ICONICS Case Studies Customer Success Story: ATICS, Ltd./The Ceramic Factory

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	Customer Success Story: ATICS, Ltd./The Ceramic Factory ICONICS

Customer Success Story: ATICS, Ltd./The Ceramic Factory

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Technology Category	Application Infrastructure & Middleware - Data Visualization Platform as a Service (PaaS) - Data Management Platforms
Applicable Industries	Construction & Infrastructure
Applicable Functions	Discrete Manufacturing Quality Assurance
Use Cases	Manufacturing System Automation Predictive Maintenance
Services	System Integration
Challenge	The Ceramic Factory - Botevgrad has experienced recent growth as the construction industry continues to grow in Bulgaria. The company required visualization of the manufacturing processes involving its furnaces as well as of the transportation line for the produced bricks. The factory also sought an additional module for reports to help management mitigate downtime issues and increase productivity. The company realized that as business grew, it would require premium, robust solutions to meet its visualization, control and reporting needs. The selected solution would need to integrate with the company’s existing VIPA PLCs, approximately 150 I/O points and KEP OPC Server for Siemens PLCs. In addition, The Ceramic Factory – Botevgrad sought HMI/SCADA and reporting solutions that would also work with its Microsoft Access database and its desktops and servers running Microsoft Windows XP Professional. Read More
About Customer	The Ceramic Factory - Botevgrad is one of the leading suppliers of construction materials for this booming industry in Bulgaria. Botevgrad is a small town near Sofia, the capital of Bulgaria, known for its industrial area, where many big companies have built factories and subsidiaries. ATICS, Ltd. is the ICONICS sales channel partner working with LogiSoft, a systems integrator, to bring advanced industrial automation software solutions to the Bulgarian brick maker. Read More
Solution	The Ceramic Factory - Botevgrad, working with ATICS, Ltd and Logisoft, elected to install ICONICS’ GENESIS32™ V9 Web-enabled, OPC-integrated HMI/SCADA suite, as well as ICONICS’ ReportWorX™ enterprise reporting/charting/analysis software, a component of ICONICS BizViz™ Manufacturing Intelligence/Business Visualization suite. The construction materials manufacturer was pleased that the installation was completed within six weeks of request, and easily performed by its system integrator LogiSoft, with assistance by ICONICS channel partner ATICS, Ltd. The company was also able to save on anticipated internal and external system development costs. Implementing ICONICS GENESIS32 and ReportWorX required no need for additional scripts or programming. Additionally, the firm recognized the benefit of solutions, such as GENESIS32, that are integrated with OPC technology – providing a basis for improved system communications and allowing for secure, open connectivity from plants and facilities to the enterprise level. Read More Log in to view content
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Technology Category

Application Infrastructure & Middleware - Data Visualization

Platform as a Service (PaaS) - Data Management Platforms

Applicable Industries

Construction & Infrastructure

Applicable Functions

Discrete Manufacturing

Quality Assurance

Use Cases

Manufacturing System Automation

Predictive Maintenance

Services

System Integration

Challenge

The Ceramic Factory - Botevgrad has experienced recent growth as the construction industry continues to grow in Bulgaria. The company required visualization of the manufacturing processes involving its furnaces as well as of the transportation line for the produced bricks. The factory also sought an additional module for reports to help management mitigate downtime issues and increase productivity. The company realized that as business grew, it would require premium, robust solutions to meet its visualization, control and reporting needs. The selected solution would need to integrate with the company’s existing VIPA PLCs, approximately 150 I/O points and KEP OPC Server for Siemens PLCs. In addition, The Ceramic Factory – Botevgrad sought HMI/SCADA and reporting solutions that would also work with its Microsoft Access database and its desktops and servers running Microsoft Windows XP Professional.

About Customer

The Ceramic Factory - Botevgrad is one of the leading suppliers of construction materials for this booming industry in Bulgaria. Botevgrad is a small town near Sofia, the capital of Bulgaria, known for its industrial area, where many big companies have built factories and subsidiaries. ATICS, Ltd. is the ICONICS sales channel partner working with LogiSoft, a systems integrator, to bring advanced industrial automation software solutions to the Bulgarian brick maker.

Solution

The Ceramic Factory - Botevgrad, working with ATICS, Ltd and Logisoft, elected to install ICONICS’ GENESIS32™ V9 Web-enabled, OPC-integrated HMI/SCADA suite, as well as ICONICS’ ReportWorX™ enterprise reporting/charting/analysis software, a component of ICONICS BizViz™ Manufacturing Intelligence/Business Visualization suite. The construction materials manufacturer was pleased that the installation was completed within six weeks of request, and easily performed by its system integrator LogiSoft, with assistance by ICONICS channel partner ATICS, Ltd. The company was also able to save on anticipated internal and external system development costs. Implementing ICONICS GENESIS32 and ReportWorX required no need for additional scripts or programming. Additionally, the firm recognized the benefit of solutions, such as GENESIS32, that are integrated with OPC technology – providing a basis for improved system communications and allowing for secure, open connectivity from plants and facilities to the enterprise level.

Impact #1	The installation was completed within six weeks of request, and easily performed by its system integrator LogiSoft, with assistance by ICONICS channel partner ATICS, Ltd.
Impact #2	The company was able to save on anticipated internal and external system development costs.
Impact #3	Implementing ICONICS GENESIS32 and ReportWorX required no need for additional scripts or programming.

Impact #1

The installation was completed within six weeks of request, and easily performed by its system integrator LogiSoft, with assistance by ICONICS channel partner ATICS, Ltd.

Impact #2

The company was able to save on anticipated internal and external system development costs.

Impact #3

Implementing ICONICS GENESIS32 and ReportWorX required no need for additional scripts or programming.

Benefit #1	More cost-savings for The Ceramic Factory – Botevgrad are attributed to the resulting increase in the number of report options.
Benefit #2	The new reporting capabilities via ReportWorX allow the company to compile data from a wide array of different data sources in order to compile KPIs such as equipment downtime statistics that can be acted upon in order to increase efficiency and save money.

Benefit #1

More cost-savings for The Ceramic Factory – Botevgrad are attributed to the resulting increase in the number of report options.

Benefit #2

The new reporting capabilities via ReportWorX allow the company to compile data from a wide array of different data sources in order to compile KPIs such as equipment downtime statistics that can be acted upon in order to increase efficiency and save money.

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Customer Success Story: ATICS, Ltd./The Ceramic Factory

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