ICONICS Case Studies Customer Success Story: Animal Health Care Co.

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	Customer Success Story: Animal Health Care Co. ICONICS

Customer Success Story: Animal Health Care Co.

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Technology Category	Application Infrastructure & Middleware - API Integration & Management Functional Applications - Remote Monitoring & Control Systems
Applicable Industries	Healthcare & Hospitals Pharmaceuticals
Applicable Functions	Discrete Manufacturing Quality Assurance
Use Cases	Predictive Maintenance Real-Time Location System (RTLS)
Services	Software Design & Engineering Services System Integration
Challenge	The animal healthcare company, a leading international manufacturer and distributor of animal healthcare products, was in need of an industrial controls solution that would best manage and monitor critical process alarms. The company also planned to replace an existing visualization system, seeking a solution that provided additional enhancements. The company’s plant is involved mainly with pharmaceutical manufacturing and packaging. The company uses ICONICS solutions to interface with Allen Bradley PLCs via Foundation Fieldbus, Data Highway Plus industrial LAN and Ethernet network communication structures. Among the Microsoft solutions used on-site are SQL Server and Excel, which are used in reporting and trending. Read More
About Customer	The customer is a leading international manufacturer and distributor of animal healthcare products. The company is headquartered in North America and has a plant that is mainly involved with pharmaceutical manufacturing and packaging. The company uses a variety of technologies in its operations, including ICONICS solutions to interface with Allen Bradley PLCs via Foundation Fieldbus, Data Highway Plus industrial LAN and Ethernet network communication structures. The company also uses Microsoft solutions such as SQL Server and Excel for reporting and trending purposes. Read More
Solution	The company decided to implement ICONICS’ GENESIS32™ OPC Web-enabled HMI and SCADA suite, which includes AlarmWorX™32, GraphWorX™32 and TrendWorX™32 components. The company also utilized AlarmWorX™32 Multimedia (MMX), DataWorX™, WebHMI™ and Pocket GENESIS™ addons. Additionally, the company used the BizViz™ manufacturing intelligence/business visualization suite, which includes the BridgeWorX™, ReportWorX™ and MobileHMI™ components. These solutions provided the company with numerous benefits, including applications designed for FDA 21 CFR Part 11, operational accountability through sequence checking, security with integrated popular biometrics, and an accurate audit trail of operator actions. Read More Log in to view content
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Technology Category

Application Infrastructure & Middleware - API Integration & Management

Functional Applications - Remote Monitoring & Control Systems

Applicable Industries

Healthcare & Hospitals

Pharmaceuticals

Applicable Functions

Discrete Manufacturing

Quality Assurance

Use Cases

Predictive Maintenance

Real-Time Location System (RTLS)

Services

Software Design & Engineering Services

System Integration

Challenge

The animal healthcare company, a leading international manufacturer and distributor of animal healthcare products, was in need of an industrial controls solution that would best manage and monitor critical process alarms. The company also planned to replace an existing visualization system, seeking a solution that provided additional enhancements. The company’s plant is involved mainly with pharmaceutical manufacturing and packaging. The company uses ICONICS solutions to interface with Allen Bradley PLCs via Foundation Fieldbus, Data Highway Plus industrial LAN and Ethernet network communication structures. Among the Microsoft solutions used on-site are SQL Server and Excel, which are used in reporting and trending.

About Customer

The customer is a leading international manufacturer and distributor of animal healthcare products. The company is headquartered in North America and has a plant that is mainly involved with pharmaceutical manufacturing and packaging. The company uses a variety of technologies in its operations, including ICONICS solutions to interface with Allen Bradley PLCs via Foundation Fieldbus, Data Highway Plus industrial LAN and Ethernet network communication structures. The company also uses Microsoft solutions such as SQL Server and Excel for reporting and trending purposes.

Solution

The company decided to implement ICONICS’ GENESIS32™ OPC Web-enabled HMI and SCADA suite, which includes AlarmWorX™32, GraphWorX™32 and TrendWorX™32 components. The company also utilized AlarmWorX™32 Multimedia (MMX), DataWorX™, WebHMI™ and Pocket GENESIS™ addons. Additionally, the company used the BizViz™ manufacturing intelligence/business visualization suite, which includes the BridgeWorX™, ReportWorX™ and MobileHMI™ components. These solutions provided the company with numerous benefits, including applications designed for FDA 21 CFR Part 11, operational accountability through sequence checking, security with integrated popular biometrics, and an accurate audit trail of operator actions.

Impact #1	The company noted the cost-effectiveness of the ICONICS software due to savings in system development.
Impact #2	The flexibility of the software was also highlighted, due to the ability to quickly adapt to system changes.
Impact #3	The graphics/visualization capabilities of the ICONICS software were also appreciated by the company.

Impact #1

The company noted the cost-effectiveness of the ICONICS software due to savings in system development.

Impact #2

The flexibility of the software was also highlighted, due to the ability to quickly adapt to system changes.

Impact #3

The graphics/visualization capabilities of the ICONICS software were also appreciated by the company.

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Customer Success Story: Animal Health Care Co.

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