Transcript Process Automation: Better, faster, cheaper ─ Can you have all three?

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
David G. Gustovich
Founder and President
IQity Solutions
Emerging Trend
“The strongest performing companies are embedding
automation capabilities into their business processes and
institutionalizing it with an integrated
technology solutions” - HBR
Business Value Implications
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%
Technology Investments
Areas Automation Investments
Sales
55%
Marketing
52%
Finance
38%
IT
32%
Service & Support
26%
Billing & Shipment
21%
Procurement
14%
Human Resources
14%
Manufacturing
12%
Other
8%
0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
60%
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
Integrated Performance
Monitoring
Integrate ‘Off-Line’
Functions
e.g. Quality
Embedded RFID
Remote
Monitoring &
Maintenance
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 Integration
One Platform, One Model, Multiple Delivery Channels
Data
Integration
Powerful
Visualization
Interactive
Dashboards
Advanced
Analytics
Predictive
Analytics
Mobile
Capability
Reporting &
Publishing
Microsoft
Compatible
Unified Enterprise Information Architecture
• Based on industry and analytic best practices
• Multidimensional calculation, prebuilt templates, drill paths, contextualized help
• Integrated Security, User Management, Personalization
Legacy
Systems
Data Warehouse
Mobile DB
External DB
OLAP DB
SAP, Oracle
Microsoft, Infor,
Custom Apps
Files
Excel
XML
Equipment /
Business
Process
Gary McMurray
Director, Food Processing
Technology Division
Georgia Tech Research Institute
Vision – To be the Technology Innovation and Development Providers that enable
Georgia to be the undisputed leader in Poultry, Agribusiness, and Food Processing.
Robotic Systems
Worker Safety
Computer Vision
Environmental Research
Imaging Systems
Separations
Food Safety Sensors
Air Quality Control
Cone Line Bone
Detection System
Ergonomic Work
Assessment System
Imaging for Quality
& Control
Time-of-flight &
3D Sensors
Broken
Good
Thermal Imaging
& Product Profiling
Audio Processing
Intelligent
Deboning
High-speed Robotic Case Packer
Automatic Product
Handling - Rehang
Water Conservation
Comp. Fluid
Dynamics &
Flow Cell Design
Dynamic Filtration - Improved Separations
Advanced Disinfection & Mixing
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?
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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 Operations
West 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]
Gary McMurray: [email protected]
Lee Johnson: [email protected]
Lisa Keefe: [email protected]
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