Case Study: Large Enterprise Mining Company improves process integration by 20-30%

Challenges

Wonderware products that are integrated with Microsoft technologies allow for:

• Better visibility of plant operations
• Better integration between plant and enterprise (business systems)
• Better integration between plant and controls (automation)
• Easier acquisition of Microsoft products (SQL Server)

Use Case

Uses the following Wonderware software products:

• Wonderware Historian
• Wonderware InTouch

In the metals, materials, and mining industry. Currently using the following Microsoft products:

• Microsoft SQL Server
• Windows OS’s

Results

• Takes advantage of the partnership of Microsoft and Wonderware Software in the following ways:
• Easily acquire and use SQL Server
• Found that the following capabilities differentiated Wonderware Software from the competition:
• Integration capabilities (business to automation, MES to controls)
• Realized the following benefits due to the Microsoft/Wonderware partnership alliance:
• Improved process or operational visibility
• Saw the following improvements due to the Wonderware/Microsoft partnership:
• Improved technology adoption and usage: over 30%
• Improved product/process integration: 20-30%

Source: TechValidate. TVID: 96C-590-FED 

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