The Changing Role of the Operator
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Driving Higher Value
The way operators perform their work has evolved, and they have become an increasingly more critical part of today’s business processes.
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The Changing Role of the Operator
The way operators perform their work has evolved, and they have become an increasingly more critical part of today’s business processes—significantly changing the way you operate and adding more value than ever before. The operator’s role has shifted from being purely functional to highly analytical, and they need tools to collect, connect, and act upon vast amounts of production data.
GE Intelligent Platforms understands this paradigm shift, and we’re here to help you leverage the changing role of the operator. Being at the forefront of advanced automation technology, our open and integrated Proficy software solutions deliver powerful analytics and intelligence—empowering operators to:
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Analyze large volumes of information from many sources
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Make objective decisions based on complex, real-time information
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Understand the system to solve problems quickly and effectively
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Proactively drive change for greater operational efficiency
Driving Operator Effectiveness and Intelligence
GE’s Proficy HMI/SCADA software solutions offer easy-to-use, off-the-shelf analytics and informational tools that help operators quickly leverage HMI/SCADA data with more intelligence—driving higher value of such data with alarms, events and process information. Our unique features support the way today’s operators need to work, focusing on how they interact with the system, to enable better, faster and more informed decision-making:
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Added Attention and Focus – Replacing screens with 500 data points, operators can leverage Proficy’s new features in runtime screens with contextualized help, automatic focusing scripts, and enhanced process visualizations.
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Easy Sharing and Replay Functionality – Operators can share data by email, capture moments in time, and record data and screen activity for easy team collaboration.
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Web Interfaces – Operators can view, control, and troubleshoot their system with full functionality from anywhere, providing mobility that is vital for increased productivity and collaboration.
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Historical Trending – Proficy’s dynamic control of objects on the screens enables operators to analyze issues, identify root causes, and take actions to avoid future problems.
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Automatic Analytics – Analytics tools enable operators to reduce their time to action via constant analysis into real-time alarm information and comparisons against historical models to direct the operator to what is wrong and why.
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Predictive Analytics – With intelligent preemptive alarm and failure events, operators can proactively avoid process issues and downtime.
Looking ahead
Proficy supports today’s operators into the future with a solid, scalable HMI/SCADA platform that also enables digitized workflows, remote access, and knowledge sharing. It provides the right tools for operators to leverage and act upon powerful analytics—increasing business performance for a sustainable competitive advantage.
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