Chr. Hansen Selects Wonderware EMI & MES Solutions.LAKE FOREST, Calif. -- Wonderware, a business unit of Invensys, today announced that Chr. Hansen Chr. Hansen is a Danish food production company. They sell a wide variety of pharmaceutical grade exipients. The group employs approximately 2,500 employees in more than 30 countries and reported revenue of EUR 521m (DKK 3.77m DKK)in 2005/06. Chr. , one of the world's leading producers of ingredients for food, pharmaceutical, nutritional and agricultural industries, has selected Wonderware software to manage operations at its facilities worldwide. The Denmark-based company plans to deploy the Wonderware Manufacturing Execution System – Manufacturing execution system (MES) describes a set of integrated functions within a packaged software system or it can also describe the accumulated functionality within the production management infrastructure of a manufacturing or production company. (MES (Manufacturing Execution Software) Software that provides real time access to plant activities that include equipment, labor, orders and inventory. An MES integrates the data with enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems so that management has complete control of ) and Enterprise Manufacturing Intelligence Enterprise Manufacturing Intelligence (EMI), or simply Manufacturing Intelligence (MI), is a term which applies to software used to bring a corporation's manufacturing-related data together from many sources for the purposes of reporting, analysis, visual summaries, and passing (EMI (ElectroMagnetic Interference) An electrical disturbance in a system due to natural phenomena, low-frequency waves from electromechanical devices or high-frequency waves (RFI) from chips and other electronic devices. Allowable limits are governed by the FCC. ) solutions. Leveraging the ArchestrA architecture, these solutions will enable Chr. Hansen to standardize on common technology that is scalable and configurable, offering a unique, incremental approach to operational improvements. With ArchestrA technology, the company will be able to propagate prop·a·gate v. 1. To cause an organism to multiply or breed. 2. To breed offspring. 3. To transmit characteristics from one generation to another. 4. its application across multiple manufacturing sites. Working in conjunction with ArchestrA technology, the Wonderware MES solution features a comprehensive set of applications designed for consistent and effective execution of operational activities, from product track and trace through enterprise integration. The Wonderware EMI solution features the ability to analyze its overall operational performance using simple, yet powerful data analysis and reporting tools. "Wonderware will supply Chr. Hansen with tremendous advantages in overall productivity with the comprehensive benefits provided by its MES and EMI integrated solutions," said Christopher S. Ashworth, managing director for Wonderware Scandinavia. "With this agreement, Wonderware will address both the corporate IT requirements with a leading-edge technology platform as well as the users' requirements with our highly configurable MES and EMI applications." Chr. Hansen plans to install the Wonderware solutions at its worldwide facilities located in Denmark, France, Germany and the U.S. The first implementation will begin in September 2009 at its plant in Avedore, Denmark. "Chr. Hansen chose Wonderware because the company offered overall the best technology solution," said Erik Borgensgaard, program manager at Chr. Hansen. "We were impressed with the combination of a strong IT platform and configurable MES/EMI application modules. Having the flexibility and adaptability to address new market requirements is something of great importance to Chr. Hansen, and the ArchestrA architecture enhances the solutions' features that help us achieve this goal. "We expect that over time Wonderware technology will provide the best return on investment for Chr. Hansen. The biggest advantage will be that both SCADA/HMI and MES/EMI can be implemented using one common tool and system." Technorati Tags: Enterprise Manufacturing Intelligence, Manufacturing Technology, HMI (Human Machine Interface) The user interface in a manufacturing or process control system. It provides a graphics-based visualization of an industrial control and monitoring system. , SCADA (Supervisory Control And Data Acquisition) A process control application that collects data from sensors and machines on the shop floor or in remote locations and sends them to a central computer for management and control. 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