Smart 7-Apps for Asset Performance Management eXcellence

Industry Challenges

In the era of Industry 4.0, true competitive advantage will be achieved by organizations that know how to invest in the one resource with the greatest potential: data. Unlike many valuable resources, data is not limited, and it is already out there waiting to be analyzed and harnessed for the greater manufacturing good. But the increasing volume and variety of available data does not automatically translate into value. Companies that have invested in digitalization but have not implemented solutions to extract valuable insights from their digital ecosystems are losing a huge opportunity for operational optimization and business growth.

About Our Smart 7-Apps for Asset eXcellence

The Engineering Group's Industries eXcellence division is becoming a growing voice in the global Industry 4.0 community, increasingly recognized for our holistic approach and integrated solution offering spanning the end-to-end lifecycle of the industrial product, from product design to manufacturing execution to product performance monitoring and maintenance beyond the factory doors. To help our customers meet the changing demands of the manufacturing sector and the increasing pressure to digitalize regardless of size or resources, our team of experts is designing an adapted set of cloud-based, low code, flexible and scalable solutions to parallel our proven enterprise solution offering across the Digital Thread.

Our unique portfolio of Smart 7-Apps for Asset eXcellence was designed to help industrial organizations extend the value of their connected assets and data to optimize production processes, improve asset reliability and maximize business results:

Smart Monitor for Asset eXcellence: enables accurate asset downtime monitoring.
Smart Energy for Asset eXcellence: enables energy monitoring and efficiency.
Smart Performance for Asset eXcellence: improves asset utilization and efficiency.
Smart Operator for Asset eXcellence: enables remote collaboration and training support.
Smart Process for Asset eXcellence: enables full visibility across plant operations.
Smart Maintenance for Asset eXcellence: enables predictive/preventive asset maintenance.
Smart Plant for Asset eXcellence: enables plant resource, layout and process optimization.

While we are able to deliver these applications across different Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) technology offerings, we have partnered with Siemens MindSphere as one of top among these. In fact, our Smart 7-Apps for Asset eXcellence can already be found on the Siemens Xcelerator Marketplace, a digital marketplace launched by Siemens Digital Industries and hosting a broad spectrum of applications designed to address industry-specific challenges and requirements. Preferred technology partners and software products for our application portfolio include:

Microsoft Azure
AWS
Google Cloud
Siemens MindSphere
Digital Virtualization (DiVE) Suite
Edge2Web

Features of Our Smart 7-Apps for Asset eXcellence

1. Smart Monitor for Asset eXcellence

The Smart Monitor for Asset eXcellence application enables accurate asset downtime monitoring and provides actionable insights into asset performance and condition.

Real-time production monitoring
Process variability monitoring
Statistical Process Control (SPC)
Process trend and deviation analysis
Alarms management
Quality and corrective action management

2. Smart Energy for Asset eXcellence

The Smart Energy for Asset eXcellence application enables energy monitoring and detection of potential consumption improvements for cost-efficient operations.

Energy utilization monitoring
Energy consumption visibility and KPIs
Asset/line/plant/multi-plant level analysis
Energy meter inspection and data collection
Regulation compliance data collection
Integration with ERP for energy cost analysis

3. Smart Performance for Asset eXcellence

The Smart Performance for Asset eXcellence application enables the use of key asset performance indicator metrics to improve asset utilization and efficiency.

Asset Performance Management (APM)
Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE) & Key Performance Indicators (KPIs)
Bottleneck analysis
Downtime management
Alarm triggers
Customizable visual dashboards

4. Smart Operator for Asset eXcellence

The Smart Operator for Asset eXcellence application supports your manufacturing workforce with easy-to-use remote collaboration and training tools on the job.

Manual operations coordination and visual guidance
Augmented Reality (AR) integration
Remote collaboration
On-demand expert training and support
Visual process and execution analysis

5. Smart Process for Asset eXcellence

The Smart Process for Asset eXcellence application enables full visibility into performance across plant operations and processes.

Manual operations monitoring
Video analysis integration
Process performance data collection
Process performance efficiency analysis
Process performance productivity analysis
Error-checking

6. Smart Maintenance for Asset eXcellence

The Smart Maintenance for Asset eXcellence application enables the optimization of your asset maintenance strategy with predictive and preventive capabilities.

Early warning (Machine Learning)
Root cause analysis
Condition-based maintenance
Predictive maintenance
Prescriptive diagnostics and maintenance
Integration with ERP for parts replenishment and cost analysis

7. Smart Plant for Asset eXcellence

The Smart Plant for Asset eXcellence application leverages advanced simulation modeling and AI to drive continuous improvements across your plants and assets.

Digital Twin of factory and machines
Plant simulation modeling
Process simulation modeling
Virtual commissioning
What-if scenario testing and analysis
Artificial Intelligence applications for complex issues

Target Industry Sectors

Aerospace and defense manufacturing
Automotive and heavy equipment
Energy and utilities
Oil and gas
Metals and mining
Chemical manufacturing
Medical device industry
Pharmaceutical and life sciences
Food and beverage manufacturing
Consumer packaged goods
Electronics and semiconductors

Benefits of Our Smart 7-Apps for Asset eXcellence

Optimize operational performance
More cost-efficient, sustainable operations
Optimize asset utilization
Increase throughput
Reduce downtime and maintenance costs
Improve workforce productivity
Minimize training costs
Increase visibility across plant operations
Smarter decision-making for business
Maximize asset life and return on assets

Engineering's Expertise

With a growing global practice and team of experts focused on delivering cloud-based, low-code and Industrial Internet of Things-driven solutions to industrial organizations worldwide, Engineering Industries eXcellence is enabling a new wave of digital transformation for companies that have been unable to access its benefits up until now. Combining the power of leading technologies with our unique knowledge across the Digital Thread for Industry 4.0, our Smart 7-Apps for Asset eXcellence offering is enabling the acceleration of asset performance optimization initiatives for all manufacturers, regardless of size, budget or where they stand today along their digital maturity journeys.