Smart Factory Technology Roadmapping Initiative
WORKSHOP 5–
Implementing Internet of Things for the smart, energy efficient factory floor using
hardware, Cloud, and devices such as sensors, actuators and mobile smart phones:
what will it take, who will benefit most, and what operation expense reductions can I
expect?
Hosted by: IBM, PLC International, Arizona State University
Facilitated by: International Consortium for Advanced Manufacturing Research,
www.icamr.net
More about the hosts:
Dr. Ben Amaba, IBM: Dr. Amaba’s expertise is in executive management, strategic planning,
operations, and engineering. He is responsible for manufacturing, energy, petroleum, chemical,
nuclear, government and logistics industries for systems and software engineering. Dr. Ben
Amaba holds a PhD. degree in Industrial & Systems Engineering; a M.B.A./M.S. degree in
Engineering and Operations, and a B.S. degree in Electrical Engineering. Dr. Amaba is a
registered and licensed Professional Engineer with International Registry; certified in
Production, Operations, and Inventory Management by APICS ®; LEED® Accredited
Professional (Leadership in Energy & Environmental Design); and certified in Corporate
Strategy by Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Dr. Amaba
has published globally on best practices and robust approaches to drive market innovation,
economic development and private public partnerships.
Carlos A. Huerta, PLC International: Mr. Huerta is President of PLC International Inc.,
graduated from Universidad Católica de Chile, with 38 years in the Hi-Tech Electrical Utility
market manufacturing Telecommunications Equipment and deploying integrated systems
worldwide for the SMARTGRID. PLC has been growing consistently developing new products
and markets internationally under Carlos’s supervision.
Arman Sargolzaei, PLC International: is a Hardware and Software Developer Engineer at
PLC International Inc, and is part of the team developing embedded solutions. Arman earned
his Master of Science degree in Electrical and Computer Engineering from Florida International
University, Miami, Florida. His work has been published in a number of prestigious journals and
conferences on the topics of Smart-grid, cybersecurity, optimal control, Fuzzy systems and
signal and Image processing.
Your company is invited to an industrial roadmapping workshop taking place Friday,
April 3, 2015 1PM – 5PM, to discuss what would be needed on your factory floor and beyond,
to your products installed elsewhere, to most benefit from this connected technology revolution.
Your input is vital to this region’s growth and our nation’s global competitiveness. Furthermore,
you will walk away with an understanding of a broad range of existing and future solutions with
practical applications for your plant.
The Internet of Things is enabling a new era in business, connecting the manufacturing floor to
its products and consumers through Cloud and Mobile breakthroughs. This workshop will
explore many of the major challenges preventing the Internet of Things from being implemented
in the factory setting, and will borrow concepts already flourishing in the smart home
environment. Machine to machine interfaces, and how these apply to streamlining plant
operations, will be a major point of conversation. Also, interoperability challenges among legacy
equipment and new devices will also be addressed during this workshop. Integrating systems
thinking for interdisciplinary engineering practices in a business case in order to apply new
technologies is critical. Requirements are the foundation of deploying technology like The
Internet of Things in the Cloud with Mobile or embedded devices.
Organizations need effective requirements engineering practices to help ensure they are
meeting customer needs, while addressing compliance and staying on schedule and within
budget. The Internet of Things in the Cloud and mobile technologies have changed the
competitive advantage for companies globally and industrial institutions need to understand the
impact and how to approach the rapidly changing landscape.
Agenda:
1PM - Introduction on the initiative and each organization attending
1:15PM - Presentations of cutting edge solutions around IoT/interoperability/connectivity
and future trajectories envisioned by thought leaders
2:30PM - Roundtable discussions and roadmapping activities
Needs assessment from industry members
Detailed mapping of parameters around needs
Solutions brainstorming
Return on Investment and other business model assessments
4:15PM - Internal team discussion
Please join us at:
Gray Robinson
301 E. Pine Street
Suite 1400
Orlando, Florida 32801
Please park across the street in the parking garage – parking will be validated at Gray
Robinson’s reception desk.
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You may also be interested in staying for the first workshop to be hosted this day as well, at the
same location, from 9AM – 12:45PM, EST – “The benefits of big data analytics in the smart
factory: meaningful data from the production floor to monitoring the life performance of a fully
installed product”
Please RSVP to Andrea Wesser, International Consortium of Advanced Manufacturing
Research, at 407-353-3469 or andrea.wesser@ucf.edu by March 29, 2015 by 5PM.
More About the Products Featured In This Workshop:
RSM2M
Combine the delivery and demonstration with PLC Power
A Gateway to the Future: PLCI contributed to solve this need by interconnecting industrial
modules to IP telephony and SNMP. RS-M2M series developed by PLC helps to support
communications on Internet-enabled industries efficiently, professionally and effortlessly. In our
presentation, we will introduce our new Gateway and our new PLCI Cloud platform by making a
real time demonstration. The RS-M2M talks in MODBUS through serial RS485/RS232 with
industrial devices and transfers information to our cloud platform and SNMP manager. It
provides relay outputs, OPTO inputs, A/D, ZigBee and TTL I/Os for other industrial applications
and sensors. This practical demonstration will consist on reading information stored on our RSM2M such as its configuration, ModBus registers, inputs and outputs. Besides reading and
analyzing the information remotely, we will explain how to write and control the equipment from
our new cloud solution. This module is also interacting with Industrial Module (IM), a piece of
software that is part of the IUC (Industrial Unified Communications). With the unified messaging
system in place, our product is able to generate text messages (SMS), email and voice calls
when any event occurs.
IBM Apple Mobile Application: Field Connect
Giving field technicians the power of information and collaboration.
Consumers would never tolerate less-safe, less-reliable or less-sustainable energy at a higher
cost. Today, the Energy and Utilities industry is faced with the need to update systems of record
while transforming its business processes from the ground up. IBM MobileFirst for iOS is
outfitting companies with tools for new levels of connectivity, collaboration and analytics-driven
awareness, and reinventing the industry for the 21st century. Technicians in the field have a lot
to manage. Rain or shine, working underground or high above it, field personnel and
manufacturing have to assimilate information residing both inside and outside the facility, and
mitigate surprises to solve problems quickly and safely. Now Field Connect for iPhone gives
field technicians an array of tools to transform the way information is delivered. Bringing
together personalized real-time and location-based information, contextual safety alerts
powered by IBM analytics, video communication and integration with systems of record, Field
Connect is designed to help field technicians do their jobs more safely and efficiently every step
of the way.