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AutoSave. Contents. Change Management About AutoSave About MDT software Features. Change Management. Why Change Management. Good business practice Regulatory compliance Minimize downtime Disaster recovery SOP Change control SOP Reduce errors Promote teamwork Protect investment

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  1. AutoSave

  2. Contents • Change Management • About AutoSave • About MDT software • Features

  3. Change Management

  4. Why Change Management • Good business practice • Regulatory compliance • Minimize downtime • Disaster recovery SOP • Change control SOP • Reduce errors • Promote teamwork • Protect investment • Increase security and safety • Lower administration costs

  5. Manufacturers Business Disruptions

  6. Potential Risks • Lost programs • Wrong program loaded • Unknown changes • Unauthorized changes • Security breach • Downtime • Safety issues • Re-development efforts

  7. About AutoSave

  8. What is AutoSave • Enterprise source management solution providing a comprehensive suite of tools to protect, save, restore, discover, and track changes for industrial programmable devices and documents. • AutoSave unifies plant automation software under one common user interface. • Use of AutoSave results in a secure, well documented, controlled environment which dramatically reduces coordination constraints, wasted effort, and safety concerns.

  9. Client / Server / Agent • AutoSave Client workstations house the programming software editor. • The AutoSave Server stores all the program files, manages security. • The AutoSave Agent performs the unattended Upload, Download, and Compare. • Compressed programs are transferred from the Server to the Client for editing.

  10. PLC Edit Session Manual With AutoSave Login to AutoSave Select Program Find Right Program Verify user permissions Verify client permissions Lock program Transfer from server to client Comment files available Launch Editor Make Changes Save and Exit Editor Comment Prompt Check-in program New revision created Saved on Server Copy to Backup Logout of AutoSave Note changes Server automatically verifies PLC to Library copy and emails difference report

  11. How AutoSave Works Server & Database Agent ProgrammingWorkstation Device

  12. Key Features • Version control • System security • Change control • Central library • Single interfaceenvironment • Archival backups • Audit trail

  13. Editors and Devices • Windows applications • Intellution • GE / Fanuc • Rockwell / Allen-Bradley • Siemens • Schneider / Modicon / Telemecanique • Wonderware

  14. Proven Technologies • Microsoft Windows 2000 • Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 • Microsoft SQL 2000 server • Microsoft Internet Explorer

  15. Customers

  16. AutoSave Installed Industries • 4,700+ nodes • Automotive • Food and Beverage • Pharmaceutical • Steel • Brewing • Oil & Gas • Transportation • Railroads • Ships • Pulp & Paper • Water & Waste Water • Specialty Chemical • Pipelines

  17. Customers Around the World A.K. Steel Abbot Labs/Ross Bayer BNFL Brach & Brock Caterpillar Coors Brewing Corn Products DaimlerChrysler Delphi E.J. Gallo Winery Eli Lilly Ford Motor General Mills General Motors Georgia Pacific Hewlett-Packard Iams Jaguar Kellogg's Kraft/Post Foods Livermore National Labs Miller Brewing Nabisco National Starch & Chemical Nestlé Newport News Shipbuilding Procter & Gamble Ralston Purina South African Brewery The New York Times Visteon Williams Gas Pipeline

  18. About MDT

  19. Who is MDT • Software development company • Change management solutions since 1983 • Privately owned 30+ employees • Exclusive business focus • A Desco industrial company 1000+ strong • Robust device test lab • Start-up services • Custom engineering services • Education and training services

  20. Automation Partners • ABB • GE / Fanuc • Intellution • Rockwell • Schneider • Siemens • Wonderware

  21. MDT Milestones • 2002 - Windows2000 server • 2002 - Exclusive editor directing technology • 1999 - Windows-NT server • 1997 - Windows clients • 1993 - 1st client/server PDS solution • 1989 - 1st all inclusive PDS solution • 1986 - 1st program compare • 1983 - Founded

  22. AutoSave Features

  23. System Components • AutoSave Server • AutoSave Clients • AutoSave Agents • Scheduler • Security authentication • SQL database • Communications configuration (MMC) • Web server (IIS) • Email server (SMTP)

  24. Security • Restrict functionality and access by user or computer workstation • NT authentication • Authorized user privileges • Client workstation access control • User access control • Privilege rights • Area • Program • Device • Editor functions • Administration • User classes • Security can not be bypassed

  25. Archival Backup • On-demand upload save • On-demand download restore • Scheduled compare • Auto change email notification • On-demand compare • Automated Update of current working copy

  26. Change Tracking • On-demand and scheduled compare • Data values • Ladder logic programs • Documentation • ASCII text • Binary files • Automated email notices • Of differences • On downloads • Of new versions • Automated update of new version in device • Prevent undetected or unauthorized changes

  27. Version Control • Central file storage • Current working copy • Named version copies • Automated increment of numbered ancestor copies • Local workstation copies • File locking • Manual • Automatic • Compressed file sets for fast transfer • New version email notice • Configurable number of generations • Time-base ancestor revisions

  28. Change Control • Streamlined edit process • Online / Offline editor access • Revision notes • Pre-configured communications • Contained editor functions • Prevent online when offline • Multi-user system • Multi-session editing • Manage editor versions across enterprise

  29. Streamlined / Seamless Integration • Intuitive operation • Multi-device compatibility • Transparent data handling • Integrated client technologies • Common interface for all editors • Works with any editor

  30. Central Server • Automated engine • Systems security • Common version control library • Enterprise network communications • Comprehensive plant-wide support • Secure access

  31. Team Collaboration • Shared programs and documentation stored in central location • File locking prohibits accidental overwrites • Revision control • Automatic email notice of changes • Reliable working program versions readily available

  32. AutoSave Features

  33. Packaging • Server / Scheduler / Agent module • Extra Agent modules • Basic & Advanced Client modules • Dedicated Computer Workstation Licenses • Concurrent Usage Licenses • Site Licenses • Completely scalable

  34. AutoSave Best-in-Class • Change control under one environment • Broadest Manufacturing Coverage • Multi-vendor editor and device support • Reduced cost of 21 CFR Part 11 remediation for existing systems • Shrink-wrapped software for easier validation • Maintains e-records to meet 21 CFR Part 11

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