XHQ Introduction - Siemens

SIMATIC IT XHQOperational Intelligence for Real-Time Decision MakingSIMATIC IT XHQsimatic ITXHQThe future of your business relies on your ability to see the presentWith SIMATIC IT XHQ your employees, throughout your organization, can haveat their fingertips the information and knowledge to unlock hidden operationalperformance improvements through web based technology. SIMATIC IT XHQprovides real-time information when it is needed and where it is needed.s

SIMATIC IT XHQOperational Intelligence for Real-Time Decision MakingIndustry ChallengesIn today’s world managers at all levels and disciplineswithin manufacturing are being asked to do more withless. Volatility in markets for raw materials andmanufactured products, as well as transportation,environmental, and capacity constraints are placingnew stresses on manufacturers. More than ever before,industrial companies have the need to make betterinformed decisions, as well as provide a faster responseto situations as they arise. Thus manufacturers arestruggling to make sense of a torrent of data flowingfrom their automation and information technologysystems. In order to realize the full value that can begained from the capture of this raw data, manufacturersneed to have an understanding of the greatersignificance of the data.Technology ChallengeHundreds of computers, thousands of users, millionsof records… These are the IT environments in today’smanufacturing organizations. The right balance ofamount of data and performance to access it is a criticalissue. Technology infrastructures need to keepmanufacturing operations under control, archivinggenealogy records, calculating performance indicatorsand storing and distributing production reports, but atthe same time responding to the virtually unlimitednumber of users that require this data (in differentcombination, aggregation and context) to make theirdecisions in a fast and reliable way.SIMATIC IT XHQSIMATIC IT XHQ provides the tool to enable the decisionmakers at all levels to make better, faster, more informeddecisions to drive the overall performance of theenterprise. As a result of role based web views the sameapplication is shared by the CEO as well as the Managerof Maintenance. SIMATIC IT XHQ provides industrialmanufacturers with a means to positively impact thebottom line through timely, better informed decisionsabout manufacturing operations. It enables plant floorand operations personnel, as well as seniormanagement, to monitor real-time performance againstbusiness goals, by providing a common view of all criticalbusiness and operational data from disparate sourcesthroughout the enterprise.Helps Business and Production Personnel to deliverManufacturing Excellence:Business decisionsUp-to-date information on operations performancelet Managers take necessary decisions based on e.g.financial impactBroad status views of production critical assets letPersonnel adapt business plans in real-time and avoidfinancial lossesDefine actual cost of production versus budget ofbusinessProduction decisionsDefine which underperforming assets can berationalizedIdentify the best and worst performing assetsAnalyze, isolate and improve OEE variancesOperation decisionsKPIs help to quickly identify inefficiencies and theirpossible causesIncrease proactively the Overall Equipment Efficiency(OEE)Performing against production and business targetsSIMATIC IT XHQ BenefitsImproved decision making process within all plant levelsA single, coherent view of real time informationSupports broader access to plant information and KPI & BalancedScorecard informationA platform for the identification, capture and replication of bestpractices across the enterpriseMeans to focus on problem areas with data views and drill downsFacilitates remote monitoring & support troubleshootingAllows data access without knowing source applicationConsistent plant-wide metricsPersonalized role-based contentRapidly developed, easily modifiedDeveloped and supported by non-IT personnel

SIMATIC IT XHQ Brief DescriptionLeveraging knowledge of emerging informationtechnologies and factory automation, SIMATIC ITXHQ takes a unique patented approach in deliveringan industrial strength information integrationenvironment.By adopting a non-intrusive approach and lightlytapping into a variety of real-time and diverse backenddata sources including: automation systems,data historians, MES operational databases, ERP andfinancial accounting systems, laboratory informationmanagement systems (LIMS), asset conditionmonitoring systems, warehouse managementsystems, and relational databases; information iscollected, aggregated, combined with other data,put into role-based context, and presented to usersthrough live, animated views accessible from anyPC on the companies intranet or extranet.SIMATIC IT XHQ solutions are built by combiningsimple, reusable components and their graphicalrepresentations to create a comprehensiveinformation model and rich, intuitive displays.Information components and their graphicalrepresentations are reused from one unit or plantto the next. Changes to the base definitions areinherited (and automatically updated) wherever thecomponents are used.This efficiency means even large and complexSIMATIC IT XHQ applications can be easilymaintained by one or two stewards from the usercommunity with the periodic, but regular,involvement of one IT person.SIMATIC IT XHQ Product CharacteristicsSIMATIC IT XHQ has many characteristics key to thelong term success of an Operations Intelligencesolution with many unique to the patented SIMATICIT XHQ product platform.Designed for the Enterprise with role basedsecurity, high availability and multi-site solutions. Itsupports content localization and integration withenterprise portals.Engineered for High-end Scalability and WideDistribution minimizing network bandwidth andCPU loads, maximizing numbers of concurrent users,optimizing inefficient query habits of large usergroups. Users are spared the complexities ofdedicated user interfaces of narrowly focusedapplications.Focused on Minimizing TCO with an unprecedentedlevel of reusability leveraging industry libraries(through patented model-based approach). Changesto components and displays are propagatedautomatically, while the configuration environmentis centrally managed. It is based on a ZeroAdministration run-time environment. Thearchitecture cleanly separates user, technical/IT andbusiness/domain communities involvement.Built as a Platform for Solutions with IntelligencePacks that provides out-of-the-box configurableinformation models and role-based views. It providespowerful extensibility capabilities to allow technicalstaff to extend solutions (Web services, ADO.NET,APIs, toolkits…)Fully Leverage the Domain and Business Expertsthrough a Model-based approach that facilitatesrapid evolution and incremental development ofthe solution. Users can develop based on standardinformation models with customization ability tomeet their unique requirements.

XHQ Product ComponentsSIMATIC IT XHQ is a fully web-based platform that iscomprised of several major components:Content Development Tools: Catalog and ComponentBuilder (for defining Information Model), View Builder(develop role-based view) and Converter (integratedaccess to SCADA GUIs), Solution Builder (to connectback-end systems + applications), Composer (for creatingpresentation content without using the Java applet).Industry Content: Intelligence packs for capturing bestpractices and Industrial “Clip Art” for rich visualizations.Alert Notification System: For monitoring keyperformance indicators, personalized for user-roles. E-Mail and SMS notifications, logs and summaries alsointegrated into SIMATIC IT XHQ views.Connector toolkit for additional connectivity: Rich setof standard and custom connectors (ODBC, JDBC, MSSQL, Oracle, XML, OPC DA/HDA, DDE, OSI PI, InfoPlus21, Honeywell PHD, SAP R/3 BAPI, Documentum).Extensibility: Web services access to integratedinformation services of SIMATIC IT XHQ, Plug-ins forMicrosoft Excel, APIs (application programminginterfaces) for extension of SIMATIC IT XHQ applications.Operations management is provided a wealth ofaggregated, integrated information:Key operational KPIsDaily cost and margin information for the plantProduction and utilization rates for major unitsElectricity and fuel usageInventory levels of crude and productsSafety statistics & environmental measuresMaintenance summary informationA single, coherent view in real-time that enables oneto see the current health of operations at a glance…if something is out of step, in a single click thesummary view can be drilled into and disaggregated toinvestigate the underlying issues.SIMATIC IT XHQ supports deployments with 100,000sof tags; millions of database and business applicationrecords; thousands of converted SCADA system graphics;1000s of users.Administration: To improve the overall availability andadministration of a SIMATIC IT XHQ solution and toprovide view usage statistics within the XHQ platform.Find out more:www.siemens.com/mes-simaticithttp://sg.siemens.com/oilgasconsulting/Pages/Index.aspxThe information provided in this brochure contains merelygeneral descriptions or characteristics of performancewhich in case of actual use do not always apply as describedor which may change as a result of further developmentof the products. An obligation to provide the respectivecharacteristics shall only exist if expressly agreed in the termsof contract.All product designations may be trademarks or product namesof Siemens AG or supplier companies whose use by third partiesfor their own purposes could violate the rights of the owners.Energy Sector, Oil and Gas DivisionSiemensSiemensAGPte LtdAutomation The Siemens and Drives Centre60, MacPherson RoadSingapore 348615DID +65 6490 6794sUS helpline: FAX +65 6490 67951 800 oilgasconsulting.sg@siemens.com333 7421 option # 3Website: www.sea.siemens.com/mesOrder No. Exxxxx-Axxx-Pxxx-X-xxxxDispo xxxxxxx.xx.xx.xxxx.xx.x.xx SD xxxxx.xPrinted in GermanyEurope helpline:+49 (0) 180 5050 111Website: www.siemens.com/simatic-it© Siemens AG 2007Subject to change without prior noticeSIMATIC is a registered trademark of Siemens AG.d