Process Automation: Better, faster, cheaper ─ Can you have all three?
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Process Automation: Better, faster, cheaper ─ Can you have all three?
Transcript of Process Automation: Better, faster, cheaper ─ Can you have all three?
Process Automation: Better, faster, cheaper ─ Can you have all three?
Moderator Lisa Keefe, Editor, Meatingplace
Process Automation: Better, faster, cheaper ─ Can you have all three?
David G. Gustovich Founder and PresidentIQity Solutions
Emerging Trend
Meeting Expectations Leaders Average Laggards
Exceeding Shareholders 80% 60% 40%
Customer Service 75% 64% 56%
Product Quality 72% 65% 53%
Working Capital Reduction 64% 54% 28%
Improve Supply Chain Flexibility 68% 54% 46%
Manufacturing Cost Reduction 67% 51% 38%
Business Value Implications
“The strongest performing companies are embedding automation capabilities into their business processes and
institutionalizing it with an integrated technology solutions” - HBR
Technology Investments
Other
Manufacturing
Human Resources
Procurement
Billing & Shipment
Service & Support
IT
Finance
Marketing
Sales
0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60%
8%
12%
14%
14%
21%
26%
32%
38%
52%
55%
Areas Automation Investments
Points to Consider
• Automation is not always about Equipment• What are the Automation Megatrends?
– Look to the OEM for clues– Yes, new equipment and conveyance, but– Connectivity functionality, built in…Why?
• Remote Monitoring and Services, and Use and Service
• Integrating the entire Value Chain, i.e. Business Processes
Automation Trends by OEM in Food Processing
Use and Service Agreements
Food Safety - Integrated Vision Systems
‘Lights-Out’Packaging
Embedded RFID
Remote Monitoring & Maintenance
Integrated PerformanceMonitoring
Integrate ‘Off-Line’ Functions
e.g. Quality
Progressive View of Automation
• Simplify the complexity of the manufacturing process
• Integrate value chain, equipment and process attributes into common platform
• Create operational transparency• Increase real time responsiveness
Automation and IntegrationOne Platform, One Model, Multiple Delivery Channels
• Based on industry and analytic best practices• Multidimensional calculation, prebuilt templates, drill paths, contextualized help • Integrated Security, User Management, Personalization
Unified Enterprise Information Architecture
LegacySystems
Data WarehouseMobile DB
External DB
SAP, OracleMicrosoft, Infor,
Custom Apps
FilesExcelXML
Equipment / BusinessProcess
OLAP DB
PowerfulVisualization
Interactive Dashboards
MobileCapability
Microsoft Compatible
PredictiveAnalytics
Reporting & Publishing
AdvancedAnalytics
Data Integration
Gary McMurrayDirector, Food Processing Technology DivisionGeorgia Tech Research Institute
Worker Safety
Computer Vision
Food Processing Technology DivisionAg Tech Research Program
Vision – To be the Technology Innovation and Development Providers that enable Georgia to be the undisputed leader in Poultry, Agribusiness, and Food Processing.
Imaging Systems Food Safety Sensors
Air Quality ControlSeparations
Robotic Systems
Environmental Research
Cone Line Bone Detection System
Ergonomic Work Assessment System
Broken Good
Time-of-flight & 3D Sensors
Audio Processing
Sensing and Worker Safety
Thermal Imaging & Product Profiling
Imaging for Quality & Control
Intelligent Deboning
Automatic Product Handling - Rehang
Automation & Robotics
High-speed Robotic Case Packer
Comp. Fluid Dynamics & Flow Cell Design
Dynamic Filtration - Improved Separations
Water Conservation
Advanced Disinfection & Mixing
Environment & Resources
Future of Robotics and Automation
Where Has Robotics and Automation Been Most Successful?
• Automotive• Electronics• Food
– Packaged product– Baked goods
What Makes Food Processing So Difficult?
• Product is not physically well defined• Product is slippery• Product is deformable• Speed of tasks• People think in terms of labor replacement• Wash-down
Goal of Robotics and Automation• Lot size of one
– Every product is customized– Process is adapted to each product – not the product
must adapt to the process– Data collection is key
• New Processes• Equipment design
– Food safety designed into every piece of equipment– Wash-down
Imagine a Future Where:• Each product’s key parameters are measured
are input• Based on current market parameters, process
is optimized for each individual product• Process is optimized for sustainability (energy
and water), food safety, yield, labor, floor space and animal welfare
Lee Johnson VP of Technical OperationsWest Liberty Foods
Practical Considerations for Automation
Automation has many forms
Lets Look at Ten Foot Slicing Logs
Questions & Answers
FOR MORE INFORMATION
David Gustovich: [email protected] McMurray: [email protected]
Lee Johnson: [email protected]
Lisa Keefe: [email protected]
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