Production Management
FactoryTalk Batch
Overview
Optimization of Batch Manufacturing Processes
FactoryTalk Batch provides efficient, predictable batch processing, consistency between batches, and generation of event information during batch runs. FactoryTalk Batch process management lets you reuse code, recipes, phases, and logic between processes with similar procedures. FactoryTalk Batch brings all facets of batch automation and process management together, providing the most comprehensive batch management software available.
FactoryTalk Batch can improve quality and increase production in many industries such as chemical, pharmaceutical, food, beverage, heavy industry, and pulp and paper.
FactoryTalk Batch combines the ISA S88.01 standard with proven technology that provides the flexibility you need to supply your product to market faster.
With FactoryTalk Batch, you can:
- Create and manage recipes and execute them automatically
- Reduce the hours needed for validating and commissioning
- Configure physical and procedural models
- Integrate with a wide variety of complementary software applications
- Collect detailed electronic batch data about your process to generate detailed reports
- Integrate and exchange batch and recipe information with corporate information systems
- Simulate your entire batch process
The FactoryTalk Batch modules include:
- eProcedure™
eProcedure automates manual procedures using an interactive, web-based interface to sequence and document manufacturing operations. eProcedure provides the consistency of automated controls in manual operations. eProcedure executes recipe instruction, controls the resources of the process cell, displays instructions to operators, and logs all responses. eProcedure is complementary to existing systems and supports both stationary and mobile operations, enabling companies to use their existing intranet without requiring additional hardware.
- MaterialTrack™
MaterialTrack brings just-in-time material management to batch execution systems, allowing more effective management of materials and recipes. MaterialTrack provides plant-level material management and tracking, and integrates with company-wide inventory management systems. It complements ERP-level resource management by collecting the detailed material and equipment tracking information needed for optimizing your supply chain and e-business fulfillment.
- The FactoryTalk Batch applications include:
- FactoryTalk Batch Equipment Editor — Graphically specifies your physical equipment
- FactoryTalk Batch Recipe Editor — Graphically specifies the procedures necessary to create your master recipes
- FactoryTalk Batch View — Operator interface that communicates with your FactoryTalk Batch Server
- FactoryTalk Batch Server — Executes the recipes and coordinates communications between elements that make up your control system
- FactoryTalk Batch Simulator — Simulates and tests your recipes against specific equipment without a connection to the physical process
- FactoryTalk Batch Archiver — Transfers your real-time electronic batch data to any ODBC-compatible database