From the standpoint of process control, the structure of an automatic control system (ACS) falls into one of four classes:

  1. The decentralized structure. Justified when the automation objects are technologically independent of one another. The system consists of several independent sub-systems, each with its own informational and algorithmic basis; generating the control action for a given object requires only the state of that object.
  2. The centralized structure. A single management system collects and processes information about every managed object and, based on that analysis, generates control signals according to one shared set of criteria. This class emerges as the number of controlled and regulated parameters grows and the control objects become territorially dispersed.
  3. The centralized dispersed structure. Preserves the principle of centralized management — control actions are still generated from information about the state of the whole set of objects — but some functional devices are shared across all channels, with switches connecting individual devices on each channel to form a closed control loop.
  4. The hierarchical structure. As the number of management tasks in a complex system grows, so does the volume of processed information and the complexity of the control algorithms, to the point where centralized management becomes impossible: the complexity of the managed object outgrows the capacity of any single governing body to receive and process information about it.

The GESPER Technology team designs and automates enterprise management systems, technological processes, and production facilities at two levels.

Automation of production processes — technology and management level

The upper level of production process automation is a data collection and processing system — SCADA (Supervisory Control And Data Acquisition) — designed to collect, process, display, and archive information about the object under monitoring or management in real time. We design and implement these systems using a wide range of hardware and software from established automation vendors.

Automation of enterprise management

Meeting the challenges of ACS implementation typically calls for ERP and MRP II software:

  • ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning) — the organizational strategy of integrating production and operations, human resource management, financial management, and asset management, focused on continuously balancing and optimizing resources.
  • PLM (Product Lifecycle Management) — a methodology for applying modern information technology to strengthen the competitiveness of industrial enterprises, with an emphasis on managing product data through integrated models of product data and the enterprise’s business processes.
  • MRP II (Manufacturing Resource Planning) — a production-strategy planning approach that provides operational and financial planning across a broader scope of enterprise resources than plain MRP; unlike MRP, MRP II plans in both material and monetary terms.

The software life cycle we use to build each product conforms to recognised international and national standards.

GESPER Technology s.r.o. also provides consulting and auditing services.

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  • ISO/IEC 12207:2008
  • GOST R ISO/IEC 12207-2010