TCO Auto
Automation, DCS and industrial interfaces
You want to automate a line, deploy a DCS, integrate robots, interface your PLCs with your ERP.
Profitable automation is chosen. It isn’t deployed by default.
I designed and steered this type of project for 7 years in production. Rockwell, Emerson DeltaV, CPI9000, robots, DCS-to-SAP-PP interface.
Design, steering and commissioning of the first automated urea dispensing unit (DDU) in France: €760K investment, documented 18-month ROI. Several other automation projects steered: manufacturing tanks with +25% productivity (€1.8M, 3-year ROI), automated scraping, drum robotics. Command of both the OT layers (PLCs / DCS) and the IT layers (SAP PP interface via Oracle middleware).
6 areas of intervention in industrial automation
Installation assessment
Audit of the existing installations: PLCs (brand, generation, obsolescence), sensors, DCS, interfaces, safety level (SIL). Prioritized recommendations.
Specifications
Writing the functional and technical specification to put integrators into competition. Process specs, operational safety, security, acceptance testing, training.
Project steering
End-to-end project steering: integrator sourcing (Actemium, Equans, Spie, Eiffage), milestone tracking, committees, gap management, platform and site acceptance.
DCS-to-SAP interface
Design and steering of two-way DCS / SAP PP interfaces via Oracle middleware. Orders pushed down, consumption reported up, real-time stock entry.
Commissioning and testing
Steering the test phases: FAT at the integrator’s plant, SAT on site, process acceptance, validation of compliance with the spec, user training before go-live.
Maintenance handover
An organized handover to the maintenance and automation teams: documentation, CMMS coding, training, preventive maintenance plan, on-call rotas.
A robot doesn’t fix a process. It industrializes it.
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