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Dr. Nicholas Hurley nickh@sjsoft sjsoft

Evolution of the E Logbook. Dr. Nicholas Hurley nickh@sjsoft.com http://www.sjsoft.com. St James Software (Pty) Ltd | www.sjsoft.com. E Logbook…now its evolved substantially!. Around 500 different features covering 10 major divisions Architecture Presentation Configuration

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  1. Evolution of the E Logbook Dr. Nicholas Hurley nickh@sjsoft.com http://www.sjsoft.com St James Software (Pty) Ltd | www.sjsoft.com

  2. E Logbook…now its evolved substantially! • Around 500 different features covering 10 major divisions • Architecture • Presentation • Configuration • Administration • Connectivity • Applications • Services etc.

  3. J5 Evolution Timeline

  4. 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 4 St James Software (Pty) Ltd | www.sjsoft.com

  5. E Logbook…the tip of the iceberg E Logbook MES Typically each site has between 5 and 20 different applications 5 St James Software (Pty) Ltd | www.sjsoft.com

  6. Some examples at ESRF

  7. Some examples at ESRF

  8. Internal Architecture St James Software (Pty) Ltd | www.sjsoft.com

  9. Drill Down Structures Categorization Permissions and Areas of Responsibility

  10. Multiple Sites from a Single Server

  11. Links to other apps...especially Real-time, DMS, LIMS and Maintenance, Scheduling etc.

  12. 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.

  13. Why are we doing it this way…. MES

  14. What is Possible in Today’s Technology App Server A Single Server providing MES services to multiple sites

  15. Advantages • Cost: We don’t 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

  16. Objections? • We actually don’t want to share our data • We want to develop our own applications • We don’t want our data to leave the site • We don’t trust anyone else with our requirements • Its too complicated?

  17. Alternative: A central database with multiple sites DB Alternative: Multiple Servers Sharing the Information to a central database

  18. 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

  19. Ideas on a Timeline?

  20. 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.

  21. Multi-site

  22. Event Engine

  23. J5 Work Flow

  24. Hierarchical Data

  25. Two levels of application.. Portal and Simple

  26. J5 at ESRF (France) • Logbooks (25 different logbooks) • Incident Management • Issues Management • Real-time Dashboard • Unlimited Users

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