Mindsphere Connect and Monitor Solution Brief

MindSphere Connect and Monitor Solution brief Siemens A packaged solution to To help manufacturers streamline their Challenges adoption of MindSphere, Siemens has streamline your IIoT • Build accurate production built a collection of packaged solutions schedules adoption for customers in different phases of their digitalization journey. The first is • Predict, prevent and quickly Manufacturers are rethinking their the Connect and Monitor Plan, which remediate asset failures operations strategies to maximize helps businesses connect critical assets, production and profits. However, legacy • Consistently meet production goals gain complete operational transparency tools and processes can impede these and take action to optimize perfor- initiatives. With these tools at their Solutions mance and health to maximize disposal, manufacturers lack the opera- • Securely connect machines, production and profits. tional transparency and actionable products, plants and systems insights they need to optimize factory Custom-built solutions aren’t • Simplify corrective actions to meet asset health and performance. the answer production goals Manufacturers can overcome these There are three areas that are of the • Optimize asset performance and challenges by adopting Siemens’ greatest concern to manufacturers: health Mindsphere – a cloud-based, open • Asset profiling and inventory: Internet of Things (IoT) operating Manufacturers commonly lack the Results system that enables you to securely ability to profile and inventory factory connect machines, products, plants • Securely send and store IoT data assets, limiting their insight into and systems. By doing so, you gain asset health and value and making it • Visualize and analyze connected complete, real-time transparency into, harder to build accurate production assets and analysis of asset health and schedules performance. • Identify trends and changes in time series data Solution focus • Limited operational transparency: Connect and Monitor MindAccess IoT Value Plan for your own Even brief periods of unplanned use, or to provide IoT services to other downtime create significant overhead Key solutions and capabilities parties. and cut into profits. With inadequate MindAccess IoT Value Plan transparency into the performance MindAccess IoT Value Plan includes all Visual Flow Creator and health of critical systems, manu- of the elements you need to connect Visual Flow Creator is a browser-based facturers can’t consistently predict, your entire fleet to MindSphere, work flow editor. Build your work flow prevent and quickly remediate asset securely send and store IoT data, and to create rules, define key performance failure visualize and analyze connected assets. indicators (KPIs) and trigger actions, The Asset Manager solution allows you such as email notifications, if defined • Inconsistent performance: A com- to onboard and offboard data ingestion threshold values are exceeded. mon byproduct of managing a fleet points from your account, and configure with limited visibility and assets vary- Visual Explorer assets and asset types. Additional ing in age, type, provider, etc., is Visual Explorer is a browser-based administrative capabilities enable you to inconsistent performance standards. solution that utilizes Tableau® to create manage user rights, permissions and As a result, manufacturers struggle to customized, advanced data visualiza- subtenants. This solution is available in understand the maximum perfor- tions and dashboards from complex three tiers (small, medium and large) mance capability of each asset, and data sets. Visualizations can be shared depending on the scope of your imple- thus have difficultly consistently internally and externally to expedite mentation. You can leverage the meeting production goals Many manufacturers are attempting to overcome these challenges by custom building proprietary applications. However, these applications commonly fail to provide sufficient visibility, require significant personnel and monetary resources and are difficult to maintain and improve over time. The solution: Industrial IoT platform as a service MindSphere provides visibility into maintenance history and automated alerts, delivers recommended solutions and simplifies the corrective actions your teams need to meet production goals and prevent unplanned downtime. With vast experience developing industrial solutions, Siemens provides the expertise needed to deliver new value from connected machines. data driven decision making that will improve the overall health of connected assets. Using Visual Explorer empowers every user in your company, regardless of their skill set, to easily access, analyze and quickly interpret large amounts of data. With creator and viewer accounts available, Visual Explorer has options to build visualizations or use predefined libraries for immediate visualizations that suit your needs. Key services Implementation Implementation services involve connecting your data sources to MindSphere, including data collection, agent onboarding and data model configuration. Basic enablement Learn about MindSphere essentials, such as tenancy and connectivity Condition monitoring Begin your journey options. Get started using MindSphere Identify and report faults in managed MindSphere makes it easy for you to components like Visual Flow Creator critical assets by tracking identified key overcome operational challenges, like and Visual Explorer. parameters/aspects, including vibration, limited transparency, inconsistent temperature, etc. When these param- performance and unplanned asset Success management eters deviate from expected norms, you failure. In the long run, it also creates Ongoing support and consultation to can pinpoint and act on performance opportunities for expanding your use of guide you through your digitalization and health issues that may lead to the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) journey and help you get the most out asset failure. and digitalizing your business. of your MindSphere implementation. Asset performance management Configuration Compare real-time KPIs against estab- Receive support for building powerful lished baseline patterns to help you workflows in Visual Flow Creator and make sure that identified asset goals are gaining valuable insights from dash- consistently being met. Over time, you boards in Visual Explorer. can continuously improve asset performance by recalibrating baseline data Use cases according to more refined measure- Asset management ments of optimal performance ranges. Identify, classify, profile, inventory and track physical assets – all to provide service in the most cost-effective manner. By doing so, you can collect asset data (including production measures and quality, operating hours and more) to build more accurate Siemens production schedules and better under- www.siemens.com/mindsphere stand asset availability. Americas +1 314 264 8499 Europe +44 (0) 1276 413200 Asia-Pacific +852 2230 3333 © 2019 Siemens AG. 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