonomous terminal, digital transformation is inevitable and includes fully digitalized execution, digitalized information exchange with all internal and external stakeholders, digitalized asset optimization and fully automated operations. Participants in this session will learn how to realize broad-based benefits and how operations should continuously improve in a sustainable manner.
Essentials of Automations: Optimizing FME Workflows with ParametersSafe Software
Are you looking to streamline your workflows and boost your projects’ efficiency? Do you find yourself searching for ways to add flexibility and control over your FME workflows? If so, you’re in the right place.
Join us for an insightful dive into the world of FME parameters, a critical element in optimizing workflow efficiency. This webinar marks the beginning of our three-part “Essentials of Automation” series. This first webinar is designed to equip you with the knowledge and skills to utilize parameters effectively: enhancing the flexibility, maintainability, and user control of your FME projects.
Here’s what you’ll gain:
- Essentials of FME Parameters: Understand the pivotal role of parameters, including Reader/Writer, Transformer, User, and FME Flow categories. Discover how they are the key to unlocking automation and optimization within your workflows.
- Practical Applications in FME Form: Delve into key user parameter types including choice, connections, and file URLs. Allow users to control how a workflow runs, making your workflows more reusable. Learn to import values and deliver the best user experience for your workflows while enhancing accuracy.
- Optimization Strategies in FME Flow: Explore the creation and strategic deployment of parameters in FME Flow, including the use of deployment and geometry parameters, to maximize workflow efficiency.
- Pro Tips for Success: Gain insights on parameterizing connections and leveraging new features like Conditional Visibility for clarity and simplicity.
We’ll wrap up with a glimpse into future webinars, followed by a Q&A session to address your specific questions surrounding this topic.
Don’t miss this opportunity to elevate your FME expertise and drive your projects to new heights of efficiency.
Key Trends Shaping the Future of Infrastructure.pdfCheryl Hung
Keynote at DIGIT West Expo, Glasgow on 29 May 2024.
Cheryl Hung, ochery.com
Sr Director, Infrastructure Ecosystem, Arm.
The key trends across hardware, cloud and open-source; exploring how these areas are likely to mature and develop over the short and long-term, and then considering how organisations can position themselves to adapt and thrive.
GDG Cloud Southlake #33: Boule & Rebala: Effective AppSec in SDLC using Deplo...James Anderson
Effective Application Security in Software Delivery lifecycle using Deployment Firewall and DBOM
The modern software delivery process (or the CI/CD process) includes many tools, distributed teams, open-source code, and cloud platforms. Constant focus on speed to release software to market, along with the traditional slow and manual security checks has caused gaps in continuous security as an important piece in the software supply chain. Today organizations feel more susceptible to external and internal cyber threats due to the vast attack surface in their applications supply chain and the lack of end-to-end governance and risk management.
The software team must secure its software delivery process to avoid vulnerability and security breaches. This needs to be achieved with existing tool chains and without extensive rework of the delivery processes. This talk will present strategies and techniques for providing visibility into the true risk of the existing vulnerabilities, preventing the introduction of security issues in the software, resolving vulnerabilities in production environments quickly, and capturing the deployment bill of materials (DBOM).
Speakers:
Bob Boule
Robert Boule is a technology enthusiast with PASSION for technology and making things work along with a knack for helping others understand how things work. He comes with around 20 years of solution engineering experience in application security, software continuous delivery, and SaaS platforms. He is known for his dynamic presentations in CI/CD and application security integrated in software delivery lifecycle.
Gopinath Rebala
Gopinath Rebala is the CTO of OpsMx, where he has overall responsibility for the machine learning and data processing architectures for Secure Software Delivery. Gopi also has a strong connection with our customers, leading design and architecture for strategic implementations. Gopi is a frequent speaker and well-known leader in continuous delivery and integrating security into software delivery.
JMeter webinar - integration with InfluxDB and GrafanaRTTS
Watch this recorded webinar about real-time monitoring of application performance. See how to integrate Apache JMeter, the open-source leader in performance testing, with InfluxDB, the open-source time-series database, and Grafana, the open-source analytics and visualization application.
In this webinar, we will review the benefits of leveraging InfluxDB and Grafana when executing load tests and demonstrate how these tools are used to visualize performance metrics.
Length: 30 minutes
Session Overview
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During this webinar, we will cover the following topics while demonstrating the integrations of JMeter, InfluxDB and Grafana:
- What out-of-the-box solutions are available for real-time monitoring JMeter tests?
- What are the benefits of integrating InfluxDB and Grafana into the load testing stack?
- Which features are provided by Grafana?
- Demonstration of InfluxDB and Grafana using a practice web application
To view the webinar recording, go to:
https://www.rttsweb.com/jmeter-integration-webinar
Smart TV Buyer Insights Survey 2024 by 91mobiles.pdf91mobiles
91mobiles recently conducted a Smart TV Buyer Insights Survey in which we asked over 3,000 respondents about the TV they own, aspects they look at on a new TV, and their TV buying preferences.
Securing your Kubernetes cluster_ a step-by-step guide to success !KatiaHIMEUR1
Today, after several years of existence, an extremely active community and an ultra-dynamic ecosystem, Kubernetes has established itself as the de facto standard in container orchestration. Thanks to a wide range of managed services, it has never been so easy to set up a ready-to-use Kubernetes cluster.
However, this ease of use means that the subject of security in Kubernetes is often left for later, or even neglected. This exposes companies to significant risks.
In this talk, I'll show you step-by-step how to secure your Kubernetes cluster for greater peace of mind and reliability.
Dev Dives: Train smarter, not harder – active learning and UiPath LLMs for do...UiPathCommunity
💥 Speed, accuracy, and scaling – discover the superpowers of GenAI in action with UiPath Document Understanding and Communications Mining™:
See how to accelerate model training and optimize model performance with active learning
Learn about the latest enhancements to out-of-the-box document processing – with little to no training required
Get an exclusive demo of the new family of UiPath LLMs – GenAI models specialized for processing different types of documents and messages
This is a hands-on session specifically designed for automation developers and AI enthusiasts seeking to enhance their knowledge in leveraging the latest intelligent document processing capabilities offered by UiPath.
Speakers:
👨🏫 Andras Palfi, Senior Product Manager, UiPath
👩🏫 Lenka Dulovicova, Product Program Manager, UiPath
GraphRAG is All You need? LLM & Knowledge GraphGuy Korland
Guy Korland, CEO and Co-founder of FalkorDB, will review two articles on the integration of language models with knowledge graphs.
1. Unifying Large Language Models and Knowledge Graphs: A Roadmap.
https://arxiv.org/abs/2306.08302
2. Microsoft Research's GraphRAG paper and a review paper on various uses of knowledge graphs:
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/research/blog/graphrag-unlocking-llm-discovery-on-narrative-private-data/
Kubernetes & AI - Beauty and the Beast !?! @KCD Istanbul 2024Tobias Schneck
As AI technology is pushing into IT I was wondering myself, as an “infrastructure container kubernetes guy”, how get this fancy AI technology get managed from an infrastructure operational view? Is it possible to apply our lovely cloud native principals as well? What benefit’s both technologies could bring to each other?
Let me take this questions and provide you a short journey through existing deployment models and use cases for AI software. On practical examples, we discuss what cloud/on-premise strategy we may need for applying it to our own infrastructure to get it to work from an enterprise perspective. I want to give an overview about infrastructure requirements and technologies, what could be beneficial or limiting your AI use cases in an enterprise environment. An interactive Demo will give you some insides, what approaches I got already working for real.
Kubernetes & AI - Beauty and the Beast !?! @KCD Istanbul 2024
Business Model Disruption - The Step-wise Transition to Remote Operations
1. Jon Allwood
Head of Global Digital & Asset Transformation
KBC (A Yokogawa Company)
November 10, 2020
Business Model
Disruption
The Step-wise Transition to
Remote Operations
2. Operations Management Asset Performance Management Functional Safety Management
Prescriptive Analytics Predictive Analytics Process Analytics
Procedural Automation IIoT Dynamic Simulation
Causes of Abnormal Situations
Safety Moment
3. The Energy and Chemical Industry Must Digitally
Transform to be Operationally Excellent
This means operating with:
No safety incidents No unplanned outages
Rigorous adherence to
operating plans
Agile response to market changes
and asset disturbances
A motivated and informed
workforce
A culture of profitability
4. Operating Model
Human Capability
Human Reliability and Discipline
Leadership and Culture
◼ Operating model enhanced and aligned to
support new, better and safer way of working—
organization, processes, tools and technology
◼ Upskilling on new techniques and knowledge
to ensure digitalized operations tasks are
executed safely and efficiently
◼ Employees are compliant to work processes
and routines aligned to the new digital way of
working—do it right and do it well
◼ Visible leadership support demonstrating digital
transformation is a business priority, is the way
forward and push the cultural change
Safe,
Reliable,
Profitable,
Operations
World Class Practices
▪ Challenge the conventional practice
▪ Data driven
▪ Integrated Asset Model
▪ Automation is part of practices
▪ Remote working
System and Processes
▪ Processes modified to adapt to the connected way
▪ Manual tools vs. connected tools
▪ New processes e.g., robotic automation
People
Addressing the Operating Model to Align with Digitalization Is
Often Overlooked as a Key Enabler to Achieving and Realizing
Sustainable, Safe, Reliable and Profitable Operations
5. Today’s Discussion Topics
Digital Transformation Setting
New Operating Model is Paramount for
Digital Transformation
The Step-wise Transition to Remote
Operations—The Practical Way Forward
1
2
3
6. Today’s Discussion Topics
Digital Transformation Setting
New Operating Model is Paramount for
Digital Transformation
The Step-wise Transition to Remote
Operations—The Practical Way Forward
1
2
3
7. High
Low
HighLow
CapitalInvestment
Organisational Impact
Efficiency and
Effectiveness
Digital Process
Re-engineering
Digital
Organisation
Digital Business
Transformation
0 – 10% 10 – 15% 15 – 25% 25 – 50%
Unlocking
Value (ROI)
Digitalization Journey
▪ Business model
re-design
▪ Supported by
advanced
automation for
closed loop control
▪ Digital decision
making
▪ Digital DNA and
culture
▪ Restructure of
organization
structure to work
digitally
▪ New capability
▪ Enhanced roles
▪ Processes and
practices aligned
to digital way of
working
▪ One version of
truth
▪ Point solution
applications
▪ Productivity
improvements
0 – 10% 10 – 15% 15 – 50% > 50%
Reduction
in footprint OperationalAgility
High
Low
Critical Factors to Successful Digitalization
Digitalization Enabled Strategies Will Allow Organizations to
Reach and Potentially Exceed First Quartile Staffing Benchmarks
8. KBC OpX Maturity Model
So You Must Baseline Against a Maturity Model to Set the Right
Expectations for the Digitalization Journey
▪ We recognize that no
assets are the same
▪ Assessment against
the maturity model
allows organizations
to have a good
baseline on the
current condition and
the efforts that
needed to move the
asset forward towards
“innovative”
▪ The maturity
assessment also
needs to reflect the
operating
performance
indicators of the asset
ROCE
?
LOPC
?
OEE
?
Loss of Primary Containment/Overall Equipment Effectiveness/Return on Capital Employed
9. Today’s Discussion Topics
Digital Transformation Setting
New Operating Model is Paramount for
Digital Transformation
The Step-wise Transition to Remote
Operations—The Practical Way Forward
1
2
3
10. The Right Operating Model Drives the
Desired Outcomes
Outcomes
▪ Shareholders’ wealth
created
▪ Business operations
targets met
▪ Financial targets met
▪ Risks minimized and
mitigated
▪ Cost efficiency
improvements
▪ Safe and sustainable
Policies, Boards,
Bodies and
escalation to
ensure compliance
and assurance
Technology
required to drive
the strategy and
improve how the
organization work
Human capital to
deliver the strategy
through talent
management,
performance
management, visible
accountability and
clear roles and
responsibilities
Right culture where
working environment
aligns with the
strategy
Operating
Model
Culture &
Way of
Working
People and
Organization
Performance
insights
Technology
Governance
Processes
Data and analytics to information on performance to decision making
Processes and associated tools that outlines the required steps to effectively manage business operations
11. We Are Seeing a Move to Centralized Organization
Design to Support the Digital Way of Working
HSE
Maintenance
Operations
Production Planning
SVP Downstream Asset
Information Technology
Technical
SiteSupport
SVP Downstream Asset
Information Technology
HSE ResponseCampaign Maintenance
Field
Surveillance
Response
Maintenance
SiteSupport
Support Services
Technical
Digital Control Center Collaborative Working Environment
…
…
Centralized
Field
Dispatched
CURRENT FUNCTIONAL MODEL
FUTURE ORGANIZATION MODEL
(Matrix and Boundaryless)
12. Realignment of the Organization and Roles and
Responsibilities Are Needed to Sustainably Realize the Value
Asset Design
and
Improvement
Asset
Management
and Integrity
Supply Chain and
Production
Supply Chain and
Production
Supply Chain and
Production
Margin
Maximisation
Production
Optimisation
CostContainment
AssetMaintenance
Capital
Employed
Design for
Reliability
Risk
Management
and Governance
Mainten
ance
Maintenance
Process
Engineering
Console
Operations
Reliability
Project
Engineering
Operati
ons
Field
Operations
Engine
ering
Capital Projects
Asset configuration
Trading and Marketing
Feedstock and products
Procurement
Materials and services
Asset Design
and
Improvement
Asset
Management
and Integrity
Supply Chain
and
Production
Supply Chain
and
Production
Supply Chain
and
Production
Margin
Maximisation
Production
Optimisation
Cost
Containment
Asset
Maintenance
Capital
Employed
Design for
Reliability
Risk
Management
and Governance
Maintenance
Process
Engineering
Console
Operations
Reliability
Project
Engineering Field
Operations
Capital Projects
Asset configuration
Trading and Marketing
Feedstock and products
Procurement
Materials and services
Process
Knowled
ge
Asset
Knowled
ge
Field
Knowled
ge
Mainten
ance
Operati
ons
Engineer
ing
Traditional model driven by tight “tribal” grouping Realignment of organisation around value and knowledge
Downstream example Downstream example
13. Employees Job Role Will Significantly Change
Field Operator Example
Training on remote operations
▪ Data analytics and artificial
intelligence
▪ Operating philosophy—digital way
Training with real data in simulated
real world
▪ Improved Operator Simulation
Training—training room is a mirror
image of the asset
▪ Operators practice with real data
▪ Training will become analogous to
flight simulation on training pilots
Rehearse actual work to minimize risk
and improve efficiency
Maintenance can rehearse maintenance
activities prior to Capability assurance
OTS, go out in the field—make it more
efficient, take a pump virtually, constant
practice
Digital Control Center Operator
Compute and record data
Preparing equipment for maintenance
Minor equipment maintenance
Adjust valves/pressures
Perform regular checks and keep records of temperatures,
pressures, concentrations and flows
Walk outside around assigned plant to observe and listen for
anything unusual e.g. spills
Shift team morning meeting (handover log)
Enter a notification into the maintenance database e.g. SAP
Taking samples for analysis
Automated through analytics
Automated equipment
Integrated Activity Planning—maintenance, projects, etc.
Automated control for valves and pressure
Results provided by analytics, surveillance is conducted by
drones, UAV or CCTV or installation of more instrumentations
Surveillance is conducted by drones, UAV or CCTV or
installation of more instrumentations or intelligence sensors
Digital Control Center morning meeting (electronic handover)
Analytics; intelligence sensors reports, data verification, the
anomaly and automated into maintenance plan
Automated sample testing
Capability Assurance – Key
Considerations
Field Operator …. transforms to ….
KEY TASKS
On-site, manual activities, equipment focused, task oriented
Remote, process focused, analytics driven, integrated
function, outcome oriented
Start up and stop equipment Automated—start/stop button
14. Today’s Discussion Topics
Digital Transformation Setting
New Operating Model is Paramount for
Digital Transformation
The Step-wise Transition to Remote
Operations—The Practical Way Forward
1
2
3
15. An Integrated and Staged Approach to Digitalization
Will Deliver Sustainable Value
Define “way we work” and coach for behaviors to be a competitive global producer—quality, reliability and cost
Optimized
Manpower
Minimum
Cost of
Production
Agile Operations
Digital Shift Team
Full Automation
Enhance Support
Infrastructure for Remote
Support
Predictive
Maintenance
Digital Supply
Chain Mgmt.
Field Assisted
Worker
Enable Remote
Supported
Operations
Minimal
In-Plant Presence
AI Driven
Operations
Digital Twin for
Optimization
Autonomous Area
Surveillance
Operating
Philosophy
Capability
Leaps
Base
Infrastructure
Business
Goals
Mindset
Transition
Integrated Management
System
Supply
Chain
Optimization
Safe
Operations
Operational
Discipline
Predictive
Operations
Digital Asset
Mgmt.
16. Your Resourcing Strategy Moving Towards Semi-autonomous/
Autonomous Must Be Linked to an Effective and Embedded
Change Management Program
Number of Employees ▪ Enforce adoption and operating discipline
through upskilling, empowerment,
accountability and compliance to process
Manning Level Reduction by Phases—Change Management Approach
Role Clarity
Structure
Capability
Behaviors
Performance
1
2
3
4
5
17. Digital Transformation Roadmap Guides Assessment
and Solution Development
READINESS
Data
Infrastructure
Consumption
People
SITUATIONAL
AWARENESS
Hindsight
Insight
Foresight
Oversight
DECISION
MAKING
Forecasting
(“what next?”)
Prediction
(“what-if?”)
Optimization
(“what’s best?”)
OPERATIONAL
EXECUTION
Best practices
Advice-based action
Closed loop control
Procedural
automation
Closed loop
optimization
VALUE
SUSTAINMENT
Goal monitoring
Economic
stewardship
Knowledge
management
Management of
change
18. Digitalization Needs to Be Seen as an Enabler to Achieve
Sustainable, Safe, Reliable and Profitable Operations
19. The names of corporations, organizations, products and logos herein are either registered trademarks or
trademarks of Yokogawa Electric Corporation and their respective holders.
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