Support and Partners - Ninety Five

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21^st Century Manufacturing Solutions LLC (21CMS) is an internationally recognized independent consulting firm for manufacturing operation management (MOM) best practices, methods and associated systems. 21CMS services optimize manufacturing operations and supply chain by assembling top international experts from MOM standards community.

21CMS is led by Chief Manufacturing Consultant, Charlie Gifford. As a Total Quality Management (TQM) Facilitator and PAT (Process Action Team) Leader, Mr. Gifford lead over 50 continuous improvement projects and over $30 MM in advanced MOM systems globally.

As an internationally recognized expert in combining Lean Manufacturing practices with MOM Systems, his background includes hands-on design, design supervision and team leadership in Production Transformation.

MOM best practices applied for 27+ years as an end user for 13 years, system integrator/consultant for 10, & software vendor for 4
As an industry leader in professional organizations such as ISA, Supply Chain Council and MESA International, he is a primary contributor and approved trainer for international MOM standards, such as ISA-88, ISA-95, MESA, OAGIS, and SCOR models
Over 35 papers and coauthored 6 books published
Founder and Chairman of the ISA-95/MESA Best Practices Working Group, he was Chief Editor and Contributing Author for the book, Hitchhikers Guide to Manufacturing Operations Management: ISA- 95 Best Practices Book 1.0 and When Worlds Collide: ISA-95 Best Practices Book 2.0.
Awarded 2007 MESA International Outstanding Contributor Award

Het XiaK bundelt een uitgebreide kennis en expertise binnen de voornaamste domeinen van de industriële automatisering: Hardware, communication, control engineering, software development en total plant management.

Er is enerzijds een nauwe verbondenheid met de masteropleiding Elektrotechniek-Automatisering aan de Hogeschool West-Vlaanderen. Anderzijds is er een vruchtbare samenwerking met het industrieel weefsel.

Zo worden heel wat opleidingen, workshops en studiedagen met en voor onze industriële partners georganiseerd. Verschillende onderzoeksprojecten zorgen voor het opbouwen en onderhouden van de knowhow. Via deze toegepaste projecten is het mogelijk om de steeds vernieuwende technologieën op de voet te blijven volgen. Tot de recentste onderwerpen behoren draadloze communicatie, industrieel ethernet, Radio Frequency Identification (RFID), safety en Manufacturing Execution System (MES).

Industrial communication has in the last 10 years become a key point in modern industry. A continually growing number of manufacturing companies desire, even require, totally integrated systems. This integration extends from electronic automation field devices (PLC, microcontrollers) to Human Machine Interfaces (HMI) culminating into supervision, trending, and alarm software applications (SCADA & MES). Industrial communication is implemented from field management via process management to Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) applications (business management).

The list of products, which allow a totally integrated solution, is limited because of a lack of platform independency. In commercial situations developers sometimes choose a particular platform only because it is one of the available communication options.

International industrial standards are becoming more important especially in the last 10 years. In 1996 the OPC Foundation was founded.The OPC Foundation focusses on interoperability between industrial equipment and software of the various vendors. The OPC standards became very successful for industrial communication. While the classical, DCOM based specifications are implemented on Windows, the OPC Unified Architecture is an enhancement to provide platform-independence (Embedded systems, Unix, VxWorks etc..), language independence (C++, ANSI C, Java, C#, .NET) and modern security.

This research project aims to facilitate implementations of the OPC Unified Architecture on different platforms, sometimes with a PC in between, sometimes directly on the controller. The research group will provide both support for development and support for configuration of existing products and beta versions for interoperability sessions. Windows will not be abandoned, but treated as one of the target platforms.

ISA (International Society of Automation) is a leading, global, nonprofit organization. The headquarter is located partly in North Carolina, USA and partly in Europe, with its office in Eindhoven, Netherlands. ISA sets the standard for automation, having more than 30,000 members worldwide and helps professionals solve difficult technical problems. ISA develops standards, certifies industry professionals, provide training and education, publishes books and technical articles, and organizes conferences and exhibitions for automation professionals.

ISA provides its members unparalleled access to technical information, professional development and networking opportunities with other professionals in the automation. Besides these unique benefits supports a non-profit membership organization for the promotion and professional recognition in the automation.

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