How can you increase your productivity?

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1 How can you increase your productivity? The integrated software solution COMOS supports holistic engineering and operations for your plant and equipment. Answers for industry

2 Our claim Integrated Intelligence Integrated because COMOS is the only solution in the marketplace that seamlessly bridges the gap between integrated engineering and integrated operations, from the design stage through to the operational phase. Intelligence because... COMOS is the only software concept that provides intelligent and consistent data management on a worldwide basis. Once parameters have been assigned to an object, they are available to all stakeholders everywhere, all the time. The future of asset management Increasing international competition makes the constant enhancement of quality and productivity a must for plant operators and companies that engage in plant construction. Due to enormous cost and time pressure, workflows have to be efficiently carried out in parallel. The key success factors for reaching these goals are continuous innovation and consistent data management through an optimum software concept. COMOS is the solution that helps realize these objectives by providing future-proof software for holistic asset management over the full lifecycle of industrial plant and equipment. Complex requirements in a dynamic world economy Today s plant operators and plant construction companies are faced with immense challenges. On the one hand, stringent and ever more complex statutory requirements for safety and environmental standards have to be met. On the other hand, clients expect custom-tailored, top-quality products at attractive prices while the time to market keeps shrinking. Decentralized, worldwide production facilities require central monitoring and control so that decisions can be made and communicated within minutes. From the market and enterprise viewpoint, these challenges require plant operators and plant construction companies to adopt solutions that enable them to realize their potential and address their needs across multiple industries and target groups. From integrated engineering to integrated operations COMOS uniquely enables you to integrate your project assets across the complete lifecycle of an industrial plant and its equipment. Our unified COMOS data platform provides plant engineers, construction companies and operators with a seamless information flow of project-relevant data 2 across all corporate levels and project stages. We are the only software vendor in the world, who is able to deliver a universal, globally integrated software solution. Your benefits: more efficient workflows, higher productivity and increased quality; all this through the optimal interaction of engineering and operations domains. Continuing innovation since 1991 We developed COMOS software on the basis of many years experience meeting the needs of diverse industries successful years during which we continuously acquired multiple competencies and fed these lessons learned into our software while focusing our attention on meeting our customers real-world requirements. This background ensures that COMOS is today, and will in the future continue to reflect leading edge technology. In addition, COMOS is provided through Siemens and embedded in it organizationally as an independent business segment within the Industrial Automation Systems business unit. With COMOS, separate worlds of plant engineering and automation are being merged for the first time. Our integrated end-to-end solution enables both the process and manufacturing industries to optimize project workflows and launch new products faster. 3

3 Energy & Power Oil & Gas Pharmaceutical Chemical Discrete Manufacturing Process Industries COMOS deployed worldwide in a multitude of industries Reliability in all disciplines Innovation and investment protection offer perspectives for profitable growth Innovation and investment protection are two mainstays of corporate management and planning that reduce operating expense and increase operational efficiency. We are addressing these goals so that you can enhance your competitiveness and growth while augmenting your return on investment. COMOS is the only software solution worldwide that seamlessly maps the entire lifecycle of industrial plant and equipment on a single database. You will establish a comprehensive, globally integrable software solution that substantially lowers your engineering, operating and modernization costs. 4 COMOS offers intelligent solutions and services well adapted to your business processes and industry-specific workflows. Our comprehensive, innovative solution portfolio can be employed in each lifecycle phase, from design to construction to commissioning and operation to maintenance and revamping. And just as importantly, you can acquire all of these solutions from a single vendor. priority when devising new solutions for smoothly integrating our software into your existing IT landscape. We have regional companies and branch offices around the globe. Regardless where your facility is located, we have staff available to support you during all stages of your project. We will discuss your initial situation in a personal dialogue and develop a custom-tailored solution concept. Innovation based on experience Our research and development activities are geared for offering efficient, sophisticated solution approaches. We are able to draw on many years of global experience in asset management in a wide variety of industries. Our development teams leverage proven expertise to convert market demands into novel, customer-oriented solutions for your benefit. System compatibility is our top Benefit from our comprehensive, innovative software solution and service portfolio! 5

4 COMOS enables you to realize your plant s full potential through object orientation Integrated, consistent plant and equipment engineering Engineering process optimization Reduction of process lead times Realization of an efficient asset management strategy Flexible application options in all disciplines and lifecycle phases of your plant project Shorter development cycles for new products and processes Virtual and physical plant environments are being brought closer together Integrated collaboration of all technical disciplines throughout the asset lifecycle Revolution in asset management Technological edge through object orientation Siemens is the only vendor who can implement holistic asset management across a complete industrial plant and equipment lifecycle using a unified data platform. We view your asset in a function-oriented manner rather than by separate technical disciplines. We are now complementing the fully integrated engineering processes that we have supported for many years with fully integrated operations and maintenance workflows. Common standards and freely configurable interfaces make for an open architecture, enabling smooth collaboration among different systems. This bridges the gap between mere software integration and genuine interoperability. COMOS maps the entire lifecycle of industrial plant or equipment on a single database and thus supports the optimum interplay of all disciplines in each lifecycle phase. This results in a virtual office where all stakeholders can access up-to-date, complete and consistent data at all times, ensuring worldwide intercommunication, joint decision-making, as well as fast and targeted incident response. 6 Interlinking the virtual and physical worlds: The digital plant Optimizing production processes is increasingly handled through the digital plant, which helps enhance productivity and gain competitive advantage. In order to achieve these results, you need to digitally mirror the status of your hardware and software solutions in an engineering system. Within this image, you can plan maintenance and overhaul activities for subsequent execution in the real plant. Conversely, any changes made to the real plant can be easily transferred to the virtual asset data inventory. This interlinkage of the digital and physical plant opens up new dimensions in mechanical and plant engineering as well as design. Future-proof asset management requires you to view your plant in a function-oriented manner rather than by separate technical disciplines. Our object-oriented solution is based on an unbroken, end-to-end data flow. Object orientation enables you to holistically describe a component or object and provide each of the disciplines that work on your plant project with a dedicated component view of the overall project. The graphical and alphanumeric representations within the database constitute an entity the object. This guarantees that all requisite data and properties of a specific object will be available, in up-to-date form, to all entitled users anywhere and anytime they are needed. An unrestricted flow of information is ensured throughout the lifecycle of plant or equipment from the design stage to operations and extensions to decommissioning. This approach facilitates substantial quality improvements that significantly contribute to workflow optimization. 7

5 How you benefit from a consistent database Interdisciplinary collaboration across all corporate levels Convenient operation and easy handling of large volumes of data Smooth integration into existing IT landscapes End-to-end data management and consistently up-to-date asset documentation Cross-site workflows Interoperability through open system architecture Reduced time to market We link different universes through a shared database The system openness, unified database and high scalability of our COMOS solutions for integrated plant engineering and operations enable you to support and realize your plant project objectives on a global basis. Transparency through consistent data management COMOS transcends the boundaries between all disciplines involved in a plant project by facilitating a seamless flow of information without data loss during handover between various project lifecycle phases. This approach enables you to manage your project on an end-to-end basis and deliver plant documentation so that all relevant data and information items are available in up-to-date form wherever they are needed around the clock. You can even execute cross-site projects easily. COMOS creates the prerequisites for an efficient workflow and facilitates interdisciplinary collaboration on a shared data platform across all technical departments of an enterprise. In short, it will 8 intelligent interface technology facilitates smooth integration into legacy system environments. By means of bidirectional data exchange with third-party applications, stand-alone solutions are networked and incorporated into a single system. COMOS merges the previously separate data silos of process, mechanical, electrical and control engineering into a unified asset data structure. This results in standardized workflows, reducing reconciliation effort and improving overall quality. COMOS also supports multilingual user interfaces in a wide variety of languages, thereby simplifying cross-site and intercultural communication for global corporations. COMOS software s high level of scalability lends itself to constant adjustment to changing requirements and increasingly complex product lifecycles. enhance your productivity, reliability and overall business effectiveness. Modular structure for customized solutions COMOS comprises a number of modules on a shared database allowing the different applications to be combined according to individual needs. Flexible adaptation to all systems COMOS software s open system architecture and support for interdisciplinary workflows are perfectly geared for today s customer requirements and international market trends. COMOS can be quickly and easily adapted to your individual needs; its Plant engineering spanning different sites and countries on a shared database without any loss of data 9

6 ... to Integrated Operations From Integrated Engineering... Interlocking engineering and operations Software solutions for supporting integrated asset management COMOS is the only holistic and object-oriented software solution that maps the full lifecycle of today s plants or equipments. Its interdependent software modules cover all stages from process design to basic and detail engineering to operations and modernization and they can be deployed as a complete solution and in stand-alone mode. The central data platform in COMOS supplies consistent and transparent data linked to individual objects. The open COMOS architecture facilitates the integration of external data and systems. An accurate, transparent and time-saving data flow between the engineering and operational worlds is ensured, raising asset management to an entirely new level. 10 Our unique solution concept from Integrated Engineering to Integrated Operations Siemens provides numerous integrable COMOS solutions to facilitate the work steps required for successfully planning and operating a plant or equipment. The COMOS Platform product provides the basis for effective overall data management. The data of all applications and domains is stored centrally and in object-oriented form on the COMOS database, providing maximum consistency. Changes made in one application are immediately available in all other applications, so COMOS requires no internal interfaces. Connection to third-party systems is enabled by an open system architecture featuring multiple automated interfaces. As a result, each project stakeholder is offered optimum transparency and interoperability both during engineering and operations. The COMOS Process product combines applications for creating process data and all aspects of process engineering. Even at the early design stage, plant layout data can be used to generate process flow diagrams, which are then represented in more detail in the piping and instrumentation diagram. Intelligent rules serve to identify any inconsistencies early on in the project so that errors in the downstream engineering process can be avoided. COMOS Process supports quality-controlled pipe engineering and pipe spec management conforming to international industry standards. Process data conversion on the geometry level in the form of isometrics and 3D images can be easily derived from the given data. The product COMOS Automation supports electrical engineering for plant and equipment through to full automation covering all processes relevant to electrical, instrumentation and control engineering by specialized solutions. Among other things, logical inter-object links and automated sequences are graphically mapped in diagrams and hydraulic, as well as pneumatic, workflow schemes are created on the basis of existing data. The COMOS Operations product is comprised of solutions for efficient asset management. All data from the engineering phase can be reused in the operational phase. Available applications include solutions both for maintenance during ongoing operations and overhaul during shutdown. Via special user interfaces, the measures initiated in the field or workshop can be directly reported. 11

7 Our most treasured asset the trust of our customers In developing our products, we work closely with our customers, taking on board all of their input (questions, challenges, praise and criticism) to gain valuable hints for constantly fine-tuning our work. Our clients help us to design optimum solutions tailored to their particular needs. Customers around the globe trust our concepts for professional asset management. The following section indicates how clients from different industries have successfully deployed COMOS software within their respective enterprises. Energy & Power Oil & Gas Pharmaceutical Chemical Discrete Manufacturing Process Industries Chemical Oil and Gas Wacker s engineering tool philosophy is characterized by central data maintenance and decentralized usage by our suppliers. Since the introduction of the COMOS integrated engineering solution, this concept has been optimally supported. In addition to enhanced up-to-dateness of the documentation and higher data security, savings concerning data exchange and interfaces have become possible. Moreover, we identified further saving potential for the future. COMOS won the contract against fourteen competitors. Their systems offered optimum functionality for the requirements of Gaz de France Norge. Klaus Kraml, Senior Manager, CAx-Systems & Applications, Engineering Services, Wacker Chemie AG, Burghausen, Germany Energy & Power The service concept of COMOS offers us competent and efficient support for the adaptation of our data model. This enables us to promptly implement individual proposals or even overall solutions ourselves or commission their speedy implementation. Ralf Bergemann, CAE/CAD Coordinator, Vattenfall Europe PowerConsult GmbH Terje Overvik, Managing Director, Gaz de France Norge, Norway The systems will essentially contribute to achieving our goals in the field of integrated operations. Kjell Ola Jørgensen, Operations Manager, Gaz de France Norge, Norway Discrete Manufacturing The introduction of the new engineering tool SIMATIC Automation Designer has enabled quality improvements even at the level of standards. When filling Automation Designer with the Integra standard, numerous optimizations in the interplay of the standard s hardware and software could be implemented. Also, many existing variants were scrutinized and their number reduced. Variants and alternatives do sometimes make sense at other times they are mere cost drivers. Our strategy today is to create any item of engineering information only once and to store it in a central location. And any requisite process step will enrich the existing data repository. Jürgen Kübler, Manager Controls Technology, Daimler AG 12 13

8 Glossary Data consistency Parallelization Data is entered only once and is then available to all stakeholders anytime and everywhere. Stringent inheritance and linkage mechanisms provide all stakeholders involved in a project with access to up-to-date and consistent data from any location and at all times. Rather than processing individual development steps sequentially, simultaneous engineering parallelizes different workflows within project execution. Concurrent processing of mutually independent activities and overlapping of interdependent work steps can be performed while constantly exchanging information accelerates product development. Data integration Data integration brings information together from various data sources to construct a common data model with a standard structure. In software engineering, data integration extends from linking different applications up to the central provision of data and services on a unified user interface. Data modeling Data modeling helps avoid inconsistencies and redundancies within the managed data and speeds up data access; it can be supported by stored rulesets. Global engineering Global engineering is the concurrent processing of a project, across multiple countries and time zones, by multiple stakeholders involved in project development. Data can be viewed from any location around the globe and can be edited depending on selective access authorizations. Interoperability Interoperability is the ability of mutually independent systems and technologies to smoothly collaborate by complying with common standards. Information can be efficiently provided without the need for specific inter-system arrangements. This facilitates quick and reliable worldwide decision-making around the clock. Time to market Time to market refers to the development time it takes from a product being conceived until its market entry. This time period is characterized by costs without any returns. Transparency Holistic, function-oriented mapping of plant and equipment makes for end-to-end communication across all levels, offering all stakeholders consistent data, without any losses, on a unified data platform. As a result, complete documentation can be traced anytime. Workflow and workflow management system A workflow (sequence of operations) is a series of activities in organizational processes that has a defined start, an organized sequence, and a defined end. A workflow management system is software that controls the individual steps within a workflow in accordance with the schedule stored in the computer and provides or requests the data required for this purpose. Talks for new approaches and new goals Let s tackle things together and elaborate on our claim From Integrated Engineering to Integrated Operations in a personal dialogue. Get in touch with us we will be happy to answer all your queries. More detailed information is available on our website at Use the opportunity to move closer to the future! Object orientation in COMOS Object orientation is the holistic description of an existing component and its true-to-life graphical representation. The graphical and alphanumeric manifestations within the database constitute a single entity the object

9 The information in this brochure only provides a general description and performance features. For a specific application, this information will not always be applicable in the form described here. This information can also change due to ongoing product development. The required performance features are only binding if they have been expressly agreed upon in the form of a written contract. All product designations could be trademarks or product names of Siemens AG or other companies which, if used by third parties, could infringe the rights of their owners