Steinbeis Centre for Digital Transformation and Cyber Security
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Are you a machine tools, automotive or other kind of manufacture?
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Are you an OEM ?
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Would you like to reduce critical equipment downtime?
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Would you like to explore new business or revenue models?
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Would you like to delight your costumers with great products and experience?
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Would you like to know manufacturing industry is transforming
and adopting industry 4.0 to meet the above objectives and lot more?
If you answered “yes” to any of the above questions, reach out to us.
We help customers realize their potential using digital technologies
Director / Expert
Mr. Girish Aralikatti is a business-aligned and results oriented technocrat with a passion for customer success and having more than three decades of industry experience in product development (HW/FW/SW) and deployment of instrumentation, automation, Software, and IIoT use cases. Products and Solutions cover many industries including manufacturing, F&B, automotive, Energy, Oil & Gas, Power. Led multiple organizations in various roles including design and development of embedded systems, systems engineering, software (Agile), quality process, building cyber security in the organization, IT infrastructure, solution architecture and deployment of IIoT solutions and analytics.
At General Electric (GE India), held many leadership roles tenure including acting site leader, site IT leader, site security leader, product security leader.
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Services Offered
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Digital Transformation: Assessment, Advisory, Roadmap Creation and Project Execution.Industry 4.0 Implementation:
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Applicability and selection of relevant tools including equipment and software.
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Cybersecurity: Review of current state, policies, applicability and implementation guidance of OT standards: IEC 62443, NIST SP 800 and others.
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Condition Monitoring: Guidance and selection of fit-for-purpose hardware and software tools for monitoring suitable for both on premise and cloud base deployments.
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Custom product development for IIoT and Analytics based applications.
Project Experience
Goal:
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Organisation (discrete manufacturing-auto) wants to embark on implementing Industry 4.0 practices and realize value from deploying the latest digital technologies
Requirement:
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Conduct site and plant assessment from a digital maturity perspective
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Understand current operations, goals and challenges
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interact with key stakeholders to ferret out individual/departmental short term & long term plan
Solution:
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Conducted a survey of two plants
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Provide a digital roadmap consisting of deploying multiple solutions including machine monitoring, energy management, MES, OEE, and others
Benefits:​
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Continuously visibility to health of monitored machines and processes
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Insight to manufacturing data in real time enabling better control
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Optimized O&M costs and improved quality
Methodology:
Assessment, review and recommendations
Case Study: Digital transformation and industry 4.0
Case Study: Software/lot based Performance Monitoring
Goal:
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Organization wants to provide value added services to its customers by implementing lloT for continuous measurements, and fine in chemicals and other industries
Requirement:
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Measure key parameters of machines and processes in real time
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Show periodic averages and calculated values of the plant processes based on measurements
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Provide a dashboard to plant personnel for monitoring and control of process performance
Solution:
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Pressure, temperature and flow sensors and energy meters
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Data Acquisition system and communication equipment
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purpose-built web application
Benefits:
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Continuous visibility to health of monitored machines and process
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insight to process data enabling better control of the overall plant operations
Technology:
lloT, and Analytics
Case Study: Manufacturing Productivity
Requirement:
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Monitor and track asset position and utilization
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Decision on buy/lease of equipment
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Collision detection and avoidance of material handling equipment
Solution:
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Vibration and temperature sensors, locals gateways, GPS/GPRS devices, and web application deployed in cloud
Benefits:
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Optimize operational safety
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Improved safety
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Monitor and improve productivity
Goal:
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Leverage lloT technology for improving the safety and productivity o manufacturing operations
Technology:
lloT, and Asset Tracking software
Case Study: OEM Value Added Service
Requirement:
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Monitor and track -2500 turbines installed across the globe
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provide real time status on turbine health, anomalies, and maintenance recommendation
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collect turbine performance data for improved product design
Goal:
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OEM wants to implement lloT and Analytics for providing value added services to its customers
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OEm wants continuous feedback on their machine performance
Solution:
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Vibration and temperature sensors, locals gateways, GPS/GPRS devices, and web application deployed in cloud
Benefits:
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Optimize operational safety
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Improved safety
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Monitor and improve productivity
Technology:
lloT, and APM, and Analytics
Case Study: marketing Terminal Reliability and maintenance
Requirement:
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Monitor and track -2500 turbines installed across the globe
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provide real time status on turbine health, anomalies, and maintenance recommendation
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collect turbine performance data for improved product design
Goal:
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Organization wants to implement additional CM, lloT and APM for efficient and effective operations of fuel marketing and distribution terminal across the country
Solution:
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Vibration and temperature sensors, locals gateways, GPS/GPRS devices, and web application deployed in cloud
Benefits:
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Optimize operational safety
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Improved safety
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Monitor and improve productivity
Technology:
lloT, and APM, and Analytics