Frequently Asked Questions
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Energy Management
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That depends on a number of factors. If the facility already has a
system in place that is doing some kind of control, the return on investment may not be that high. The real ROI in this case is the ability for
Timber to consolidate all data to a central location, allowing for efficiency gains in both maintenance and responsiveness. For those facilities
that do not already have existing energy management equipment, the typical payback for the system is two years or less. We have had paybacks as
small as nine months. |
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MES
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Manufacturing optimization has become a key to growth and, in many cases, survivability. MES systems, when properly designed, help to reduce
waste, improve machine and employee utilization and minimize raw material and product inventories. They also provide additional insight to
strategic decision-makers with regard to upgrades, maintenance and capital improvements. |
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MES
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The most typical uses that ASG
has observed are for historical data collection, management of machine down time, and management of employee utilization. Of these, downtime
awareness is probably the biggest reason for purchasing an MES system. |
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Life Sciences
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In the pharmaceutical manufacturing environment ASG can provide expertise in manufacturing control and e-signature (21 CFR 11) applications. We can also provide independent verification and validation (IV&V) where corporate policy or the FDA demands it. |
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MES
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ASG has considerable familiarity with the GE Fanuc Proficy product lines as well as Microsoft Dynamics (formerly Microsoft Navision). We have some familiarity with the Rockwell and Wonderware offerings as well. |
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Energy Management
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This number is limited only by memory and processor speed constraints. We
think it is in the tens of thousands of I/O points. |
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Talker
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The Child Talker is picture based; the Adult Talker is both picture and text based. |
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Energy Management
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A web-based solution is
currently under development. |
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Energy Management
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Timber itself is not a
distributed solution. It resides on a PC that communicates with distributed systems. ASG has developed several of these distributed networks for
our customer base. |
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Controls & SCADA
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Our offices are located in the Buffalo,
New York area, and we attempt to perform the bulk of the work here, close to home. However, most of us do travel to our clients' sites regularly
to provide some level of development on site. We typically do that anyway at the beginning of the project (during requirements definition, high
level design and any reviews) and at the end, when the integration task requires tight cooperation among all players. |
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Talker
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Yes, currently the Talker is
covered by Medicaid, Medicare, Blue Cross Blue Shield, and Independent Health. |
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