{"id":9933,"date":"2018-05-22T06:52:18","date_gmt":"2018-05-22T04:52:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.blogs.yokogawa.de\/chemical-pharma\/uncategorized\/sba-nature-and-times-of-change-2\/"},"modified":"2022-07-04T06:59:00","modified_gmt":"2022-07-04T04:59:00","slug":"sba-nature-and-times-of-change-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.yokogawa.com\/eu\/blog\/chemical-pharma\/en\/sba-nature-and-times-of-change-2\/","title":{"rendered":"SBA, nature and times of change…"},"content":{"rendered":"

…or, what we can learn from nature?<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Module Based Automation Engineering \u2013 Synaptic Business Automation<\/strong><\/p>\n

Process automation has always been considered conservative, and indeed it still is today. Its methods and its ways of working are proven, and robust hardware and software are only released for operation in a process plant subject to thorough investigation (acceptance or FAT*). Functional safety, explosion protection and \u2013 more recently \u2013 cyber security requirements must be well planned and reliably implemented.<\/p>\n

Yet the industrial revolution has been with us for some time now. Virtually every data set generated by sensors reappears at some stage in a company\u2019s enterprise portal or planning system. Wireless, via an interface or printed out, sent by email and entered again manually \u2013 nature and life (or data) invariably find a way.<\/p>\n

Adaptable to any situation<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Life finds a way. This slogan adage sums up the ability of living creatures to adapt to any situation or circumstances in nature and identify the best strategy for survival.<\/p>\n

To stay with the same analogy, there can only be a very few examples in the animal kingdom of major projects that aren\u2019t completed on time. A beehive must be ready before the beginning of the flowering period, just like a bird\u2019s nest in time for the insect season.
\nOr have you ever seen an anthill that\u2019s only half-finished?<\/p>\n

Learning from the ants and bees<\/strong><\/h3>\n

\u201cCollectives in the animal kingdom, like ant or bee colonies or flocks of birds, set an example here by showing how efficient cooperation is still possible without a leader. Swarm intelligence is based on two complementary principles: decentralized units and self-organization. These concepts have long been discovered and successfully applied in artificial intelligence.\u201d<\/em>
\nThat\u2019s the gist of an article headed \u201cNature \u2013 a model for agile management\u201d<\/a> (published in the February 19, 2018 issue of Stuttgarter Zeitung).<\/p>\n

Similar concepts have already become established in industrial automation. Globally distributed teams work together on projects in virtual workspaces. Usually with a flat management hierarchy that demands a high degree of individual responsibility. If the goal is clearly defined, the result will (probably) fit.<\/p>\n

What has this got to do with Synaptic Business Automation (SBA)?<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Yokogawa\u2019s SBA unites traditional requirements and ways of working with modern, agile methods. Tradition and change have been firmly embedded in Yokogawa\u2019s corporate culture all along, and they’ve now been translated into a strategy: SBA. From successful project organization<\/a> to flexible matrix organization \u2013 SBA gives each customer, or partner as we prefer to think of them, exactly what it is they\u2019re looking for.<\/p>\n

Module Based Automation Engineering \u2013 (all) ready for SBA!<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Yokogawa established modular automation in automation engineering<\/a> back in 2015 with Automation Design Suite<\/a> (AD Suite), which laid the foundation for SBA. AD Suite did away with the rigid structures of classic engineering tools and created an integrated engineering environment for automation projects. Engineers from different disciplines \u2013 such as hardware planning, application software or quality assurance through change management processes \u2013 work together on one database without being dependent on one another or getting in each other\u2019s way. Data is only ever entered once and is subsequently available across all disciplines.<\/p>\n

What can AD Suite contribute to Synaptic Business Automation?<\/strong><\/p>\n

At the center of SBA is the value creation cycle. Four seemingly simple steps that lead to enduring and sustainable success. The following are just a few possible examples:<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
SBA value creation cycle<\/strong><\/td>\nTypical implementation with AD Suite<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1. Identify \u2013 Define potential improvement areas<\/em><\/td>\nAD Suite\u2019s central database (ADMDB*) provides a starting point for specific potential improvements through data analysis.<\/p>\n

*Automation Design Master Database<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

2. Create & implement \u2013 Design and deploy solutions<\/em><\/td>\nOwing to its modular architecture, AD Suite supports complex changes to the plant automation at any time, either step by step or through mass processing.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
3. Operate \u2013 Perform safe and stable operations<\/em><\/td>\nChange and revision management (history and comparison) deliver visibility and control at all times.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
4. Sustain and improve \u2013 Maintain value creation cycle<\/em><\/td>\nTuning Parameter Management allows the target and actual parameters for a plant (e.g. alarm or control parameters) to be compared online. These parameters can then be tweaked very easily \u2013 and continuously \u2013 in the plus or minus direction.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

\"\"Here, too, the focus is on Yokogawa\u2019s co-innovation philosophy, which asserts that more value can be created together with the customer than is possible alone. The combined expertise of both partners, like the plant owner\u2019s process know-how and Yokogawa\u2019s ability to analyze data, results in an optimized application.<\/p>\n

Come visit us in Hall 11.1, Stand E16 at ACHEMA<\/a> to learn more about Synaptic Business Automation!<\/p>\n

SBA, ASI, PAT or piano playing \u2013 they\u2019re all based on the nature of learning<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n