TABLE OF CONTENTS For successful implementation of an automation project, it is important to follow some simple concepts as following:
Clearly define your automation objectives
Solicit your experts
Simplify and optimize
Focus on value addition
Adapt modular manufacturing principles
Make your process communicate
Retrain and realign
Stick with it till it works
Continuous evaluation and continuous improvement.
A successful automation project can help in meeting the business goals. So while translating business goals to system strategy, start with an analysis. The analysis should include what is the present situation and what challenges need to be met. The result of such analysis brings out the requirement. These requirements are part of an automation plan. The system strategy must also have an implementation plan.
A system strategy is formulated to address the following issues:
What systems will be used?
How the system is going to fit into the enterprise?
What will be the approach for the life cycle of the system?
How and when the new technology will be evaluated?
Level of consistency required among the systems?
