Advanced, Next-Gen Operation Performance Management. - by SolutionsPT
Today’s reality is that many of the most critical operations in industry are serviced by multiple systems that are completely disparate from each other. As a result, it’s not uncommon for a control room operator, or a maintenance engineer, or an automation professional, to have to master multiple systems, and be familiar with many different user interfaces, simply in order to fulfil their role.
However, ripping and replacing these existing systems (whether it's SCADA or telemetry or GIS or Asset Management) is not only costly, but we feel inadvisable, unless of course they are at the end of their support cycle, or are not working as intended. It’s inadvisable because no one organisation, as good as they might be or claim to be, has all the answers when it comes to the full range of systems that might reside in an Infrastructure customer’s OT space, and it’s also inadvisable because many of these systems are doing a perfectly good job in their own right.
But this reality gives rise to a different issue, one where the ability to make good decisions, quickly, is becoming increasingly difficult, costly, and time-consuming. To put it simply, it becomes increasingly difficult to make good decisions, the more systems you have.
The other impact of this issue is maintenance. It makes maintaining assets that are geophysically dispersed harder. Much Harder. Because you not only have to manage the logistics of personnel to service this equipment, you have to take into consideration their physical location and environmental factors, along with the host of usual things that Asset Maintenance entails – Maintenance Records, Service History, Documentation etc.
Each of these has its own system which you have to consult in order to make a decision.
So what is the answer?
It’s unifying operations by giving all stakeholders a 360-degree view of asset and operations lifecycles, by using technology, to bring people and processes together.
We do it with our Unified Operations Centre.
See how the Unified Operations Centre can help simplify information management, improve situational awareness and empower decision making at your facility by watching our webinar, Democratising Decision Making.
What is a Unified Operations Centre?
Unified Operations Centre (UOC) is the foundation of real-time operational performance management for infrastructure and process industry organisations. With UOC, you can ensure that performance is constantly optimised to meet your organisation's goals.
04 UOC for Water & Wastewater
From everyday living to industrial operations and production, it goes without saying that water is an essential part of life. With 71% of the earth's surface covered in water, its essential nature remains undisputed. Water and water assets are vital components of productivity in industries across different sectors.
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Water utilities and water network operators have a very simple mission: Deliver safe and reliable water service to their customers. However, like most industries, the water and wastewater sectors are facing diverse challenges such as an ageing workforce, ageing infrastructures, ever-increasing government regulations and competition for diminishing investment capital.
Technology developments like the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) and big data analytics can provide the tools to tackle the issues faced by the water and wastewater management sector. However, a well thought out implementation plan is needed to assure this digital transformation does not lead to siloed software systems that could worsen the problems it intends to solve.
The lack or improper integration of several third-party and home-grown systems often lead to a lack of enterprise visibility and inefficient decision making, particularly when abnormal situations occur. The situation worsens as infrastructure continues to age, experienced workforce retires or changes roles, and specialised applications to operate water and wastewater facilities become more complex. This increasing complexity and variety of software and hardware and a changing workforce make it imperative to have a reliable single version of the truth.
Converge and Contextualise Water Operations
The answer to bringing end-to-end operational visibility across water & wastewater services to maintain operational conditions, achieve greater situational awareness and improve crisis response is with a Unified Operations Center for Water (UOC).
Empower the whole team with a centralised view to help make informed decisions, fast. Unified Operations Center for Water & Wastewater is based upon a system of systems approach that converges OT and IT technology into a single-pane-of-glass solution.
This contextualises actionable information, providing an overall perspective on process and non-process functions and the sub-systems that manage specific areas of operations such as power, potable and non-potable water, treatment, metering, and environmental.
Unifying your water and wastewater operations
If you want to know more, read this whitepaper, where we establish our holistic and innovative solution, and detail the process and networks that enable us to provide you with the data you need and provide information to support your application of the provided data to achieve all-around efficiency for water operations.
