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I N P R O C E S S Game On! Siemens launches Plantville. Online game simulates a plant manager’s experience trying to achieve maximum efficiency, productivity, sustainability and overall plant health. So you think you can run the plant better than your boss? Well, here’s your chance to find out. Siemens Industry has launched Plantville, a new online gaming platform that simulates the experience of being a plant manager. Players are faced with the challenge of maintaining the operation of their plant while trying to improve the productivity, efficiency, sustainability and overall health of their facility. Plantville enables players to improve the health of their plants by learning about and applying industrial and infrastructure products and solutions from Siemens. Gamers will be measured on a number of key performance indicators (KPIs), including safety, on-time delivery, quality, energy management and employee satisfaction. “Siemens is capitalizing on the tremendous growth of online engagement to demonstrate how our expertise can make industry and infrastructure more competitive by increasing sustainability, energy efficiency and productivity in a fun and educational environment,” said Daryl Dulaney, president and CEO, Siemens Industry. “We also hope Plantville will generate excitement in the areas of math, science and technology, while inspiring a new generation of plant managers and engineers.” Throughout the game, players will be able to interact with Pete the Plant Manager, whose plant has just won the “Plant of the Year” award. Pete shares his best practices throughout the game to help players achieve outstanding results in plant performance. He will use webisodes, the Plantville Café, Puzzlers and Facebook, LinkedIn and Twitter accounts to dialogue with gamers, provide hints to playing the game, and host a leader board for contestants. In Plantville, players can select which of the three virtual plants they would like to manage first: a bottling plant, a vitamin plant or a plant that builds trains. At the start of the game, each type of plant is faced with different challenges. The players must identify the challenges facing their plant and implement solutions to improve the plant’s KPIs. Gamers will compete with one another on a number of levels, including plant-toplant and on specific KPIs. Pete’s leader board will keep track of which players are performing the best on each of the levels. Pete’s Puzzlers. These brain teasers test a gamer’s problem-solving abilities and provide tips to enhance their play. Players attempt to solve a puzzle or problem, and in doing so get new insights for enhancing their plant’s performance. The first person to correctly answer the puzzler will receive bonus points, and will be recognized on the Plantville Facebook page. Plantville Café. The Café is a fun and educational platform within the game that offers periodic online chat sessions with Pete on topics such as process control, energy efficiency, industrial networking and more. Chat sessions will be kept in a library as a resource for current and future players. The sessions will enable gamers to collect tips that will help them manage their plants in Plantville more effectively, while also learning more about these topics and associated solutions. Plantville, like the plants within it, will undergo updates and changes. Siemens will continue to develop and enhance this innovative platform to reflect the continuing advancement of its technologies, as well as other elements that change or have an impact on industry and infrastructure. For more information or to play Plantville, visit www.plantville.com. Fieldbus Foundation Holds 2011 General Assembly in Mumbai The Fieldbus Foundation reports that its 2011 General Assembly, held March 9-10 in Mumbai, attracted nearly 500 suppliers and end users of Foundation fieldbus technology, making it the largest event in the foundation’s history India was selected as the site for the 2011 event because it’s the world’s fastest growing market for process automation and the overwhelming demand for Foundation fieldbus technology in the area. Many of the world’s largest Foundation fieldbus 24 www.controlglobal.com A p r i l / 2 0 1 1
Harnessing The Power Process Gas Chromatograph Yokogawa continues its 50-year tradition of on-line analytical measurement excellence with the new GC8000 process gas chromatograph. From the innovative 12-inch color touch screen HMI, to the powerful Virtual Technician predictive diagnostics, the GC8000 is truly a process GC for the 21st century. The GC8000 uses the same proven analytical hardware found in our previous model of GC; recognized for its reliable and precise performance. But with the GC8000, the analytical possibilities are greatly expanded through its multiple oven capability. The GC Module (GCM) concept makes parallel chromatography practical for the first time by gathering all indiviual parameters for each application into their own separate software section. Furthermore, the GC8000 is fully compatible with redundant Ethernet networks and can be easily scaled from a few GCs to over 200 units connected to the plant DCS system. Let the power of the new GC8000 process gas chromatograph from Yokogawa tackle your on-line measurement applications. www.gc8000.com AD41103 Yokogawa Corporation of America 800-447-9656 www.yokogawa.com/us
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