Efforts toward Standardization

Promoting batch process control

Yokogawa continues to be dedicated to the standardization of batch process control, promoting a unified method and architecture for designing batch process control schemes. A standardized approach to batch process control benefits batch processing companies by lowering their costs to build and operate batch processes and reducing the lead-time required to introduce new products.
Yokogawa has been, and continues to be, active in standards and educational organizations related to the development of batch control standards. We have developed products that comply to the standards and utilize the standard approach in our batch control implementation projects. Yokogawa supports the continuing standardization work in the batch process industries.

Activities with ISA-88 Batch Control Standards Committee

The ISA-88 Batch Control Standards Committee is the leading organization in the world regarding batch process control. The ISA-88 committee is responsible for developing and maintaining the ISA-88 Batch Control Standard which is recognized as the definitive document regarding batch process control. Internationally the ISA-88 standard is also known as IEC 61512. Yokogawa has been a strong supporter of the ISA88 committee since it was founded in 1988. Our members have contributed to the creation of all parts of the ISA-88 Batch Control System standards. Currently there are four parts released and one part actively under development. They are:

ISA-88 Batch Control – Part 1: Models and Terminology
ISA-88 Batch Control – Part 2: Data Structures and Guidelines for Languages
ISA-88 Batch Control – Part 3: General and Site Recipe Models and Representation
ISA-88 Batch Control – Part 4: Batch Production Record
Part 5, Modular Concepts for Automated Control Systems, is currently under active development.

For more information go to www.isa.org.

Activities WBF, The Organization for Production Technology

Yokogawa is a founding member of the WBF, The Organization for Production Technology. WBF is a non-profit organization dedicated to supporting the process automation and operations needs of the technical and management professions in process manufacturing. Yokogawa continues to support the WBF as a founding sponsor and with a representative on the Board of Directors and as the chair of the WBF's XML(*1) Working Group.
The WBF sponsors conferences to foster the exchange of information important to batch and non-batch process industry professionals in North America and in Europe. Yokogawa employees regularly present papers at these conferences.

**[Main Publications of WBF Contributed by Yokogawa]**
Year	Document Tile
2011	From Customized to Standardized: How ISA-88 Overhaul Helped Realize ROI
2011	Procedural Automation in Distillation Operations
2010	Modular Procedural Automation-Get out of your Niche!
2010	A Well Oiled Interface – A Lubricants Manufacturer’s Slick B2MML Solution
2006	Business Integration Scenarios
2004	Production Performance Ratings
2003	WBF XML Working Group Annual Report
2002	WBF XML Schemas
2001	Automatic Adaptation of Batch Logic to Changing Levels of Field Automation OPC Batch Update Six Sigma and S88 Unite for Batch Automation Productivity Improvement
1999	Automation Philosophy of a Pilot Plant for Active Pharmaceutical Intermediates/Ingredient"
1998	Automated Scheduling in a Polymer Plant An Integrated System with Batch Functions and Front-End Scheduling Based on S88 - Application to Beverage Plant A Methodology for Batch Control Implementation –Real World Lessons

*1 XML: eXtensible Markup Language

Activities with World Batch Forum’s (WBF) XML Working Group

Yokogawa was the founding force behind the World Batch Forum's XML Working Group which created XML schemas based upon the ISA-88 Batch Control System and ISA-95 Enterprise-Control System Integration Standards. The ISA-88 based XML schema is called the Batch Markup Language (BatchML). The ISA-95 based XML schemas are called the Business to Manufacturing Markup Language (B2MML). The markup languages provide an implementation ready tool for IT professionals to incorporate the exchange of process and business data between automation systems, MES, and ERP systems. These markup languages, authored by Yokogawa are becoming defacto standards in the process industries.

For more information on B2MML and BatchML go to http://wbf.org.

**World Batch Forum Reports**
Month / Year	Location
May 2011	Newark, DE, USA
May 2010	Austin, TX, USA
November 2008	Barcelona, Spain
April 2007	Baltimore, MD, USA Report
March 2006	Atlanta, GA, USA
May 2005	Atlantic City, NJ, USA
May 2004	Lincolnshire, IL, USA
April 2003	Woodcliff Lake. New Jersey. U.S
April 2002	Woodcliff Lake, NJ, USA
April 2001	Orlando, FL, USA

[Featured Information: WBF 2007]
From April 30 to May 3, Yokogawa participated in the World Batch Forum at the Tremont Grand Conference Center in Baltimore, Maryland. Yokogawa demonstrated the CS Batch 3000 for the CENTUM CS 3000, Exaquantum/Batch, and AAIMS statistical analysis software solutions, and this presented a very good opportunity for face-to-face discussions with user representatives. The World Batch Forum’s annual meeting on May 1 was a proud moment for all concerned as Dave Emerson of Yokogawa Corporation America was presented the Thomas G. Fisher Award.

Report

OPC Batch

Yokogawa has encouraged the collaboration between standards groups to benefit the process industries. One example is Yokogawa's support of the creation of the OPC Batch specification which combined the work of the ISA-88 committee and the OPC Foundation to create an OPC specification that implemented the ISA-88 Batch Control Standards. Yokogawa was also the first company to release an OPC Batch Server that complies with this specification. The OPC Batch interface provides an easy method for the exchange of control recipe and production management information.