Customer Success Story: Animal Health Care Co.
Company Size
1,000+
Region
- America
Country
- United States
Product
- GENESIS32™ OPC Web-enabled HMI and SCADA suite
- AlarmWorX™32
- GraphWorX™32
- TrendWorX™32
- AlarmWorX™32 Multimedia (MMX)
- DataWorX™
- WebHMI™
- Pocket GENESIS™
- BizViz™ manufacturing intelligence/business visualization suite
- BridgeWorX™
- ReportWorX™
- MobileHMI™
Tech Stack
- Microsoft SQL Server
- Microsoft Excel
- Allen Bradley PLCs
- Foundation Fieldbus
- Data Highway Plus industrial LAN
- Ethernet network communication structures
Implementation Scale
- Enterprise-wide Deployment
Impact Metrics
- Cost Savings
- Productivity Improvements
Technology Category
- Application Infrastructure & Middleware - API Integration & Management
- Functional Applications - Remote Monitoring & Control Systems
Applicable Industries
- Healthcare & Hospitals
- Pharmaceuticals
Applicable Functions
- Discrete Manufacturing
- Quality Assurance
Use Cases
- Predictive Maintenance
- Real-Time Location System (RTLS)
Services
- Software Design & Engineering Services
- System Integration
About The Customer
The customer is a leading international manufacturer and distributor of animal healthcare products. The company is headquartered in North America and has a plant that is mainly involved with pharmaceutical manufacturing and packaging. The company uses a variety of technologies in its operations, including ICONICS solutions to interface with Allen Bradley PLCs via Foundation Fieldbus, Data Highway Plus industrial LAN and Ethernet network communication structures. The company also uses Microsoft solutions such as SQL Server and Excel for reporting and trending purposes.
The Challenge
The animal healthcare company, a leading international manufacturer and distributor of animal healthcare products, was in need of an industrial controls solution that would best manage and monitor critical process alarms. The company also planned to replace an existing visualization system, seeking a solution that provided additional enhancements. The company’s plant is involved mainly with pharmaceutical manufacturing and packaging. The company uses ICONICS solutions to interface with Allen Bradley PLCs via Foundation Fieldbus, Data Highway Plus industrial LAN and Ethernet network communication structures. Among the Microsoft solutions used on-site are SQL Server and Excel, which are used in reporting and trending.
The Solution
The company decided to implement ICONICS’ GENESIS32™ OPC Web-enabled HMI and SCADA suite, which includes AlarmWorX™32, GraphWorX™32 and TrendWorX™32 components. The company also utilized AlarmWorX™32 Multimedia (MMX), DataWorX™, WebHMI™ and Pocket GENESIS™ addons. Additionally, the company used the BizViz™ manufacturing intelligence/business visualization suite, which includes the BridgeWorX™, ReportWorX™ and MobileHMI™ components. These solutions provided the company with numerous benefits, including applications designed for FDA 21 CFR Part 11, operational accountability through sequence checking, security with integrated popular biometrics, and an accurate audit trail of operator actions.
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