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THE SUSTAINABILITY CHALLENGE
US also play an important role. benchmarking, as well as the identification of be able to achieve all the energy objectives of
weak points and potential for improvements. a company. It will take the combined use of
“ INDUSTRIAL different state-of-the-art technology to deliver
AUTOMATION Another important aspect companies the best results.
ENSURES THAT shouldn’t underestimate is reliable and
ALL DATA AND comprehensive documentation. Industrial Companies wanting to be more energy
EVENTS ARE automation ensures that all data and events efficient need to look at the equipment and
CONTINUOUSLY are continuously recorded – a precondition for machinery, the controls, the HMI/SCADA
RECORDED efficient energy data management. system, the data meters, communication
”AUTOMATED: For companies that don’t protocols and more. It’s also crucial to invest
yet have an energy efficiency Furthermore, automation ensures that energy in software that is hardware-independent and
improvement plan in place, what are and consumption data is accessible in offers the necessary flexibility and
COPA-DATA’s top three tips? real-time, which means fast decision making. connectivity to be implemented in existing
Dashboards that summarise important data infrastructures.
Angerer: First, define your team. Energy and provide at a glance overviews support the
Management is teamwork and you need to energy team in their objectives for continuous Modern technology that supports the
have people with different roles across improvement. principles and processes of a future Smart
departments on board in order to be Factory – such as significant analysis via big
successful. AUTOMATED: In your opinion, what is the data applications, cloud solutions, which
role big data currently plays or will play in enable collaboration and benchmarking
Then, evaluate, choose and implement an industry in the race for energy efficiency? across facilities or data access everywhere
efficient and innovative energy data and anytime – is preferred.
management system that fulfils your Angerer: The role of big data in industry is
individual requirements in terms of data obviously increasing with the growing masses “ COMPANIES
collection, aggregation, analysis and of data manufacturing companies produce. WANTING TO BE
documentation. MORE ENERGY
When collecting plant data, archiving needs EFFICIENT NEED TO
Finally, consider and follow established to be done on a daily basis. You might ask LOOK AT THE
guidelines like the plan-do-check-act (PDCA) ‘What for? Do I really need all this data?’ EQUIPMENT AND
scheme defined in the international standard ”MACHINERY
ISO 50001 for Energy Management. The answer is ‘Yes’, mainly for compliance AUTOMATED: Finally, a more unusual
and traceability reasons. question. Who is your number one tech
Plan: The first step is to understand the hero and why?
existing situation. Based on energy Let’s look at an example. In a car accident
performance indicators (ENPIs), binding where it looks like the main source of the Angerer: It would probably have to be Dr.
goals and plans are created. accident is a faulty tyre. The insurance Emmett Lathrop – Doc Brown – Ph.D. from the
company will contact the tyre manufacturer to Back to the Future trilogy. He is the only
Do: Implement the plans from Step 1. see if that is the real cause. In order to prove person I know who managed to build an
there was no production failure in this specific efficient time machine from a sports car.
Check: Measure, monitor and document batch, the manufacturer is dependent on the Aren’t we all curious to learn if Marty McFly
results. Were goals reached? Does the historical data stored a long time ago. will indeed return to his future on October 21
production data still correspond with the this year?
guidelines? Accessing the requested data quickly and at
anytime is crucial. The example also shows
Act: Establish and develop successful that the storage system in use is essential.
procedures across the entire organisational Outdated methods like magnetic tapes can’t
system. The corrective action of this phase guarantee quick data access and can be a
forms the starting point for the next PDCA very costly method of storage.
cycle in the ISO 50001 certification process.
At COPA-DATA, we think the answer is a
AUTOMATED: Do you think industrial combined use of a big data system and cloud
automation makes companies more storage. This way, data accessed often can be
energy efficient? stored on premise, whereas long-term data
that is not needed on a daily basis can be
Angerer: Certainly, yes. Without automated stored in the cloud where it is still accessible
processes and automation technology it anytime if needed.
would hardly be possible to access relevant
data needed for deep analysis and Finally, big data plays a crucial role when it
comes to predictive maintenance and its
implications on the efficiency of a production
company.
AUTOMATED: What other up-and-coming
technologies will help companies
become more energy efficient?
Angerer: We believe no single system is or will
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US also play an important role. benchmarking, as well as the identification of be able to achieve all the energy objectives of
weak points and potential for improvements. a company. It will take the combined use of
“ INDUSTRIAL different state-of-the-art technology to deliver
AUTOMATION Another important aspect companies the best results.
ENSURES THAT shouldn’t underestimate is reliable and
ALL DATA AND comprehensive documentation. Industrial Companies wanting to be more energy
EVENTS ARE automation ensures that all data and events efficient need to look at the equipment and
CONTINUOUSLY are continuously recorded – a precondition for machinery, the controls, the HMI/SCADA
RECORDED efficient energy data management. system, the data meters, communication
”AUTOMATED: For companies that don’t protocols and more. It’s also crucial to invest
yet have an energy efficiency Furthermore, automation ensures that energy in software that is hardware-independent and
improvement plan in place, what are and consumption data is accessible in offers the necessary flexibility and
COPA-DATA’s top three tips? real-time, which means fast decision making. connectivity to be implemented in existing
Dashboards that summarise important data infrastructures.
Angerer: First, define your team. Energy and provide at a glance overviews support the
Management is teamwork and you need to energy team in their objectives for continuous Modern technology that supports the
have people with different roles across improvement. principles and processes of a future Smart
departments on board in order to be Factory – such as significant analysis via big
successful. AUTOMATED: In your opinion, what is the data applications, cloud solutions, which
role big data currently plays or will play in enable collaboration and benchmarking
Then, evaluate, choose and implement an industry in the race for energy efficiency? across facilities or data access everywhere
efficient and innovative energy data and anytime – is preferred.
management system that fulfils your Angerer: The role of big data in industry is
individual requirements in terms of data obviously increasing with the growing masses “ COMPANIES
collection, aggregation, analysis and of data manufacturing companies produce. WANTING TO BE
documentation. MORE ENERGY
When collecting plant data, archiving needs EFFICIENT NEED TO
Finally, consider and follow established to be done on a daily basis. You might ask LOOK AT THE
guidelines like the plan-do-check-act (PDCA) ‘What for? Do I really need all this data?’ EQUIPMENT AND
scheme defined in the international standard ”MACHINERY
ISO 50001 for Energy Management. The answer is ‘Yes’, mainly for compliance AUTOMATED: Finally, a more unusual
and traceability reasons. question. Who is your number one tech
Plan: The first step is to understand the hero and why?
existing situation. Based on energy Let’s look at an example. In a car accident
performance indicators (ENPIs), binding where it looks like the main source of the Angerer: It would probably have to be Dr.
goals and plans are created. accident is a faulty tyre. The insurance Emmett Lathrop – Doc Brown – Ph.D. from the
company will contact the tyre manufacturer to Back to the Future trilogy. He is the only
Do: Implement the plans from Step 1. see if that is the real cause. In order to prove person I know who managed to build an
there was no production failure in this specific efficient time machine from a sports car.
Check: Measure, monitor and document batch, the manufacturer is dependent on the Aren’t we all curious to learn if Marty McFly
results. Were goals reached? Does the historical data stored a long time ago. will indeed return to his future on October 21
production data still correspond with the this year?
guidelines? Accessing the requested data quickly and at
anytime is crucial. The example also shows
Act: Establish and develop successful that the storage system in use is essential.
procedures across the entire organisational Outdated methods like magnetic tapes can’t
system. The corrective action of this phase guarantee quick data access and can be a
forms the starting point for the next PDCA very costly method of storage.
cycle in the ISO 50001 certification process.
At COPA-DATA, we think the answer is a
AUTOMATED: Do you think industrial combined use of a big data system and cloud
automation makes companies more storage. This way, data accessed often can be
energy efficient? stored on premise, whereas long-term data
that is not needed on a daily basis can be
Angerer: Certainly, yes. Without automated stored in the cloud where it is still accessible
processes and automation technology it anytime if needed.
would hardly be possible to access relevant
data needed for deep analysis and Finally, big data plays a crucial role when it
comes to predictive maintenance and its
implications on the efficiency of a production
company.
AUTOMATED: What other up-and-coming
technologies will help companies
become more energy efficient?
Angerer: We believe no single system is or will
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