People
Exposure to critical operations, risk areas or tasks that can be handled better through mechanization, automation or control.
The ProgramANN approach, end to end
From an industrial problem to a solution that understands the process.
ProgramANN does not start from a predetermined technology. It starts from the problem, builds the solution the process requires and, when it adds value, incorporates control and information to better understand what is happening.
Problem→Solution→Operation→Data→Intelligence
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The problem
In an industrial process, what is not controlled ends up depending on variability, intervention and decisions made without visibility.
The starting point is not automation for its own sake. It is identifying where the process loses safety, time, money, consistency or information.
Processes
Lost time, downtime, variability, inconsistent sequences or excessive dependence on manual intervention.
Costs
Errors, waste, rework and other economic consequences that directly affect the result.
Information
Data that does not exist, is not captured or is not transformed into a useful view of what is actually happening.
Without process visibility, understanding and improving it becomes much harder.
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What ProgramANN does
We do not start with a technology. We start with the problem.
The solution may be a special machine, automation, equipment integration, modernization or a control system. The technology is selected after understanding what the process actually needs.
Understand
We understand the problem, the operation, its constraints and the result that actually matters.
Design
We define a solution that is technically viable, manufacturable, maintainable and economically reasonable.
Integrate
We combine mechanics, electricity, electronics, control and software according to what the problem requires.
Implement
We build, integrate, test and adjust the solution until it operates in the real world.
PProgramANN proprietary technology
ProgramANN develops its own control and automation architecture, which can connect machines, devices, sensors and data when that integration adds value to the process.
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ProgramANN SAVE4
A solution can create value in four different ways.
SAVE4 is a way of looking at the impact of a solution on the process. A project may contribute in one, several or all four dimensions.
People, time, money and intelligence.
The goal is not to fill a machine with technology. It is to solve the process better and, when appropriate, turn what used to be a poorly visible operation into information that makes it possible to understand and keep improving it.
Save People focuses on reducing unnecessary exposure. Save Intelligence moves the operation toward greater understanding, control and capacity for improvement.
SAVE PEOPLEReduce exposure and improve safety.
SAVE TIMEReduce lost time and unnecessary intervention.
SAVE INTELLIGENCETurn operation into useful information.
SAVE MONEYReduce avoidable economic consequences.
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Real capability
Experience ranges from a specific machine to a complete production process.
The capability is not in one isolated discipline, but in integrating the ones required for the solution to work in reality.
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Machine
Specific operation.
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Cell / process
Equipment integration.
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Production line
Greater coordination and complexity.
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Complete process
Integrated management and control.
Special machines
Design, construction, automation and control for operations that do not have an adequate standard solution.
Automated specific processes
Equipment where mechanics, drive systems, safety and control work as one solution.
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The complete idea
Solving the problem is the beginning. Understanding the process better opens the next layer of value.
When a solution controls the physical world and also generates useful information, the process stops being a black box.
ProblemA specific industrial need.
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SolutionMachine, integration, automation or control.
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DataProcess variables, states and events.
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IntelligenceUnderstand, control and improve.
ProgramANN aims to turn real industrial problems into solutions that work, generate information and make the controlled process easier to understand.