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Smart Manufacturing: A Case Study of Rockwell Automation (Updated 2018)

  • Report

  • 25 Pages
  • May 2018
  • Region: Global
  • Market Intelligence & Consulting Institute (MIC)
  • ID: 4541083

Rockwell Automation has established a significant foothold in the worldwide industrial automation market. The company brought forward the Connected Enterprise solution to support its smart manufacturing initiatives. This report discusses Rockwell Automation's smart manufacturing developments, major products and business, and real-world applications to explore the trend in smart manufacturing.

Overview of Rockwell Automation's development history, touching on its M&A activities, formation of the non-profit organization SMLC, core business, and smart manufacturing solutions

Case study of the application of Rockwell Automation's smart manufacturing solution at Oxford Landing Winery

Table of Contents

1. Development History
1.1 Merger &Acquisition Activities
1.2 Key Members of SMLC
2.Core Businesses
2.1 Products and Services
2.2 Connected Enterprise
2.3 FactoryTalk Analytics Platform - Scalable Analytics Platform for IIoT Applications
2.3.1 Auto-discover Devices
2.3.2 Integrate Data from Multiple Sources
2.3.3 Flexible Machine Learning
2.3.4 Open and Scalable Platform
2.4 Rockwell Automation's Smart Manufacturing Solutions
2.4.1. Network Infrastructure
2.4.2. Circulating Information Capital
2.4.3. Security

3. Applications of Rockwell Automation's Solutions
3.1 Oxford Landing Winery
3.1.1 Site-wide Monitoring with FactoryTalk® View SE
3.1.2 Access to Historical and Real-time Data and Remote Monitoring with FactoryTalk ViewPoint
3.1.3 Allen-Bradley® ControlLogix® Controllers
3.1.4 Energy Monitoring with FactoryTalk® EnergyMetrix
4.Conclusion
List of Tables
Table 1: Rockwell Automation's Development History
Table 2: Companies Acquired by Rockwell Automation
Table 3: Rockwell Automation's Products Adopted by King's Hawaiian
List of Figures
Figure 1: Rockwell Automation's Revenue and Growth Rate, 2010 – 2017
Figure 2: SMLC's Open SM Platform Structure
Figure 3: Rockwell Automation's Connected Enterprise Vision
Figure 4: Tereos' Sugar Factory
Figure 5: King's Hawaiian's Baking Facility in Oakwood

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Companies Mentioned (Partial List)

A selection of companies mentioned in this report includes, but is not limited to:

  • Allen-Bradley U.K. Ltd
  • Anorad
  • Baldor Electric Company
  • BCI
  • CEDES
  • CEMEX UK
  • China Steel Corporation
  • CIE
  • Cisco Systems
  • Compression Rheostat Company
  • Dase-Sing Packaging Technology
  • Datasweep
  • Dodge
  • Entek
  • GEPA
  • Guardmaster
  • Hengsheng
  • Hinz
  • HIPROM
  • ICS Triplex
  • Incuity
  • Intel Corporation
  • Interwave
  • Jacobs Automation
  • LeKtroniX
  • Nestle
  • Pavilion Technologies
  • Propack Data
  • ProsCon
  • Reliance Electric
  • Rockwell International Corporation
  • Sequencia
  • SoftSwitching Technologies
  • TESCH
  • vMonito

Methodology

Primary research with a holistic, cross-domain approach

The exhaustive primary research methods are central to the value that the analyst delivers. A combination of questionnaires and on-site visits to the major manufacturers provides a first view of the latest data and trends. Information is subsequently validated by interviews with the manufacturers' suppliers and customers, covering a holistic industry value chain. This process is backed up by a cross-domain team-based approach, creating an interlaced network across numerous interrelated components and system-level devices to ensure statistical integrity and provide in-depth insight.

Complementing primary research is a running database and secondary research of industry and market information. Dedicated research into the macro-environmental trends shaping the ICT industry also allows the analyst to forecast future development trends and generate foresight perspectives. With more than 20 years of experience and endeavors in research, the methods and methodologies include:

Method

  • Component supplier interviews
  • System supplier interviews
  • User interviews
  • Channel interviews
  • IPO interviews
  • Focus groups
  • Consumer surveys
  • Production databases
  • Financial data
  • Custom databases

Methodology

  • Technology forecasting and assessment
  • Product assessment and selection
  • Product life cycles
  • Added value analysis
  • Market trends
  • Scenario analysis
  • Competitor analysis

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