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- New versions of GE Digitals Plant Operations Software enable continuous improvement and Lean with robust Manufacturing Execution Systems MES HMISCADA analytics and Industrial Data Management Solutions for Food Beverage Consumer Packaged Goods Automotive Aviation Water Wastewater and others- Designed for the modern industrial worker engineer with fast time-to-solution an intelligent User Interface UI and mobile worker enablement- Reliable foundation with stable architecture and technology Rapid Application Development RAD with Low Code No Code system interoperability security and availability features- Analysis and Analytics for Operations Optimization enables intelligent decision-making across the enterprise through Process Digital Twin TechnologyGE Digital unveiled the latest updates to its industry-leading digital plant software portfolio Proficy Plant Applications Proficy Operations Hub Proficy Historian and Proficy CSense. This mission-critical software accelerates digitization for industrial organizations by supporting the digital worker as part of infrastructure modernization enterprise visibility and scalability and continuous improvement of operations.Building from our rich heritage of technology experience and deep long-term customer partnerships GE Digital has invested heavily to deliver new innovations such as a modern and mobile user experience our single seamless MES for process discrete and mixed manufacturing environments and instant upgrades across an enterprise said Richard Kenedi General Manager Manufacturing and Digital Plant for GE Digital. As one of the worlds largest manufacturers GE understands the importance of a digital foundation for continuous improvement and Lean to bring truly transformative results to our business and our global manufacturing and digital plant customers.The COVID-19 pandemic greatly accelerated the need for solutions that support the new normal as social distancing remote operations and supply chain issues have completely upended plants and factories according to Craig Resnick Vice President at ARC Advisory Group. This requires deploying MES HMISCADA historian and analytics solutions capable of visualizing operations analyzing data and optimizing production then providing that smart information in real time to the appropriate personnel regardless of their location so they can respond quickly and correctly without any detriment to performance.GE Digitals software upgrades address these new normal requirements directly and will help to further enable organizations to deploy their new digital workforce. Key developmentsProficy Plant Applications is the industrys first Manufacturing Execution System MES that seamlessly spans process discrete and mixed manufacturing environments allowing manufacturers to efficiently deploy one MES across their enterprise rather than multiple disparate solutions reducing costs and time while increasing consistency and collaboration. Based on 25 years of development this proven MES maximizes overall equipment effectiveness OEE improves production scheduling and ensures product quality by leveraging real-time production data.New features in Version 8.1 includeCore process discrete and mixed manufacturing enhancements such as loT-based discrete work order execution non-conformance tracking and in-process work order editorInstantaneous upgrades with Docker containerization technologyExpanded native HTML5 content to include Production Schedule for executing process orders and Waste ManagementProficy Plant Applications 8.1 is taking us to the next phase of our migration to a single shop floor MES said Robert Amos Senior Director Technical Product Management for GE Aviation. We are currently setting up the integration to our Oracle ERP which will make this a truly enterprise application. Key features like the expanded Non-Conformance capabilities will allow us to further consolidate our quality applications which in turn allows us to achieve our goal of minimizing the number of applications on the shop floor. In addition the continued evolution and new web displays will allow our shop floor employees to work more efficiently and with better quality in their jobs. We are in the middle of a complete redesign of our Supply Chain to modernize our platforms and consolidate those applications and Proficy Plant Applications will be a pillar in that system.Proficy Operations Hub a modern centralized environment for rapidly building industrial applications for mobile and Web-based intelligence allows organizations to gain a foundation for insights into operations and productivity supporting Lean and other continuous improvement initiatives. New features include- Real-time workflow task lists on assets with context and scalability performance and security enhancements- Faster low code no code implementation and quick time to value- Advanced Historian Trend Analysis app for data analysis in asset model context- Seamless integration of Proficy Plant Applications content- Support for English Chinese Japanese Korean Spanish German Russian and Czech- Proficy Historian provides best-in-class industrial time-series and Alarm Events data collection for onpremise and cloud-based storage and analysis. Updates in the new version 8.1 include Remote Collector Management for large enterprise-distributed system management and reduced costs with Historian ETL Extract Transfer Load for sophisticated file-oriented data transmission for Enterprise Historian. Additionally GE Digital released Proficy Historian for Linux Version 2.3 for improved data collection at edge devices delivering distributed data management to support IoT.
