This presentation describes unique management principles and provides a comprehensive, high-level overview of the necessary program elements for operating a mission critical facility efficiently and reliably throughout its life cycle. Practical management tips and advice are also given.
This presentation describes unique management principles and provides a comprehensive, high-level overview of the necessary program elements for operating a mission critical facility efficiently and reliably throughout its life cycle. Practical management tips and advice are also given.
[Oil & Gas White Paper] Best Practices Support Success in the Open Natural Ga...Schneider Electric
Information management tools support responsiveness in today’s complex markets.
The changes throughout the energy supply market that have resulted from business globalization require natural gas transport operators to practice flexibility. Yet they need to keep safety and security their highest priorities in this time of unprecedented change. Reliable gas network information management systems and best practices relating to commodity data are more important than ever to improve or even maintain competitiveness and responsiveness in the open market environment.
One consequence of increasingly complex markets is the growing numbers of gas flow, quantity and quality measurements involved—measurements that are vital to financial accounting and subject to customer transparency. Best practices recommend the operator’s gas measurement analysis system accurately and completely collect data; validate per user-specified rules; properly flag, adjust and estimate data where needed; rigorously identify measurement imbalances and potential errors; and maintain audit reports.
One leading gas transmission company in Europe took advantage of Schneider Electric’s experience in the North American deregulated gas market by implementing a Schneider Electric-created turnkey information management solution to help it comply with liberalization mandated in Europe. The resulting monitoring and automated control system included several advanced applications for meeting customer reporting procedures and processes required by the new mandate. The system fully accepts third-party applications, eliminating costly proprietary enhancements and maintenance needed for it to be reliable for the long term.
The system also provides another best practice for safety and security: real-time, redundant backup of the transmission infrastructure’s main Control Center. Finally, the solution provides logistics capabilities that enable accurate tracking and reporting of allocations and delivery, to separate production and supply from transmission operations.
The information management solution that offers these best practices related to measurement accountability, operational flexibility and security helps the user meet global and open market trends while efficiently satisfying regional or country-specific requirements.
70% of data center outages are directly attributable to human error according to the Uptime Institute’s analysis of their “abnormal incident” reporting (AIR) database1. This figure highlights the critical importance of having an effective operations and maintenance (O&M) program. This paper describes unique management principles and provides a comprehensive, high-level overview of the necessary program elements for operating a mission critical facility efficiently and reliably throughout its life cycle. Practical management tips and advice are also given.
How Data Center Infrastructure Management Software Improves Planning and Cuts...Schneider Electric
Business executives are challenging their IT staffs to convert data centers from cost centers into producers of business value. Data centers can make a significant impact to the bottom line by enabling the business to respond more quickly to market demands. This presentation demonstrates, through a series of examples, how data center infrastructure management (DCIM) software tools can simplify operational processes, cut costs, and speed up information delivery.
The Mine Central Control Room: From Concept to Reality Schneider Electric
Presented at the 2013 Society of Mining, Metallurgy and Exploration Annual Meeting (SME 2013). The main concept of a central control room is the ability to gather and automatically transform information from different sources and mines into business decisions, centralizing and monitoring them from a single location. This central control room also acts as a complete repository of all business operations including mine planning, metrics, asset management, quality and process control, surveillance, sustainability data, emissions, energy efficiency projects, weather and more.
Human error is directly attributable to 70% of data center outages according to the Uptime Institute. This session highlights the critical importance of having an effective operations and maintenance (O&M) program and provides a comprehensive, high-level overview of the necessary elements of a program to operate a critical facility efficiently and reliably throughout its life cycle.
Facility personnel often face the choice of maintaining aging equipment or buying new. Now there is another, more cost-effective, option to increase equipment reliability, efficiency and productivity….modernization. Learn key considerations and advantages of upgrading existing equipment to current technology.
The smart grid - Supply and demand side equivalent solutionsSchneider Electric
With the smart grid comes new ways to solve old problems. We will compare and contrast the various ways to solve grid related problems then - the old way, and now - the smart grid way.
This presentation describes unique management principles and provides a comprehensive, high-level overview of the necessary program elements for operating a mission critical facility efficiently and reliably throughout its life cycle. Practical management tips and advice are also given.
[Oil & Gas White Paper] Best Practices Support Success in the Open Natural Ga...Schneider Electric
Information management tools support responsiveness in today’s complex markets.
The changes throughout the energy supply market that have resulted from business globalization require natural gas transport operators to practice flexibility. Yet they need to keep safety and security their highest priorities in this time of unprecedented change. Reliable gas network information management systems and best practices relating to commodity data are more important than ever to improve or even maintain competitiveness and responsiveness in the open market environment.
One consequence of increasingly complex markets is the growing numbers of gas flow, quantity and quality measurements involved—measurements that are vital to financial accounting and subject to customer transparency. Best practices recommend the operator’s gas measurement analysis system accurately and completely collect data; validate per user-specified rules; properly flag, adjust and estimate data where needed; rigorously identify measurement imbalances and potential errors; and maintain audit reports.
One leading gas transmission company in Europe took advantage of Schneider Electric’s experience in the North American deregulated gas market by implementing a Schneider Electric-created turnkey information management solution to help it comply with liberalization mandated in Europe. The resulting monitoring and automated control system included several advanced applications for meeting customer reporting procedures and processes required by the new mandate. The system fully accepts third-party applications, eliminating costly proprietary enhancements and maintenance needed for it to be reliable for the long term.
The system also provides another best practice for safety and security: real-time, redundant backup of the transmission infrastructure’s main Control Center. Finally, the solution provides logistics capabilities that enable accurate tracking and reporting of allocations and delivery, to separate production and supply from transmission operations.
The information management solution that offers these best practices related to measurement accountability, operational flexibility and security helps the user meet global and open market trends while efficiently satisfying regional or country-specific requirements.
70% of data center outages are directly attributable to human error according to the Uptime Institute’s analysis of their “abnormal incident” reporting (AIR) database1. This figure highlights the critical importance of having an effective operations and maintenance (O&M) program. This paper describes unique management principles and provides a comprehensive, high-level overview of the necessary program elements for operating a mission critical facility efficiently and reliably throughout its life cycle. Practical management tips and advice are also given.
How Data Center Infrastructure Management Software Improves Planning and Cuts...Schneider Electric
Business executives are challenging their IT staffs to convert data centers from cost centers into producers of business value. Data centers can make a significant impact to the bottom line by enabling the business to respond more quickly to market demands. This presentation demonstrates, through a series of examples, how data center infrastructure management (DCIM) software tools can simplify operational processes, cut costs, and speed up information delivery.
The Mine Central Control Room: From Concept to Reality Schneider Electric
Presented at the 2013 Society of Mining, Metallurgy and Exploration Annual Meeting (SME 2013). The main concept of a central control room is the ability to gather and automatically transform information from different sources and mines into business decisions, centralizing and monitoring them from a single location. This central control room also acts as a complete repository of all business operations including mine planning, metrics, asset management, quality and process control, surveillance, sustainability data, emissions, energy efficiency projects, weather and more.
Human error is directly attributable to 70% of data center outages according to the Uptime Institute. This session highlights the critical importance of having an effective operations and maintenance (O&M) program and provides a comprehensive, high-level overview of the necessary elements of a program to operate a critical facility efficiently and reliably throughout its life cycle.
Facility personnel often face the choice of maintaining aging equipment or buying new. Now there is another, more cost-effective, option to increase equipment reliability, efficiency and productivity….modernization. Learn key considerations and advantages of upgrading existing equipment to current technology.
The smart grid - Supply and demand side equivalent solutionsSchneider Electric
With the smart grid comes new ways to solve old problems. We will compare and contrast the various ways to solve grid related problems then - the old way, and now - the smart grid way.
How green standards are changing data center design and operationsSchneider Electric
An effort is underway to harmonize certain energy-efficiency standards. Could global standardization ultimately diminish the technical effectiveness of such standards? Which will emerge as the de facto standards? This session will explore these questions, as well in data center efficiency and sustainability guidelines.
A framework for converting hotel guestroom energy management into ROISchneider Electric
Hotel guests and staff are not directly accountable for a hotel’s overall utility bill. As a result, room occupants have little incentive to adopt energy-efficient habits. Yet, guest room energy consumption accounts for between 40 and 80% of energy use within the hospitality industry. In addition, industry data shows that guests remain outside of their rooms for several hours a day, on average. This paper analyzes room energy management approaches that accommodate both guest comfort and efficiency.
Wood-Mizer in Indianapolis, IN, one of the world’s
leading industrial sawmill manufacturers, has developed
the next generation of industrial sawmills by combining
a thin-kerf blade and advanced automation technology
for maximum log yield and profitability.
[Webinar Slides] Advanced distribution management system integration of renew...Schneider Electric
Slide deck of the webinar presented by John Dirkman on Oct. 23, 2013.
The presence of highly variable renewables and distributed energy resources is rapidly increasing within distribution systems, resulting in the potential for problems like reverse power flow, impact on voltage profile, and more complex protection schemes.
During this webinar, John Dirkman, Senior Director of Smart Grid Strategy & Development at Schneider Electric, explored how an Advanced Distribution Management System (ADMS), combined with an accurate weather forecasting system, can be used to resolve problems and increase benefits of both renewables and distributed energy resources.
Key Learning Objectives:
- Learn how renewables and distributed energy resources can impact an electric distribution system.
- Discover ways to manage and optimize renewables and distributed energy resources using ADMS.
- Integration of an accurate weather forecasting system with ADMS maximizes benefits from renewables.
- Distributed energy resources and demand response are components of microgrids, also managed by ADMS.
How Warehouse and Distribution Systems (Conveyor systems) are being designed ...Schneider Electric
This presentation explores how the latest conveyor and sortation hardware and control systems are being designed to anticipate or be alerted to problems quickly, maximize MTBF and uptime, and minimize MTTR. We will also examine the benefits of real time and historical data monitoring and visualization to reduce downtime, decrease maintenance and increase operational efficiency and throughput.
The Productization of the Data Center-- With the rapid evolution of the data center service provider segment, the concept of efficiency has expanded to embrace not only energy, but a multitude of elements including capital, operations, and the useful life of the facility as well. In this presentation, Chris Crosby, CEO of Compass Datacenters will demonstrate how the historical development of related industries dictates that productization is the required methodology to deliver these expanded efficiency requirements to an increasingly sophisticated customer base.
Integrated Control and Safety - Assessing the Benefits; Weighing the RisksSchneider Electric
While best practice has leaned toward keeping control and
safety isolated from each other, recent enterprise data integration
and cost control initiatives are providing incentive to
achieve some level of integration. This paper describes three
basic integration models, including an “interfaced” approach,
in which separate control and safety communicate via a
custom built software bridge; an “integrated but separate”
approach, in which the disparate systems sit on the same
network, but share information only across isolated network
channels; and a “common” approach, in which both control
and safety systems share a common operating system. The
authors then compare the three approaches according to
compliance with safety standards and cost efficiencies.
For many companies, Cyber Security is achieved solely through the application of technological solutions to software and hardware challenges. Schneider-Electric takes a more holistic approach with a program built around complete product lifecycles and encompassing safety, maintenance and security. Discover Schneider-Electric's cyber security vision, from understanding how secure functionality is engineered into products through the tools and support available to manage updates and patches, plus specific procedures for handling potential vulnerabilities. A software and hardware ecosystem is only as strong as its weakest component, and Schneider-Electric is working to strengthen this through StruXureware and the evolution of platforms.
Eco-Mode: Benefits and Risks of Energy Saving Modes of UPS OperationSchneider Electric
Many newer UPS systems have an energy-saving operating mode known as "eco-mode" or by some other descriptor. Nevertheless, surveys show that virtually no data centers actually use this mode, because of the known or anticipated side-effects. Unfortunately, the marketing materials for these operating modes do not adequately explain the cost / benefit tradeoffs. This presentation shows that eco-mode provides a reduction of approximately 2% in data center energy consumption and explains the various limitations and concerns that arise from eco-mode use. Situations where these operating modes are recommended and contra-indicated are also described.
Preventive Maintenance Strategies for Power Distribution Systems- Charles AlvisSchneider Electric
As presented at AIST 2014, A comprehensive, routine preventive maintenance and testing program is the way to ensure your facility's electrical equipment and components operate properly and for as long as possible. "Preventive Maintenance Strategies for Power Distribution Systems" will present how to implement an effective program at your facility. The presentation will also show you how regularly scheduled preventive maintenance can improve operational safety and energy efficiency within your organization.
Energy Management Impact on Distributed Control Systems (DCS) in Industrial E...Schneider Electric
Today, the pressure is on enterprises to meet environmental targets. The prospect of losing business if sustainability objectives are not met is very real. This is leading to a future where top environmental performers will become market leaders. To remain competitive, companies need to produce goods in an energy efficient manner. This paper examines industrial efficiency improvement measures that focus on equipment, process, and people.
Best Practices for Creating Your Smart Grid Network ModelSchneider Electric
A real-time model of their distribution network enables
utilities to implement Smart Grid strategies such as
managing demand and integrating renewable energy
sources. They build this model in an Advanced
Distribution Management System (ADMS) based on
accurate and up-to-date information of the distribution
network infrastructure. Yet, a recent survey shows that
less than 5% of utilities are confident about the quality
of the network data. This paper discusses best practices
for ensuring complete, correct, and current data for a
Smart Grid network model.
Trends in Automation Operator Interface and Data Management - Are You Up-to-D...Schneider Electric
This presentation discusses consumer trends with social networking and other instant communication and how they affect customer expectations with industrial process applications — specifically HMI and SCADA systems. Additional topics include changes in laws and agency requirements, security, production data traceability, and how to integrate these technologies into your industrial process.
High End metering is focused on a much smaller market including:
Production – Generation metering
Transmission – Grid metering for bulk power exchange
Distribution – Large industrial customers and renewable grid connections
Microgrid & renewable integration at burbank water & powerSchneider Electric
This presentation reviews Schneider Electric's collaboration avec Burbank Water and Power, a cutting-edge utility company in Burbank, California, to achieve challenging renewable energy requirements and provide reliable, safe, and affordable power to its customers using advanced technology solutions.
To prepare for increased renewable energy requirements, Burbank Water and Power sought a system to manage load, distributed energy resources, distributed storage systems, generation, and variable renewables in order to balance supply and demand and avoid undesirable voltage, power flow, and power quality problems. Burbank’s Integrated Automated Dispatch System (ADS) includes Schneider Electric’s advanced Power Control System (PCS) - for automatic generator control, load forecasting, and renewable forecasting - integrated with Schneider Electric’s OASyS SCADA and WeatherSentry system. The Integrated ADS will allow Burbank to co-optimize scheduling and dispatch of conventional supply resources, distributed generation, and demand-side resources, enable better control of inadvertent interchanges, and reduce reliance on external generation. Through the Integrated ADS, Burbank’s system operators will be able to manage the available system resources to optimize system reliability while achieving the most economic and sustainable energy supply portfolio.
Power Protection for Digital Medical Imaging and Diagnostic EquipmentSchneider Electric
Medical imaging and diagnostic equipment (MIDE) is
increasingly being networked to Picture Archiving and
Communications Systems (PACS), Radiology Information
Systems (RIS), Hospital Information Systems
(HIS), and getting connected to the hospital intranet as
well as the Internet. Failing to implement the necessary
physical infrastructure can result in unexpected
downtime, and safety and compliance issues, which
translates into lost revenue and exposure to expensive
litigations, negatively affecting the bottom line. This
paper explains how to plan for physical infrastructure
when deploying medical imaging and diagnostic
equipment, with emphasis on power and cooling.
Using Grid data analytics to protect revenue, reduce network losses and impro...Schneider Electric
Currently electricity losses are a significant issue for utilities totalling an estimated annual costs of over $200 billion and electricity theft is a worldwide problem but which varies depending on regions. These losses also have environmental impacts causing 1.200 M tonnes of CO2 emissions and wasting up to 8% of generation capacity annually.
Sustainability Information in Mining: Technologies and Processes for Data Agg...Schneider Electric
Presented at the 2013 Society of Mining, Metallurgy and Exploration Annual Meeting (SME 2013). Given the complex regulatory and financial pressures placed upon the mining industry with regard to issues such as air/water quality, emissions and energy efficiency, most organizations need to be equipped with the proper subject matter expertise to be able to manage this process. Learn from a real life example, the necessary steps that need to be taken for an organization to develop an energy management and sustainability process, using services and technology.
[Webinar Presentation] Best Practices for IT/OT ConvergenceSchneider Electric
All over the world, utilities are facing up to the task of integrating information technology (IT) operations with those of operational technology (OT). What's driving it? How can utilities prepare? What should they expect?
The webinar recording is also available on-demand. To view it, please click here: http://goo.gl/b3kxm5
One year solving infrastructure management with FusionDirectory and OpenLDAP,...OW2
Today the world of infrastructure moves. the advent of cloud, Infrastructure on demand, SAS mode are innovative concepts
requiring a change in our methods. But what about managing these platforms, security, systems and users.
The infrastructure is not necessarily internal anymore, establishing a workflow has become indispensable. The Daily operations by less skilled people and the delegation of operations.
At this conference we will see on concrete cases and details how FusionDirectory daily support to solve these problems thanks to its modularity, its API, and webservices.
nuage, deployment strategy of a distributed cloud infrastructure, OW2con'15, ...OW2
The nuage R&D project to create a strongly secured, resilient, distributed cloud based on opensource standard end in summer 2014. Two components have been released by the partners of the consortium. September 2014, Celeste present the StarDC, a mini datacenter ready to use in 4 month for 150 K€. April 2015, Non Stop Systems, the consortium leader, present CloudStar, a private cloud controller full open source (Debian-Openstack-Ceph-Zabbix...) ready to use in 5 weeks for 30 K€. Those two components bring full automation and remote administration to allow the deployment of distributed clouds toward large areas. French local public administration and SME's start experimentation of the first nuage components.
How green standards are changing data center design and operationsSchneider Electric
An effort is underway to harmonize certain energy-efficiency standards. Could global standardization ultimately diminish the technical effectiveness of such standards? Which will emerge as the de facto standards? This session will explore these questions, as well in data center efficiency and sustainability guidelines.
A framework for converting hotel guestroom energy management into ROISchneider Electric
Hotel guests and staff are not directly accountable for a hotel’s overall utility bill. As a result, room occupants have little incentive to adopt energy-efficient habits. Yet, guest room energy consumption accounts for between 40 and 80% of energy use within the hospitality industry. In addition, industry data shows that guests remain outside of their rooms for several hours a day, on average. This paper analyzes room energy management approaches that accommodate both guest comfort and efficiency.
Wood-Mizer in Indianapolis, IN, one of the world’s
leading industrial sawmill manufacturers, has developed
the next generation of industrial sawmills by combining
a thin-kerf blade and advanced automation technology
for maximum log yield and profitability.
[Webinar Slides] Advanced distribution management system integration of renew...Schneider Electric
Slide deck of the webinar presented by John Dirkman on Oct. 23, 2013.
The presence of highly variable renewables and distributed energy resources is rapidly increasing within distribution systems, resulting in the potential for problems like reverse power flow, impact on voltage profile, and more complex protection schemes.
During this webinar, John Dirkman, Senior Director of Smart Grid Strategy & Development at Schneider Electric, explored how an Advanced Distribution Management System (ADMS), combined with an accurate weather forecasting system, can be used to resolve problems and increase benefits of both renewables and distributed energy resources.
Key Learning Objectives:
- Learn how renewables and distributed energy resources can impact an electric distribution system.
- Discover ways to manage and optimize renewables and distributed energy resources using ADMS.
- Integration of an accurate weather forecasting system with ADMS maximizes benefits from renewables.
- Distributed energy resources and demand response are components of microgrids, also managed by ADMS.
How Warehouse and Distribution Systems (Conveyor systems) are being designed ...Schneider Electric
This presentation explores how the latest conveyor and sortation hardware and control systems are being designed to anticipate or be alerted to problems quickly, maximize MTBF and uptime, and minimize MTTR. We will also examine the benefits of real time and historical data monitoring and visualization to reduce downtime, decrease maintenance and increase operational efficiency and throughput.
The Productization of the Data Center-- With the rapid evolution of the data center service provider segment, the concept of efficiency has expanded to embrace not only energy, but a multitude of elements including capital, operations, and the useful life of the facility as well. In this presentation, Chris Crosby, CEO of Compass Datacenters will demonstrate how the historical development of related industries dictates that productization is the required methodology to deliver these expanded efficiency requirements to an increasingly sophisticated customer base.
Integrated Control and Safety - Assessing the Benefits; Weighing the RisksSchneider Electric
While best practice has leaned toward keeping control and
safety isolated from each other, recent enterprise data integration
and cost control initiatives are providing incentive to
achieve some level of integration. This paper describes three
basic integration models, including an “interfaced” approach,
in which separate control and safety communicate via a
custom built software bridge; an “integrated but separate”
approach, in which the disparate systems sit on the same
network, but share information only across isolated network
channels; and a “common” approach, in which both control
and safety systems share a common operating system. The
authors then compare the three approaches according to
compliance with safety standards and cost efficiencies.
For many companies, Cyber Security is achieved solely through the application of technological solutions to software and hardware challenges. Schneider-Electric takes a more holistic approach with a program built around complete product lifecycles and encompassing safety, maintenance and security. Discover Schneider-Electric's cyber security vision, from understanding how secure functionality is engineered into products through the tools and support available to manage updates and patches, plus specific procedures for handling potential vulnerabilities. A software and hardware ecosystem is only as strong as its weakest component, and Schneider-Electric is working to strengthen this through StruXureware and the evolution of platforms.
Eco-Mode: Benefits and Risks of Energy Saving Modes of UPS OperationSchneider Electric
Many newer UPS systems have an energy-saving operating mode known as "eco-mode" or by some other descriptor. Nevertheless, surveys show that virtually no data centers actually use this mode, because of the known or anticipated side-effects. Unfortunately, the marketing materials for these operating modes do not adequately explain the cost / benefit tradeoffs. This presentation shows that eco-mode provides a reduction of approximately 2% in data center energy consumption and explains the various limitations and concerns that arise from eco-mode use. Situations where these operating modes are recommended and contra-indicated are also described.
Preventive Maintenance Strategies for Power Distribution Systems- Charles AlvisSchneider Electric
As presented at AIST 2014, A comprehensive, routine preventive maintenance and testing program is the way to ensure your facility's electrical equipment and components operate properly and for as long as possible. "Preventive Maintenance Strategies for Power Distribution Systems" will present how to implement an effective program at your facility. The presentation will also show you how regularly scheduled preventive maintenance can improve operational safety and energy efficiency within your organization.
Energy Management Impact on Distributed Control Systems (DCS) in Industrial E...Schneider Electric
Today, the pressure is on enterprises to meet environmental targets. The prospect of losing business if sustainability objectives are not met is very real. This is leading to a future where top environmental performers will become market leaders. To remain competitive, companies need to produce goods in an energy efficient manner. This paper examines industrial efficiency improvement measures that focus on equipment, process, and people.
Best Practices for Creating Your Smart Grid Network ModelSchneider Electric
A real-time model of their distribution network enables
utilities to implement Smart Grid strategies such as
managing demand and integrating renewable energy
sources. They build this model in an Advanced
Distribution Management System (ADMS) based on
accurate and up-to-date information of the distribution
network infrastructure. Yet, a recent survey shows that
less than 5% of utilities are confident about the quality
of the network data. This paper discusses best practices
for ensuring complete, correct, and current data for a
Smart Grid network model.
Trends in Automation Operator Interface and Data Management - Are You Up-to-D...Schneider Electric
This presentation discusses consumer trends with social networking and other instant communication and how they affect customer expectations with industrial process applications — specifically HMI and SCADA systems. Additional topics include changes in laws and agency requirements, security, production data traceability, and how to integrate these technologies into your industrial process.
High End metering is focused on a much smaller market including:
Production – Generation metering
Transmission – Grid metering for bulk power exchange
Distribution – Large industrial customers and renewable grid connections
Microgrid & renewable integration at burbank water & powerSchneider Electric
This presentation reviews Schneider Electric's collaboration avec Burbank Water and Power, a cutting-edge utility company in Burbank, California, to achieve challenging renewable energy requirements and provide reliable, safe, and affordable power to its customers using advanced technology solutions.
To prepare for increased renewable energy requirements, Burbank Water and Power sought a system to manage load, distributed energy resources, distributed storage systems, generation, and variable renewables in order to balance supply and demand and avoid undesirable voltage, power flow, and power quality problems. Burbank’s Integrated Automated Dispatch System (ADS) includes Schneider Electric’s advanced Power Control System (PCS) - for automatic generator control, load forecasting, and renewable forecasting - integrated with Schneider Electric’s OASyS SCADA and WeatherSentry system. The Integrated ADS will allow Burbank to co-optimize scheduling and dispatch of conventional supply resources, distributed generation, and demand-side resources, enable better control of inadvertent interchanges, and reduce reliance on external generation. Through the Integrated ADS, Burbank’s system operators will be able to manage the available system resources to optimize system reliability while achieving the most economic and sustainable energy supply portfolio.
Power Protection for Digital Medical Imaging and Diagnostic EquipmentSchneider Electric
Medical imaging and diagnostic equipment (MIDE) is
increasingly being networked to Picture Archiving and
Communications Systems (PACS), Radiology Information
Systems (RIS), Hospital Information Systems
(HIS), and getting connected to the hospital intranet as
well as the Internet. Failing to implement the necessary
physical infrastructure can result in unexpected
downtime, and safety and compliance issues, which
translates into lost revenue and exposure to expensive
litigations, negatively affecting the bottom line. This
paper explains how to plan for physical infrastructure
when deploying medical imaging and diagnostic
equipment, with emphasis on power and cooling.
Using Grid data analytics to protect revenue, reduce network losses and impro...Schneider Electric
Currently electricity losses are a significant issue for utilities totalling an estimated annual costs of over $200 billion and electricity theft is a worldwide problem but which varies depending on regions. These losses also have environmental impacts causing 1.200 M tonnes of CO2 emissions and wasting up to 8% of generation capacity annually.
Sustainability Information in Mining: Technologies and Processes for Data Agg...Schneider Electric
Presented at the 2013 Society of Mining, Metallurgy and Exploration Annual Meeting (SME 2013). Given the complex regulatory and financial pressures placed upon the mining industry with regard to issues such as air/water quality, emissions and energy efficiency, most organizations need to be equipped with the proper subject matter expertise to be able to manage this process. Learn from a real life example, the necessary steps that need to be taken for an organization to develop an energy management and sustainability process, using services and technology.
[Webinar Presentation] Best Practices for IT/OT ConvergenceSchneider Electric
All over the world, utilities are facing up to the task of integrating information technology (IT) operations with those of operational technology (OT). What's driving it? How can utilities prepare? What should they expect?
The webinar recording is also available on-demand. To view it, please click here: http://goo.gl/b3kxm5
One year solving infrastructure management with FusionDirectory and OpenLDAP,...OW2
Today the world of infrastructure moves. the advent of cloud, Infrastructure on demand, SAS mode are innovative concepts
requiring a change in our methods. But what about managing these platforms, security, systems and users.
The infrastructure is not necessarily internal anymore, establishing a workflow has become indispensable. The Daily operations by less skilled people and the delegation of operations.
At this conference we will see on concrete cases and details how FusionDirectory daily support to solve these problems thanks to its modularity, its API, and webservices.
nuage, deployment strategy of a distributed cloud infrastructure, OW2con'15, ...OW2
The nuage R&D project to create a strongly secured, resilient, distributed cloud based on opensource standard end in summer 2014. Two components have been released by the partners of the consortium. September 2014, Celeste present the StarDC, a mini datacenter ready to use in 4 month for 150 K€. April 2015, Non Stop Systems, the consortium leader, present CloudStar, a private cloud controller full open source (Debian-Openstack-Ceph-Zabbix...) ready to use in 5 weeks for 30 K€. Those two components bring full automation and remote administration to allow the deployment of distributed clouds toward large areas. French local public administration and SME's start experimentation of the first nuage components.
Fundamentals of Managing the Data Center Life Cycle for OwnersSchneider Electric
Just as good genes do not guarantee health and well-being, a good design alone does not ensure a data center is well-built and will remain efficient and available over the course of its life span. For each phase of the data center’s life cycle, proper care and action must be taken to continuously meet the business needs of the facility. This presentation describes the five phases of the data center life cycle, identifies key tasks and pitfalls, and offers practical advice to facility owners and management.
Cum intocmim Bugetul companiei folosind un sistem ERP: 6 pasi simpli. 1. Sablonul de buget. Descarcati Sablonul de Buget 2014 format Excel din sistemul Pluriva ERP. Sablonul tabelar XLS descarcat din aplicatie, din Modulul Contabilitate, contine Centrele de cost si Articolele de buget pentru fiecare linie de business specifice firmei dvs., dupa cum au fost definite si cum sunt utilizate in sistemul Pluriva ERP. Bugetul poate fi realizat si urmarit lunar sau trimestrial.
Capacity Planning is a process whereby an organization comes together to agree on what they are going to focus on in the medium term. The content is based on the work of Chris Matts.
Review of TIA-942 data standards and some of the best practices surrounding a data center.
Sri Chalasani (Plante & Moran) is available to provide consulting on data center and infrastructure solutions.
We are using data at a record pace. This directly impacts data centers and how they manage the increase in demand. Check out the data center trends for 2014.
In order to provide reliable, safe and secure Data Centre and mission critical facilities, certain practices must be instituted and enforced. This document establishes basic standards and procedures centrally managed Data Centre for any of private organization both owned and leased, along with other mission critical support facilities. These procedures apply to all authorized employees as well as authorized business partners.
Using Predictive Analytics to Optimize Asset Maintenance in the Utilities Ind...Cognizant
Predictive analytics is a process of using statistical and data mining techniques to analyze historic and current data sets, create rules and predict future events. This paper outlines a game plan for effective implementation of predictive analytics.
It will provide strategies and guidance for the recovery of
the underlying infrastructure, including the data centres,
servers, data storage and network links and Infrastructure
applications. The IT DRP will serve as a ‘master plan run book’
encompassing the key services and components of the IT
environment at the Organization.
Spumaint is a generic software to service any industrial sector. Has Asset Maintenance Module to record any number of machinery with spares inventory,special tools, etc. Preventive Maintenance Module for scheduling multiple time pop-ups as well as condition based. Analytical tools also found in breakdown n reporting module
Advanced Analytics for Asset Management with IBMPerficient, Inc.
Extreme volumes of machine data, such as process control logs, asset inspection records and part quality data are created each day. Companies must analyze patterns and interactions within this data to create a total view of their operational processes.
In this webinar, our experts discussed how IBM is enabling companies to proactively address maintenance and asset management challenges with advanced analytics solutions:
-Determine root causes of failure based on usage and wear characteristics
-Analyze component and environmental data to reduce time to identify quality issues
-Identify conditions to optimize maintenance and inventory management
-Monitor, maintain and optimize assets for better supply chain availability
Our webinar covered an introduction to predictive maintenance, analytics use cases for asset management, and IBM Maximo integration with analytics solutions.
The Science of Predictive Maintenance: IBM's Predictive Analytics SolutionSenturus
Overview of IBM’s Predictive Maintenance and Quality (PMQ) solution. View the webinar video recording and download this deck: http://www.senturus.com/resources/science-predictive-maintenance/.
We show you the PMQ solution can keep manufacturing processes, infrastructure and field equipment running to maximize use and performance, while minimizing costs.
We show how you can use powerful analytics and data integration to help: Anticipate asset maintenance and product quality problems, Reduce unscheduled asset downtime, Spend less time solving production machinery and field asset problems, Improve asset productivity and process quality, Monitor how assets are performing in real-time and predict what will happen next.
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Essential Elements of Data Center Facility Operations
1. Essential Elements of Data
Center Facility Operations
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Data Center Science Center
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Data Center Science Center
White Paper 196
2. 70% of data center outages are directly attributable to human
error according to the Uptime Institute’s analysis of their
“abnormal incident” reporting (AIR) database1. This figure
highlights the critical importance of having an effective operations
and maintenance (O&M) program. This presentation describes
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and maintenance (O&M) program. This presentation describes
unique management principles and provides a comprehensive,
high-level overview of the necessary program elements for
operating a mission critical facility efficiently and reliably
throughout its life cycle. Practical management tips and advice
are also given.
3. Introduction
Importance of operations and maintenance (O&M) program
• Most facility outages attributable to human (operator) error
• Majority of data center facility TCO is in OPEX, not CAPEX, where greatest
potential cost savings reside
• Largest portion of OPEX are energy costs, which are rising
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• Drive for energy efficiency reducing capacity safety margins and system
redundancy, increasing importance of proactive
maintenance and data center infrastructure
management (DCIM)
• High levels of facility automation and equipment
performance data have created new opportunities
for enhancing reliability while reducing costs,
when properly managed
4. Mission Critical Mentality
● Focuses on risk mitigation
● Grasps interconnectedness of facility
and IT systems
● Data center availability is paramount
Failure is not an option
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● Data center availability is paramount
● Highly complex, fast-paced changes
in mission critical facility
● Challenging to manage
● Unique outside pressures
● Government regulations
● Customer audits
NOTE: In this paper, only system planning is covered. System planning refers to the power, cooling, racks,
and other support infrastructure systems. Planning related to the IT equipment is not discussed here.
5. Mission Critical Mentality
Code of Conduct
“Mission Critical Mindset” principles Impact
Focused on risk mitigation in all operational and
maintenance activities, work processes, and
procedures
Proactively deals with all potential threats to
systemavailability and worker/occupant safety
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Acting with confidence and patience that is an
outgrowth of careful planning and preparation
Preventsrisks from becoming problems;
enables faster response times and fewer errors
if problems do arise
Analytical,process-drivenapproach to risk
avoidance and problem solving
Helps identify and mitigate risk in complex
environments;ensures predictable and safe
operation
Comprehensiveunderstandingof the function and
interconnectedness of facility systemsand
components
Quickly identify and resolve potential threats
or actual problems; avoid or reduce system
downtime
Commitmentto continuous learning and process
improvement
Increasesskills and operational efficiency to
maintainan edge in a constantly changing
environment
6. 12 Essential Elements of an O&M Program
Environmental Health and Safety
● Key components include
● Injury, illness prevention
● Electrical safety
● Hazard analysis
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● Hazard analysis
● Hazard communication
7. 12 Essential Elements of an O&M Program
Environmental Health and Safety
Key Program Attributes Description
Safety plans and training
Written safety plans must be established that describe the safe work practices and
procedures to be observed by all workers. Regular training on the program
elements must also be conducted.
Hazard analysis
All operational procedures shall start with an analysis of the possible hazards
involved. Risks must be identified and safety measures assigned.
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involved. Risks must be identified and safety measures assigned.
Lockout/tagout procedures
Proper procedures to prevent the unexpected energizing or startup of machines or
equipment (or which causes a release of stored energy) shall be used when
servicing or maintaining equipment.
Personal protective equipment
(PPE)
Appropriate protective equipment should be provided, properly sized, stored,
maintained, and utilized as required to mitigate identified safety hazards.
Hazardous material handling
Hazardous materials must be properly identified, labeled, stored, maintained, and
used in conformance with manufacturer’s requirements, local laws, and
ordinances.
Hazard communications program
Includes a list of hazardous chemicals, use of material safety data sheets (MSDS),
proper labeling of all hazardous materials containers, and employee training on use
of and protection from hazardous materials.
Compliance with all applicable
health and safety laws and
regulations
Requirements will likely vary by region and by level of government (e.g., local,
state, federal).
8. 12 Essential Elements of an O&M Program
Personnel Management
● Hiring and training
● Competent, team-oriented people with
mission critical mentality
● Well-rounded team
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● Well-rounded team
● Develop staffing model
● Clearly defined roles and responsibilities
9. 12 Essential Elements of an O&M Program
Emergency Preparedness and Response
● Develop emergency operating
procedures – EOPs – for all high-risk
failure scenarios
● Develop, rehearse escalation
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● Develop, rehearse escalation
procedures
● Conduct regular scenario drills
● Formal failure analysis for significant
facility events
See White Paper 199, “Data Center Emergency Preparedness and Response”, for
more information.
10. 12 Essential Elements of an O&M Program
Maintenance Management
● Key tasks
● Asset management
● Work order management
● Spare parts management
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● Ensure power and cooling continual performance
● Improved reliability with
● Good asset intelligence
● Proactive and preventative predictive
maintenance plan
● Results in
● More accurate maintenance budget
forecasts
● Minimized TCO and downtime
11. 12 Essential Elements of an O&M Program
Maintenance Management > Asset Management
● Accurate, consistent tracking of critical facility assets
● Computerized maintenance management system (CMMS)
● Record, track, and manage asset data and maintenance history
● Scope of service (SOS)
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● Scope of service (SOS)
● Defines maintenance frequency, specific activities, # of man hours
● Establishes standard for procurement of
● Service agreements
● Maintenance scheduling
● Procedure development
● Continuous program improvement
12. 12 Essential Elements of an O&M Program
Maintenance Management > Asset Management
● Recommended asset management information
● Type - top level classification (e.g. electrical,
mechanical, fire system)
● Sub-type (e.g. PDU, UPS, CRAH)
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● Text description of asset
● Make - asset manufacturer name
● Model - manufacturer model #
● Size or rating
● Location ID (room/area)
● Trade responsible for maintenance
● Manufacturer serial #
● Install date
● Warranty expiration date
● Date asset to be replaced
13. 12 Essential Elements of an O&M Program
Maintenance Management > Work Order Management
● Tool for service process management
● Allows work to be
● Correctly prioritized
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● Correctly prioritized
● Assigned the right resources
● Complete d on schedule
● Standalone ticketing system OR
● Integrated work order module in a
CMS or DCIM system
● Provide valuable information to facility personnel
14. 12 Essential Elements of an O&M Program
Maintenance Management > Spare Parts Management
● Shortens mean time to recovery MTTR
● Inventory should include parts with lead times longer than acceptable
downtime
● Maintain spare parts list
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● Maintain spare parts list
● Stock frequently used items
● Re-evaluate annually
15. 12 Essential Elements of an O&M Program
Change Management
● Method of Procedure - MOP
- process
● Detailed checklist of
specified tasks
● MOP helps control work
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● MOP helps control work
activity along with
● Operational procedure
development and review
● Risk analysis and
communication
● Structured work practices
● Vendor/contractor
supervision
16. 12 Essential Elements of an O&M Program
Documentation Management
● Facilitates development of
● Accurate procedures
● Proper training
● Workplace safety
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● Process improvement
● Document management software application
● System to keep critical infrastructure records
organized, up-to-date
● Detailed checklist of specified tasks
● Manual process can also work
17. 12 Essential Elements of an O&M Program
Training
● Establish training program that organizes operational and maintenance
tasks into categories
● Mapped to capability levels – basic, intermediate, advanced
● Train and evaluate personnel to certify them
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● Require annual recertification exams
● Ongoing education keeps personnel current
18. 12 Essential Elements of an O&M Program
Infrastructure Management
● System to match facility resources with changing IT requirements
● Prevent downtime
● Improve resiliency
and response
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and response
● Reduce operating
expenses
● Provide a sound
basis for capacity
planning decisions
● Three key tasks
● Facility monitoring
● Capacity management
● IT/Facilities integration
19. 12 Essential Elements of an O&M Program
Quality Management
● Key components
● Quality Assurance (QA): Typified by process and procedure
standardization
● Quality Control (QC): Quality checks, inspections, and audits
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● Quality Control (QC): Quality checks, inspections, and audits
● Continuous Quality Improvement
20. 12 Essential Elements of an O&M Program
Energy Management
● Energy typically the single
largest data center expense
● 3 core tasks of an effective
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● 3 core tasks of an effective
energy management program
● Performance benchmarking
● Efficiency analysis
● Strategic energy sourcing
● Optimized energy sourcing
● Reduce exposure to price volatility
● Secure pricing that fits budget and business objectives
21. 12 Essential Elements of an O&M Program
Financial Management
● Financial-related issues can impact facility’s
day-to-day availability and resiliency
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● Processes should focus on
● Purchasing
● Invoice matching
● Financial reporting/analysis
● Facility managers and purchasing department
should maintain close relationship
22. 12 Essential Elements of an O&M Program
Performance Monitoring and Review
● Regularly monitor and review facility
performance
● Determines health and effectiveness
of O&M program
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● Shows where it is trending
● Quality process should incorporate
facility KPIs
● Benefits
● Aligns operational activities with
business goals
● Positive reinforcement for innovation
and process improvement
23. Common Mistakes
CommonMistakes Description
Maintenance program is not driven
by metrics
Often the result of poor asset management
No linkage made between break/fix maintenance
activities and preventative maintenance
Poor training
Trainingis not formalized and/or is not taken seriously
Over-reliance on technician “shadowing”
No linkage between certification level and tasking
Ineffective change management
Inadequaterisk analysis
Poor or non-existent procedures
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Ineffective change management Poor or non-existent procedures
No defined process for performingcritical work tasks
Failure to consistently test &
evaluate skills
Existingskills/traininglevel not formally evaluated
Scenario drills are not employed
Incident and drill results are not evaluated
Poor documentation
No coherent sequence of operations
Drawingsand schedules are outdated
Lack of revision control and/or lack of digitization
Failure to develop and implement a
quality control system
Lack of governance or resources to measure,monitor,
and review performance
Stuck in manual mode Failure to implement CMMS, EDMS, DCIM,etc
Overconfidence
Assumptionthat future performancecan be predicted
by past experience
24. Facility Operations Services
Using Outside Vendors for O&M Programs
● Offer services for both existing and new data centers
● Advise on
● Develop
● Implement
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● Implement
● Operate
See White Paper 198, “How to Write an Effective RFP for Data Center Facility
Operations Services”, for more information.
25. 12 Essential Elements of an O&M Program
Performance Monitoring and Review > Recommended Facility KPIs
● Critical load uptime
● Load redundancy
maintained
● Support system uptime
● Safety policy and procedure
adherence
● Procedure development,
management and use
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● Support system uptime
● Maintenance completion
● Staffing coverage
● Security policy
conformance
● Emergency preparedness
drills
● Emergency response
procedure adherence
● Quality control/improvement
● Training compliance
● Process improvement
● Operational reporting
● Proper event notification and
escalation
● Timely and accurate cost reporting
26. Conclusion
● Efficient Operations & Maintenance program
● Mitigates threats, effects of human error
● Focus on 12 essential elements of O&M program
● Must have facilities operation team with “mission critical” mindset
● Operational philosophy focuses on
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● Operational philosophy focuses on
● risk mitigation
● Preparedness
● standardized processes
● continuous improvement
27. Resources
Facility Operations Maturity Model for Data Centers
White Paper 197
How To Write an Effective RFP For Data Center Facility Operations Services
White Paper 198
Data Center Emergency Preparedness and Response
White Paper 199
Classification of Data Center Infrastructure Management (DCIM) Tools
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