Data Sheet

Cisco Covacsis Solution Plus Specification

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Get a 360 view of your manufacturing floor in real time for proactive plant
management with Cisco Manufacturing Solution enabled by Covacsis IPF
Overview
Knowing and controlling the micro economics of the production floor is increasingly becoming vital for
manufacturing organizations. This requires mining locked knowledge which is deep inside the machines and
equipments on the production floor.
The Covacsis Intelligent Plant FrameworkTM (IPF) provides a unique platform that let you have a complete 360o
visibility of the manufacturing floor in real time. It helps you redefine the sustainable economics of the shop floor,
for a variety of departments across the organization. With Covacsis IPF you will always be connected with your
manufacturing floor, from any part of the world.

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Feature
Features

Description

Reports customization by end user

A high level of customization is possible with the dashboards in order to reflect the metrics

Alerts/Notification

IPF has the facility of real time alerts and alarms that send immediate notification on cell
phone in case of unexpected fluctuations and deviations.

Ubiquitous Visibility (Mobile App)

The state of the production floor is visible to authorized users in the form of dashboards
irrespective of location or device (desktop, laptop, tablet and even smart-phones!).

Synergy between different stakeholders

Help collaborate between different users of different departments across various

enterprises. It also have features like share view with other user or adding notes on graph
so that it is visible across.

Online support

Problem Resolution Support provides through phone/online support by trained

professionals

Financial Impact Analysis

Financial analytics help translate the contribution of shop floor events to top-line and
bottom-line.

Remote installation

Installation/Implementation possible through remote location

Patch Management

and reports that are important to each sector or unit.

Release/Version Management
Performance indicators

Real-time tracking of own & sub-ordinates performance

Operator Performance Analytics

Operator Performance Analytics is used to compare performance of operators by

shift/day/month and assess capabilities and need for further training.

Interactive Data exploration

On-the-fly data slicing gives the user an exploratory experience to derive deeper insights of
the shop floor.

3rd party software integration

IPF can seamlessly integrate the shop floor with enterprise level software for easy data flow
without manual intervention - ensuring error free and immediate data exchange; and
elimination of duplicity and redundancy.

Disaster Recovery

Loss of data due to unforeseen circumstances or accidents causes lot of problems for an
organization. IPF has suitable redundant systems deployed to ensure quick recovery in
case of any accident or disaster.

Scalable

Highly scalable system allows easy expansion across production lines, plants and
geographies. This will be done by offering IPF through three evolutionary layers: plant,
enterprise & cloud.

Historical Analysis

IPF allows quick and easy access to data in historical format where data from different
batch, machine, SKU can be compared and analyzed easily.

Integration with Data Science tools

Capability of integration with high end data analytics languages.

Business Benefits
No additional capital investment:
Covacsis IPF can be installed on the existing infrastructure of a manufacturing plant and requires no additional
capital expenditure on existing automation and its web based open source technology ensures low maintenance
costs.

Off the shelf system quick implementation:

Covacsis IPF can be implemented quickly on any manufacturing floor, even with intensive customization.

Provides complete 360o view of the shop floor:

Covacsis IPF ensures completeness of information from all the sections of the manufacturing floor, with minimal
human intervention, ensuring easier access a complete 360o view of the manufacturing floor in real time through
authentic and credible data.

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Redefine floor economics:

It is imperative to understand costs at the most granular level to really understand state of the production floor.
Covacsis IPF makes cost one of the most critical component of production floor metrics, hence providing thorough
insights which helps redefine the floor economics.

Provides robust decision framework:

It has become an eminent necessity to take proactive rather than reactive response towards any event. Covacsis
IPF provides the much required robust decision framework to all the manufacturers, which provides them real time
360o view of the manufacturing floor, enabling them to take the decisions in correct time.

Helps create capability building framework:

Covacsis IPF helps organizations create capabilities for the next generation manufacturing practices where the
shop floor executive will be required to measure and control the financial performance of the plant. Covacsis IPF
enables the shop floor executive to take informed and empowered decision.

System Requirements
The table below outlines the minimum system requirements for Covacsis IPF implementation at a typical
manufacturing plant having up to 10 machines with 50 parameters each.
Component

Description

C819HG-4G-A-K9

In case of a serial port connection 1 unit per machine controller

In case of an Ethernet connection 1 unit per 2 machine controllers

IPF Blog Server

2 X Intel Xenon X5650 @ 2.67GHz (6 Core, 2.67Ghz, 6.4GT/s QPI, 12MB Cache, 95W)
32GB RAM
2 X 1000GB 7.2K RPM SAS HDD/ Raid-1

Data consolidation server

2 X Intel Xeon X5650 @ 2.67GHz (6 Core, 2.67Ghz, 6.4GT/s QPI, 12MB Cache, 95W)
16GB RAM,
2 X 500GB 7.2K RPM SAS HDD/ Raid-1

Panel PC

A standard Panel PC with Linux support is used with LIU application for operator entries.
Typically 1 unit per machine.

Adapters and Cables

Various standard adapters and cables may be required for establishing physical connection
with the machine controllers.

For larger number of machines, an appropriate sizing exercise needs to be conducted. Contact your Cisco account
team for guidance.

Ordering Information
For ordering details, please consult the part numbers in Tables 4
Part Number
L-COVACSIS-2015=

Description
License for 1 unit of Covacsis LIU and Blog Server 2015 (Valid as of 04-May-2015)

Warranty and Support

The L-COVACSIS-2015= license will be supported directly by Covacsis. Covacsis will provide support,
maintenance and warranty on Covacsis software through their AMC program. Customers are required to buy the
AMC directly from Covacsis. Cisco shall not be responsible for support or maintainence of Covacsis software that
is delivered as part of L-COVACSIS-2015= license.

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Cisco servers and platforms are covered under their respective Warranty and Technical Support options. Refer to
the product datasheet for details.

For More Information

Read more about the Cisco Covacsis Solution, or contact your local account representative.

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