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The command center with zenon Centralising applications for controlling and monitoring individual machines or even entire enterprises is hugely beneficial for companies. Discover how you can make your employees’ work easier while you save money and reduce downtime.
WH Y O P E R ATI N G EQ U I P M E NT LO C A LLY I S N O LO N G E R E N O U G H In many food production companies, applications for line management, the monitoring of auxiliary equipment, process control, the individual HMIs and the like are still considered to be isolated from one another and are operated and run as such. This causes major challenges. Employees often have to dig really deep to be able to get an overview of and operate the various systems. What’s more, the resulting data is not centralized and analysed collectively, meaning that a huge amount of potential is still being wasted, especially now. The ability to control and monitor equipment and applications centrally is becoming increasingly important.
Many companies need to deploy their employees more efficiently – and not just for financial reasons. The fewer employees required on site at any one time, the better – not only to meet legal requirements, but also to make sure employees are available in the event of any crises. TH E P RO B LE M WITH E M E RG E N C Y SO LU TI O N S Backup and emergency solutions, such as remote desktop technology or similar approaches, give companies a remote operation option, but this often results in more stumbling blocks. In any case, this does not resolve the problem of data standardisation. It would be possible to save the data from the various systems in a common
