M+W Group Upcoming Events
ISPE Boston Area Chapter Presents:
AUTOMATION: At the Crossroads with IT Interfaces
Thursday, May 16, 2013
5:30 pm to 8:30 pm
Genzyme Center
500 Kendall Street, Cambridge, MA 02142
PROGRAM SUMMARY:
Should process control automation be interfaced with IT infrastructure? To answer that question, perhaps we can learn from the sage advice of Yogi Berra, who famously once said, “When you come to a fork in the road…take it.” When we consider where process control automation is headed and the demands of new paradigms like knowledge management and Stage 3-Continued Process Verification, such interfaces are quickly becoming a necessity rather than an option. Attendees will learn about the changing role of the automation engineer, as well as some of the drivers and issues.
PRESENTATION ONE:
Process Data Management and the Changing Role of the Automation Engineer
As the need for business and process data grows, companies are commissioning more specialized computerized systems, sometimes with a great deal of overlap leading to redundant data being stored in multiple systems. ANSI/ISA95 (Enterprise-Control System Integration) addresses this problem by setting standards for communications within the enterprise layers of manufacturing and operations.
SPEAKER ONE:
Jordan Croteau is an Automation Engineer in Biogen Idec Cambridge Manufacturing Engineering.
PRESENTATION TWO:
Implementing an Equipment Monitoring System with an Operations Information Infrastructure
This presentation describes the installation of an automated Equipment Monitoring System providing “review by exception” electronic reports with automated routing and e-signature approvals to replace an existing manual paper-based GMP record for logging equipment temperature readings, and related process data and information.
SPEAKER TWO:
Kenneth S. Kovacs is the QA Business Systems Manager at Fujirebio Diagnostics, Inc. in Malvern, PA and a Certified Management Consultant (CMC).
SPEAKER THREE:
Glenn Restivo is the Director of Business Development Life Sciences, Chemicals, Food and Nutrition for M+W Automation. His role is to develop and promote automation and manufacturing IT solutions for pilot and commercial manufacturing addressing industry, business and regulatory challenges.
Don’t waste time filling in the form! Register online at www.ISPEBoston.org/Events.
M+W Automation co-presenting with Amgen at Rockwell Automation’s RSTechEd Conference
June 15-20, 2014
Rosen Shingle Creek, Orlando, Florida
PROGRAM SUMMARY:
RSTechED is an industry-leading training event for manufacturers, system integrators, OEMs, and Rockwell Automation sales personnel. This is an annual world-class event, expecting over 1,500 attendees.
PRESENTATION: Innovative Strategies in Migrating Legacy PLC5 Control Systems
At its Thousand Oaks facility, Amgen commissioned a project to replace legacy PLC5 control systems. Through a series of scheduled phases, the project team – consisting of Amgen, Rockwell, and M+W Automation (Process Solution Provider) – employed innovative approaches in the design, installation, and commissioning of the control systems to deliver exceptional value to Amgen. Topics to be reviewed include: Distributed vs. Centralized Architecture, Validation, Hardware methods, software tools, and virtualization. The project was on time and under budget with no impact to operations.
Speakers:
Systems Integrator Information:
Javier DeLuna
PM / Lead Technical Engineer
M+W Automation - A Company of the M+W Group
Javier.DeLuna@mwgroup.net
M+W Automation has developed “Best Practices” for delivering automation and information projects in the regulated industries and offers our clients the best overall knowledge and experience to ensure a comprehensive assessment solution, in a cost effective and timely manner.
Customer Information:
Tom Lopez
Principal IS Automation Engineer
Operations Information Systems
Amgen, Inc.
tolopez@amgen.com
Amgen develops and manufactures innovative human therapeutics that dramatically improves people's lives.
M+W Process Automation presenting at Siemens Automation Summit Conference
June 23-26, 2014
Disney's Contemporary Resort Lake Buena Vista, Florida
PROGRAM SUMMARY:
Share best practices, network with Siemens management and peers, receive free training, and get a chance to see the latest products and solutions from Siemens Industrial Automation and Drives Technologies. And get the chance to use and explore the breadth and depth of the Siemens portfolio.
PRESENTATION: Maximized Flexibility in Batch Production using SIMATIC IT suite - Best Practices & Novel Approaches
This presentation shows how a leading chemical producer achieved maximum production flexibility through the implementation of a modular automation concept, following ISA88 global standards leveraging SIMATIC PCS 7, SIMATIC Batch and SIMATIC IT. While maintaining general recipes inside a global ERP-System, site-specific implementations based on a global concept enable a quick response to changing market demands. Products (about 650 out of about 500 raw materials) can be produced on different locations on multiple continents. Supply Chain flexibility becomes a snap. Location of Installed App: leading chemical customer; Langelsheim Germany and Jackson, US.
Speaker:
Systems Integrator Information:
Ruediger Trobisch
Director, Manufacturing and Business Integration
M+W Process Automation GmbH - A Company of the M+W Group
Ruediger is responsible for the MES business since 2008 and has been working in the Batch industry more than 20 years. He started as a Control Systems engineer with Lang & Peitler Automation GmbH in Germany before joining Sequencia Corp. and later Rockwell Automation in different roles supporting the Process Industry with focus on Batch production. He is an active member of the German NAMUR 2.4 committee focusing on Manufacturing Execution Systems.