Software interactively guides operators to improve effectiveness by up to 15 percent solving problems faster for a true sustainable advantage
Charlottesville, VA, June 10, 2009 GE Fanuc Intelligent Platforms, a unit of GE Enterprise Solutions, today announced the availability of Proficy® Workflow for the Water/Wastewater industry, enabling an environment of information-rich, circumstance-based workflows that operators follow to understand what's happening around them and how to react in a sequenced and procedural manner that is repeatable every single day.
With a Work Process Management system, plant managers have the opportunity to improve quality, reduce operational costs and secure operations for a true sustainable advantage. In addition, they can decrease the variation in operator performance, making operations more predictable. Proficy Workflow guides operators with step-by-step instructions for each task during the day and automatically walks them through corrective action to prevent or fix problems. For example, an alarm from the SCADA system will trigger Proficy Workflow to instruct the operator exactly how to work through the problem, provide the information that he/she needs and possibly plays a video on how to resolve the issue with a piece of equipment.
This combination of technology and human interface allows operators to better understand the information at hand -- and take action, improving effectiveness by up to 15%. Additionally, Proficy Workflow can connect to many existing databases in water and wastewater treatment plants -- both GE Fanuc and third party, using Proficy SOA (Service Oriented Architecture). This architecture connects to different databases and pulls information back into video, portal or HTML screens. The software prompts operators for manual data entry, as needed, and the validated data becomes part of the facility's permanent databases.
Proficy Workflow for Water/Wastewater can make operators more productive and valuable by:
"Sometimes having too much information is as bad as not having any information at all," said Alan Hinchman, GE Fanuc Intelligent Platforms' Global Water Industry Manager. "In a water treatment plant, managers and operators need to filter through complex situations and sets of circumstances, managing the data from many sources and understanding what the next steps should be. Management can count on the best operators -- but these operators can't handle every situation, every day, every year. With Proficy Workflow, you can make every operator an expert."
GE Fanuc Intelligent Platforms also provides the following QuickStart Use Cases for the Water/Wastewater industry:
For more information: www.gefanuc.com/workflow.
About GE Enterprise Solutions
GE Enterprise Solutions elevates customers' productivity and profitability with integrated solutions using sensors and non-destructive testing; security and life safety technologies; power system protection and control; and plant automation and embedded computing systems. Enterprise Solutions' high-tech, high-growth businesses include Sensing & Inspection Technologies, Security, Digital Energy, and GE Fanuc Intelligent Platforms. The business has 17,000 problem-solving employees in more than 60 countries around the world.
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