Course Description: The Proficy Historian Development course is designed to provide the student with a good working knowledge of Proficy Historian. It is intended for new users, however, the material in this course assumes prior knowledge of GE Intelligent Platforms software. The course includes lab time for configuring and applying the Proficy Historian software to process applications.

Who should attend: This course is designed for process, automation, or instrumentation engineers and system integrators who will be developing, configuring, and using applications on a Proficy Historian system.

Prerequisites: Participants should have a working knowledge of Windows 2000, Windows NT 4.0, and/or Windows XP operating systems.

Course Objectives: Upon completion of this Course, you should be able to:

• Understand architecture communication between Proficy Historian Servers and iHistorian Client nodes.
• Configure Proficy Historian nodes using the Proficy Historian Administrator.
• Configure Data Collectors, including iFIX Collector, OPC Collector, and File Collector.
• Manage and configure archives.
• View collected data using the Excel Add-In Client.
• Configure the OLE DB Provider.
• Configure the Calculation Collector and the Server-to-Server Collector.
• Design and build an Proficy Historian security strategy.
• Use a variety of utilities and Operating System administrative options to troubleshoot.
• Use the Proficy Historian SDK to enhance an iHistorian application.

Course Description: The Proficy Fundamentals course is designed to provide the student with a good working knowledge of RTIP. The course includes lab time for configuring and applying the infoAgent software to process applications.

Who should attend: This course is designed for process, automation, or instrumentation engineers, system integrators and any other information technology (IT) professionals who will be developing, configuring, and using RTIP applications.

Prerequisites: Participants should have a working knowledge of Windows 2000, Windows NT 4.0, and/or Windows XP operating systems.

Course Objectives: Upon completion of this Course, you should be able to:

• Understand architecture and communication between the RTIP Server and Clients.
• Install and configure an RTIP Server, including the configuring and building a RTIP security strategy.
• Create RTIP displays using basic graphic objects, datalinks, grids, form components, event charts, and XY charts.
• Connect to and retrieve data from a variety of data sources

Course Description: Proficy Plant Applications Fundamentals classroom training will teach the student how to configure and maintain Plant Applications software. This course provides an entry-level introduction to fundamental Plant Applications capabilities and applications. This includes learning to configure the Plant Model, Products, Production Events, Variables, User Displays and User Security. Students will also be taught Report Server Administration and Web Client functionality, how to extract data from the Plant Applications database using the Excel Add-In and display results through the Plant Applications Web interface. Valuable hands-on lab exercises are provided which guide students through the configuration of the out-of-the-box capabilities of Proficy Plant Applications.

Who should attend: The course is intended for Plant Applications Administrators that are responsible for configuration and support of the software within their organization.

Prerequisites: Participants should have a basic understanding of Microsoft SQL Server, Microsoft Internet Information Server (IIS) & Microsoft Excel. Participants should also have an understanding of basic manufacturing terminology.

Course Objectives: Upon completion of this Course, you should be able to:

• Describe Plant Applications architecture and design.
• Utilize the Plant Applications tools to maintain and enhance the working environment.
• Discuss the Reporting capabilities of Plant Applications. 

Course Description: Proficy Plant Applications Efficiency classroom training will teach the student how to configure the Plant Applications software to produce Efficiency related metrics for their plant environment. This course provides an introduction to the concept of Efficiency Management and Overall Equipment Effectiveness. This includes learning to configure Downtime, Waste and Production Metrics (OEE). Students will also be taught how to utilize captured Plant Applications data in web enabled analytical tools to explore the why, what and when that impacts manufacturing efficiency. Valuable hands-on lab exercises are provided which guide students through the configuration of the out-of-the-box capabilities of the Proficy Plant Applications Efficiency Module.

Who should attend: Administrators of Proficy Plant Applications who want to configure the Plant Applications Efficiency module.

Prerequisites: Proficy Plant Applications Fundamentals classroom training or equivalent experience.

Course Objectives: Upon completion of this Course, you should be able to:

• List the overall capabilities of Plant Applications.
• Describe the concept of Overall Equipment Effectiveness.
• Configure Downtime.
• Configure Waste.
• Configure Production Metrics.
• List the available Reports in Plant Applications.

Course Description: Proficy Plant Applications Quality classroom training will teach the student how to configure the Plant Applications software to capture precise specifications of a product run, and manage the quality of all raw materials, in-process products and finished goods. This course provides an introduction to the concept of Specification Management and how the relationship of products with specifications can streamline the process of maintaining product information. This includes learning to configure site specific and equipment specific product specifications, Alarm conditions, and Statistical Process Control (SPC) analysis tools. Students will also be taught how to utilize captured Plant Applications data in web enabled analytical tools to expose product relationships for analysis and troubleshooting, and to measure variation in the plant manufacturing process. Valuable hands-on lab exercises are provided which guide students through the configuration of the out-of-the-box capabilities of the Proficy Plant Applications Quality Module.

Who should attend: The Proficy Plant Applications Quality course if designed for administrators of Proficy Plant Applications who want to configure the Plant Applications Quality module.

Prerequisites: Participants should have successfully completed the Proficy Plant Applications Fundamentals classroom training or have equivalent experience.

Course Objectives: Upon completion of this Course, you should be able to:

• List the overall capabilities of the Plant Applications Quality Module.
• Describe the concept of Specification Management.
• Create and manage Quality and Process Specifications.
• Configure standard and SPC Alarming to capture reasons for out-of-spec conditions.
• Build a Conformance Model to perform Event and Variable Conformance Analysis.
• Use the available Quality Reports in Plant Applications.

Course Description: Proficy Plant Applications Production Management Fundamentals classroom training will teach the student how to configure Plant Applications software to model product flow and capture production, consumption and genealogy data. This course provides an entry-level introduction to fundamental Plant Applications Production Management capabilities and applications. This includes learning to design a Plant Model for production tracking, configuring Product and Production Events to support Product Genealogy, and setting up Plant Applications for Schedule and Order Management. Students will explore how to use Production Management related client applications found in Plant Applications, how to configure production execution paths and execute a schedule item plus how to extract data from the Plant Applications database using the Excel Add-In. Valuable hands-on lab exercises are provided which guide students through the configuration of the out-of-the-box capabilities of the Proficy Plant Applications Production Management Module.

Who should attend: The course is intended for Plant Applications Administrators or Integrators that are responsible for configuration and support of the Proficy Plant Applications software.

Prerequisites: Participants should have a basic understanding of Microsoft SQL Server, Microsoft Internet Information Server (IIS) & Microsoft Excel. They should also have an understanding of basic manufacturing terminology and have attended the Proficy Plant Applications Fundamentals course.

Course Objectives: Upon completion of this Course, you should be able to:

• Design a Plant Model to support Production Management.
• Utilize the Plant Applications Production Management tools to maintain and enhance the working environment for production tracking and product genealogy.
• Understand the functionality of the Production Management module at a level to begin exploring the customized configuration of genealogy models.

Course Description:  The Proficy Shop Floor SPC course is a comprehensive, hands-on training session that will guide students through the building, customizing and reporting of the Shop Floor SPC suite. (Formerly CimWorks VSPC, VisualSPC)

Who should attend: This course is designed for Lead Operators and Application Administrators.

Prerequisites: Participants should have basic PC literacy and a working knowledge of Windows operating systems.

Course Objectives: Upon completion of this Course, you should be able to:

• Create and configure a new VisualSPC part document.
• Customize data collection and reporting screens.
• Create and configure printable reports.
• Configure gage documents.
• Program Flash Cables.
• Understand architecture communication between critical VisualSPC components.
   

Course Description: The Proficy Tracker Fundamentals course is an advanced level course focusing on the fundamental aspects of Tracker applications. Tracking concepts and configuration of Routing Control Objects will be discussed. Hands on exercises provide you with a chance to rapidly build skill and experience with the product.

Who should attend: This course is designed for Application Designers, Process Engineers and System Managers.

Prerequisites: Participants should have a working knowledge of Windows operating systems and a solid understanding of the Proficy HMI/SCADA - CIMPLICITY application, including the Basic Control Engine, Logging, and Alarming.

It is strongly recommended that the Proficy HMI/SCADA - CIMPLICITY Fundamentals course be completed prior to attending this course.

Course Objectives:

• Describe to the concepts of tracker and understand fundamental rules and assumptions.
• Create, configure and implement a Tracker Model.
• Use the Import/Export Utility.
• State and use the different methods of decision control/routing.
• Apply the RCO method by configuring a simple and advanced RCO.
• Apply useful tools such as Logging and Alarming to Tracker.

Course Description: Proficy Workflow Fundamentals is a three-day course that focuses on elementary configuration and development of Proficy Workflow applications. Participants will work with a sample system to connect Workflow to a variety of data source applications. Administration, authoring and reporting activities are also provided to provide a complete and practical orientation to the Proficy Workflow solution.

Who should attend: This course is aimed at those who will be designing developing and deploying Proficy Workflow in an industrial setting.

Prerequisites: Suitable candidates will be experienced with Windows operating systems. Database knowledge will be an asset for reporting topics. Familiarity with at least one of the other Proficy solutions, such as Proficy Historian, Proficy Portal or Plant Applications is also recommended.

Course Objectives:

• Discuss the Proficy SOA architecture
• Navigate the Proficy Client
• Build Resource Data Models
• Setup Proficy SOA Data Communication Connectors
• Configure Displays and Design Forms
• Implement Proficy SOA Events
• Author Workflows and implement Workflow Schedules
• Retrieve data from the Proficy SOA Reporting database
• Perform SOA System Administration