{"id":3105,"date":"2013-02-13T09:47:03","date_gmt":"2013-02-13T14:47:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.thinmanager.com\/thinclients\/?p=3105"},"modified":"2016-07-29T09:59:12","modified_gmt":"2016-07-29T13:59:12","slug":"integrating-thinmanager-across-multiple-facilities","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.thinmanager.com\/thinclients\/?p=3105","title":{"rendered":"Integrating ThinManager Across Multiple Facilities"},"content":{"rendered":"

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In America today, there are currently more than 14,000 operational chemical manufacturing facilities.\u00a0 Each of them provides their own challenges requiring unique and individually crafted systems to monitor and manage their manufacturing processes.\u00a0 When beginning a project with zero room for error, deploying the proper resources is critical.<\/p>\n

Factory Automation Systems, founded in 1992, has been providing system design, deployment, and management services for a global leader in chemical manufacturing for a decade.\u00a0 Specializing in Programmable Logic Computer (PLC) integration, Factory Automation Systems partnered with their customer to grow along with their industry while never losing sight of where they started.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen we first started working with them, they had one computer running the entire plant,\u201d said Chris Murphree of Factory Automation Systems.\u00a0 \u201cThe customer wanted a Wonderware based central recipe management system but needed a local HMI station at each mixing cell.\u00a0 Wonderware and ThinManager have a great relationship.\u00a0 Our Wonderware representative recommended the combined solution and introduced us to the ThinManager offering,\u201d Chris continued.\u00a0 \u201cWe took it to the customer and explained the architecture and functionality.\u00a0\u00a0 Using industrial thin clients provided huge initial and long-term cost savings by eliminating the need to replace PCs on the floor every 12 to 18 months due to the environmental factors.\u201d<\/p>\n

Chris went on to explain the Wonderware and ThinManager based architecture.\u00a0 \u201cBefore the upgrade, the customer was using Wonderware\u2019s InBatch as the recipe engine with InTouch on the front end.\u00a0 We modified the system from a standalone station to a full server-client architecture.\u00a0 ThinManager AppLink allowed us to easily and securely deploy operator stations throughout the facility.\u00a0 The Shadowing function was also a great tool for providing remote support and troubleshooting for our customer.\u00a0 Any time they had a problem, we could securely access an individual HMI from a remote location and operate it as if we were on site.\u201d<\/p>\n

After their successful deployment at the original facility, Factory Automation Systems was contracted to implement the same architecture at five more facilities.\u00a0 \u201cOur customers are thrilled with the productivity they get from these systems as well as the ease and cost of maintenance.\u00a0 From our perspective it takes a lot of the cumbersome effort out of configuring Terminal Services,\u201d Chris concluded.\u00a0 \u201cWe set up a few basic parameters, create some accounts, and then do everything else in ThinManager. \u00a0It\u2019s pretty straightforward.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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