j5 OMS

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Evolution of the E Logbook
Dr. Nicholas Hurley nickh_at_sjsoft.com http//www.sj
soft.com
St James Software (Pty) Ltd www.sjsoft.com
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E Logbooknow its evolved substantially!
Around 500 different features covering 10 major
divisions Architecture Presentation Configuration
Administration Connectivity Applications Services
etc.
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J5 Evolution Timeline
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Evolution now also branched to many variations
United Kingdom
Pipeline Management
Alaska
Shipment Management
Germany
E Logbook
Routine Maintenance
Document Management
France
Near Miss Management
Lab Management
USA(12 States)
Italy
Japan
Earthquake Warnings
Satellite Tracking
India
Handover Management
Saudi Arabia
Venezuela
Malaysia
Tanzania
Peru
Project Management
Zambia
Angola
Hazard Management
Australia
Shutdown Management
Argentina
South Africa
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E Logbookthe tip of the iceberg
E Logbook
MES
Typically each site has between 5 and 20
different applications
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Some examples at ESRF
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Some examples at ESRF
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Internal Architecture
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Drill Down Structures
Categorization
Permissions and Areas of Responsibility
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Multiple Sites from a Single Server
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Links to other apps...especially Real-time, DMS,
LIMS and Maintenance, Scheduling etc.
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Summary

• E Logbooks have advanced substantially in
  Features and Sophistication
• Although E Logbooks were the pioneers, they
  actually form a small subset of applications that
  are required on the site
• I.e. There is a requirement for an Operations
  Centric MES System with Multiple Applications
• Modern MES systems are available that can
  handle multiple sites and hundreds or thousands
  of users.
• These systems also have increased connectivity
  features..for example to Document Management
  Systems, LIMS, Maintenance Systems, HSE etc.

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Why are we doing it this way.
MES
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What is Possible in Todays Technology
App Server
A Single Server providing MES services to
multiple sites
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Advantages

• Cost We dont use up our resources re-inventing
  the wheel
• Functionality We receive a VERY powerful
  application that has been developed over many
  years and hundreds of sites
• Reliability We can ensure a higher availability
  because we can devote more resources

• Data We have a huge repository of data at our
  disposal
• Dashboard We can start easily making sense out
  of this data

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Objections?

• We actually dont want to share our data
• We want to develop our own applications
• We dont want our data to leave the site
• We dont trust anyone else with our requirements
• Its too complicated?

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Alternative A central database with multiple
sites
DB
Alternative Multiple Servers Sharing the
Information to a central database
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Advantages?
We keep our independence from a programming point
of view
Disadvantages
We have not reduced our resource requirement We
have not increased our functionality We require
some discipline to make sure the data is
consistent across many sites
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Ideas on a Timeline?
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Summary and Conclusions

• The E Logbook has matured into a complex and
  sophisticated tool
• The E Logbook is just one of many similar tools
  that are being used for operations. We call these
  kind of tools MES applications
• Many large companies are centralizing their
  applications across multiple sites
• There are huge benefits to be gained from this
  kind of rationalization.
• Because of their unique attitude (of
  co-operation) accelerator sites may be one of the
  few industries that can take advantage of this
  pooling across different companies.

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Multi-site
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Event Engine
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J5 Work Flow
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Hierarchical Data
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Two levels of application.. Portal and Simple
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J5 at ESRF (France)

• Logbooks (25 different logbooks)
• Incident Management
• Issues Management
• Real-time Dashboard
• Unlimited Users