Transcript of Automation in Industry The People make the Difference! Steve Huffman Vice President, Mead O’Brien,...
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- Automation in Industry The People make the Difference! Steve
Huffman Vice President, Mead OBrien, Inc. St. Louis, MO Chairman,
Govt Relations, Automation Federation
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- Do you ever think about helping to solve the biggest challenges
our world faces? People are the value proposition, as they have
been forever.
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- What are the Worlds biggest challenges? Energy Water Food
Environment Health Chemicals Minerals Material goods
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- A career in industrial automation will be a career designed to
help meet and solve these daunting challenges! In order to see the
future, one must recall the past and how we got here.
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- History of The Value of People in Industry 1.Era 1 - Early
manufacturing 2.Era 2 - Industrialization 3.Era 3 - Automation
4.Era 4 - Technology 5.Era 5 - Empowerment
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- The Earliest Industries People were the heart of the business
Manager Miller Buyer Sales Marketing Maintenance
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- Role and Value of People 1.Era 1 - Early manufacturing 2.Era 2
- Industrialization 3.Era 3 - Automation 4.Era 4 - Technology 5.Era
5 - Empowerment
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- Exponential Increase in Complexity
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- Specialization Shippingg Buyer Sales Maintenance Management
Operations Accounting Engineering
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- InstrumentValve Controller Desired value --- Set point Process
Measurement Process People were in Control! Mission Safely increase
efficiency
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- Role and Value of People 1.Era 1 - Early manufacturing 2.Era 2
- Industrialization 3.Era 3 - Automation 4.Era 4 - Technology 5.Era
5 - Empowerment
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- Fewer Operators Broader View Becoming Information
Craftsmen
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- They replaced me with a controller
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- Solution Perspective ChallengeSolutionTechnology enabler
Talent
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- Role and Value of People 1.Era 1 - Early manufacturing 2.Era 2
- Industrialization 3.Era 3 - Automation 4.Era 4 - Technology 5.Era
5 - Empowerment
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- A Change in Perspective Occurred New Technology Find a Problem
From To ChallengeWhat Is the Solution?Technology enabler
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- Throw Technology at It! CIM Lights-Out SPC-SQC
E-Manufacturing.com Expert Systems 3D Graphics Object Orientation
Artificial Intelligence Fieldbus Intelligent Instruments Dashboards
OPC Internet Technology has great value only if applied to solve a
problem!!! MAP Scorecards Client-Server 6s Pixel Resolution
Bandwidth Ethernet
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- Executive Concerns Experience drain Graying of workforce
Difficult to attract/retain high performing staff Engaging the
employees in the business Helping employees understand their value
Attracting new employees
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- Real-time is the final frontier STRATEGYSTRATEGY
EXECUTIONEXECUTION Quarters Months Weeks. Hours Minutes Seconds
Right Markets Right Customers Right Suppliers Right Profits. Right
Quality Right Location Right Quantity Right Cost Right Product Mix.
Right Temperature Right Chemistry Right Energy Cost, Etc.
Production Control Business Control Process Control
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- Conquering the Real-time frontier
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- Reliability, Cyber Security, Sustainability, to name a few
Reliability Top performing plants spend an average of 1.4% on
maintenance. A $1 billion plant = $14 million whereas poorly
performing plants spend 3.5 times more = 49 million! R. DiStefano,
Reliability Consultant, Emerson Cybersecurity. If an industrial
control system or critical infrastructure is attacked, or even
unintentionally compromised, the result could include regulatory
violations, equipment damage, production loss, harm to the
environment, and even public endangerment. S. Huffman, Automation
Federation Sustainability. Meeting the needs of the present without
compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own
needs. Automation Competency Model, USDOL
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- Why Empowerment a time problem! When You Can Control Do When
You Cannot Control - Manage Management (Transactional) Control
(Real Time) Efficiency Profit Asset Quality Environmental Safety
Efficiency Profit Asset Quality Environmental Safety 1990 2015
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- Enterprise Control principles Operationscontrol Businesscontrol
Processcontrol STRATEGY EXECUTION
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- Optimizing Profitability and Efficiency Production Volume
Energy Consumption Materials Consumption Process Control Process
Empowerment Process Measurement Business Control Business
Empowerment Business Measurement Plant Business Enterprise $
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- Cascade of Operational Performance Loops Industrial Plant
Process Control Advanced Control Plant Business Control Enterprise
Business Control
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- Workplace Departures Increasing Baby Boomer retirements 10,000
per day for next 20 years 400,000 years of experience being lost
per day Huge amount of experience leaving workforce Hiring was
suppressed through the last 15 years Lack experienced workers to
fill the gap Boomers
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- Characteristics of Millennials (1980-95) Meaningful careers
Tech Savvy Diverse Cyber Literate Collaborative part of team
Environmentally Conscious Innovative Realistic Millennia's have the
characteristics for success!
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- Millennials are ideal- Looking for meaning in their work Slide
29 Measuring the real value of every person in the operation
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- Millennials are ideal Team-based, collaborative, desiring to
know their work contributes to the bigger picture
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- Millennials are ideal Tech-savvy, collaborative, networked,
multitasking, balancing work/home life Not Your Fathers Automation
Industry!
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- Millenniels Want a Career with Meaning Help solve world energy
Help provide clean water Help solve world hunger Help clean and
sustain the environment Help meet chemical & mineral needs Help
provide material goods It would be difficult to find a career with
greater impact!