Honeywell User Conference highlights bottom-line benefits of IIoT
The tremendous potential of the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) to solve the toughest problems facing manufacturers was the main topic of the 41st annual Honeywell Users Group (HUG) Americas conference.
“Those who embrace digital transformation will ultimately win in the global marketplace,” said Bruce Calder, vice president and chief technology officer of Honeywell Process Solutions told the event’s 1,200 attendees. Daily general sessions at the three-day meeting of Honeywell leaders, customers and users focused on how technologies comprising IIoT can help companies improve operations.
The theme resonated with attendees due in part to challenges brought on by current economic conditions, but it also articulated Honeywell’s long-term vision for delivering solutions to customers regardless of industry challenges.
“The IIoT is bringing together existing technologies across all industries in order to solve issues previously considered unsolvable,” said Andrew Hird, vice president and general manager of HPS’ Digital Transformation business. “In most cases, the data needed to solve big issues like unplanned downtime and the manufacture of off-spec products is there – it’s just not being managed and utilized in the right way.” Examples included improving business profitability with alarm management, using remote server data to improve storage management in tanks farms, and remotely collaborating through the cloud to shave weeks off incident resolution times, among many others.
“We’re making the business case for efficiency, reliability and safety gains. It’s an evolution, not a revolution,” HPS president Vimal Kapur told attendees.
Key to the IIoT by Honeywell solution is the development of an IIoT ecosystem, which brings together Honeywell’s advanced data analytics, cloud technology and deep domain experience in automation with process technology providers and original equipment manufacturers. Some of these partners, including Honeywell UOP, Flowserve, SeeQ and Meshify, were demonstrating integrated solutions at HUG.
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