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Abstract: Newly appointed as the head of the company’s Operations Management unit, Sudipta Bhattacharya aims to lasso disparate manufacturing processes for the greater good.
Keywords: Invensys executive, Invensys leaders, process industry, operations management, manufacturing processes
The new Operations Management division at Invensys plc is working on a number of fronts to create new technologies for process industries, the newly named head of the consolidated unit said today.
Sudipta Bhattacharya, who heads the Operations Management business unit, which combines three separate automation companies under the Invensys plc umbrella, told Managing Automation in an interview that the division is well-positioned to address the macroeconomic trends of lean supply chains, emissions and energy management, compliance needs, an aging workforce, and outsourced collaboration.
The 9,000-person Invensys Operations Management unit was officially unveiled last month when the company announced its year-end fiscal results . The new group melds Invensys Process Systems, Wonderware, and Eurotherm into one division, under the direction of Bhattacharya as CEO and business president.
Now, Bhattacharya is busy assembling the IOM leadership team and investing in technology that will directly address the needs of process manufacturers, he said.
A newly created position, vice president of ecosystem, has been filled by Matt Bauer, formerly of Rockwell, whose role is to work with partners to drive innovation throughout the company. In addition, IOM, which has combined resources around R&D and product management, is working on creating a collaboration framework, including a business process management (BPM) engine that will help manufacturers manage multiple plants.
“Where we are headed will solve some of the big problems we see emerging,” Bhattacharya said.
Bhattacharya’s appointment follows a short stint as president of Wonderware , which he took on in 2007. In February of this year, he was asked to oversee a cross-functional executive team charged with investigating the value of combining the three units. The conclusion was that a blended team could capture more customer growth opportunities; offer better value by showing one face that could deliver a bundle of hardware, software, and services; and create cost savings as a result of shared back-office functions.
The combination addresses the need for real-time information on the plant floor that can help manufacturers react to demand signals in the enterprise and the supply chain, Bhattacharya said. Invensys’ ArchestrA platform, which is closely tied to its InFusion enterprise control system, provides a foundation to manage distributed control, while layering industry-specific applications on top.
IOM will maintain a direct sales force, but Bhattacharya noted that the ability to leverage Wonderware and Eurotherm distributors to cross-sell solutions, as well as build out an ecosystem of OEMs, ISVs, and systems integrators, will broaden the offerings Invensys can deliver to end users.
“It’s a collection of technology, not an end product,” he said. “It gives customers a more holistic offering that is integrated.”
Meanwhile, Invensys is working to integrate its own operations. Within the next 60 days, the IOM leadership team will be in place. And while there is no set delivery date for the collaboration framework, the technology will likely be available first as an add-on to the Wonderware System Platform, with an integrated model to follow. The System Platform offering provides a single, scalable software platform for the company’s SCADA, supervisory HMI, MES, and EMI software solutions.
One of the first steps on the road to integration was announced today. Wonderware, now a brand within IOM, announced the DAServer Toolkit 3.0, which gives customers and partners the capability to create, test, and deliver custom interfaces to equipment. The toolkit is typically used by system providers that need to connect to proprietary devices when integrating new solutions with System Platform.
Going forward, every move IOM makes will be focused on connecting a decentralized manufacturing environment, enabling real-time collaboration, defining processes, and proving “that innovation in manufacturing can happen,” Bhattacharya said.