Enterprise Remote Monitoring Services
Too often valuable production information is hidden deep inside the devices that control equipment and other production assets. Due to technical, geographical or other reasons the people who need equipment productivity information can’t access it and therefore have to make their business decisions without it. The Ei3 Enterprise Remote Monitoring core provides visibility to production information whether the equipment is in the next room or on a remote continent. The purpose of the Enterprise Remote Monitoring Core is to extract machine data and supply it as information to a larger audience of people and systems using secure internet technologies. Lean Manufacturing and Six Sigma parameters can be charted in real time or called up in a historical mode to show past trends.
The Ei3 Enterprise Remote Monitoring core gathers data directly from the digital control systems that make equipment run. This data is stored in a data warehouse and is available to be displayed in a number of ways. Past production data can be provided to management, technical process information can be provided to engineers, and equipment performance information can be delivered to maintenance personnel. Nearly every piece of equipment or asset within a manufacturing enterprise can connect to the Enterprise Remote Monitoring Core and benefit from Remote Monitoring. In most cases equipment already has the necessary instrumentation installed, Remote Monitoring interfaces directly with the existing control devices creating a cost effective way to acquire the data. If a machine or asset does not have the necessary control system installed, a small device to enable remote monitoring can be added.