LOCATION INDEPENDENT REAL TIME DATA COLLECTIONL. Ross Sivertsen – Director Technology Services

Peerless Mfg Co

Agenda

• Who is Peerless?• Why Data Collection and MES?• The Needs and Requirements• How We Did It• Questions

Who is Peerless?

• Peerless Manufacturing Company is a global leader serving the energy industry around the world providing environmental systems that make energy safe, efficient and clean.

Why Data Collection?

• Eliminate manual entry• Transform Data -> Information -> Knowledge• Collect engineering time to a project

• EZ – Easy enough for an MBA to understand• Remote/Real-time Support• Centrally Managed• Scalable

Requirements for the Solution

Location, Location, Location… Independence

• Must Scale and be Usable Anywhere, ANYWHERE.

• Think: Tablets, iPhones, and Mobility• From the Beach to the Shop Floor

Selling it – The Hard Numbers

• Labor Entry Consumed 162 Hours Per Week• Since Data Collection That Reduced to 50 Hours Per Week

• Direct Annual Savings of Roughly $600K.• Accuracy Increased as a Result.

Thin Clients and Touch Screens

Centralized Management at the Data Center

InternetInternet

Corporate MPLSCorporate MPLS

Production Progress Server

Production Progress Server

Location 2Location 2

Location 1Location 1

Location xLocation x

Citrix ServerRunning MESCitrix ServerRunning MES

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. Wireless MobileDevices

Wireless MobileDevices

Wrap Up

• It’s not about MBAs or Gear-Heads because we don’t have to use it

• We gotta sell the folks who will use it.

Questions?