COMOS brochure overview_en.pdf

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Increased productivity

through holistic plantmanagement

COMOS

www.siemens.com/comos


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Complex requirementsin a dynamic worldeconomy

The rising cost and time pressure,

resulting from international compe-

tition, requires consistent data

management.

Today, plant engineers and owner opera-

tors are faced by enormous challenges:

increasing international competition

demands improvements in both produc-tivity and quality. The resulting cost and

time pressure renders the parallelization

of various workflows indispensable. To

complicate matters further, the growing

number of strict legal regulations con-

cerning safety and environmental protec-

tion standards needs to be taken into

account as well. On the other hand, cus-

tomers expect custom-tailored high-qual-

ity products at attractive prices while the

time-to-market is shortening.

Decentralized, worldwide production

facilities require central monitoring and

control so that decisions can be made

and communicated within minutes. Fromthe market and enterprise viewpoint,

these challenges require plant operators

and plant construction companies to

adopt solutions that enable them to real-

ize their potential and address their

needs across multiple industries and tar-

get groups. The success factors for this

are: continuous innovation and consis-

tent data management.

COMOS The future of asset management


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From Integrated Engineering to

Integrated Operations

COMOS uniquely enables you to integrate

your project assets across the complete life-

cycle of an industrial plant. Our unified

COMOS data platform provides plant

engineers, construction companies and

operators with a seamless information flow

of project-relevant data across all corporate

levels and project stages. We are the only

software vendor in the world, who is able

to deliver a universal, globally integrated

software solution. Your benefits: more

efficient workflows, higher productivity

and increased quality; all this through the

optimal interaction of engineering and

operations domains.

Continuing innovation

We developed COMOS software on the

basis of many years of experience meeting

the needs of diverse industries successful

years during which we continuously

acquired multiple competencies and fed

these lessons learned into our software,

while focusing our attention on meeting

our customers real-world requirements.

This background ensures that COMOS is

today, and will in the future continue to

reflect leading edge technology. In addi-

tion, COMOS is provided through Siemens

and embedded in it organizationally as an

independent business segment within the

Industrial Automation Systems business

unit. With COMOS, separate worlds of plant

engineering are being merged for the f irst

time. Our integrated end-to-end solution

enables the process industries to optimize

project workflows and launch new prod-

ucts faster.

COMOS is the only software that

maps all lifecycle phases of an

industrial plant on a common

database.

Due to know-how and many yearsof experience, COMOS is the most

innovative software for plant

management.

Our claimIntegrated Intelligence

Integrated because

COMOS is the only solution inthe marketplace that seamlesslybridges the gap between inte-grated engineering and integrat-ed operations, from the designstage through to the operationalphase.

Intelligence because ... COMOS is the only softwareconcept that provides intelligentand consistent data management

on a worldwide basis. Once pa-rameters have been assigned toan object, they are available toall stakeholders everywhere, allthe time.


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Growth prospects throughinnovation and investmentprotection

Innovation and investment protection are

two mainstays of corporate management

and planning that reduce operating

expense and increase operational effi-ciency. We are addressing these goals

so that you can enhance your competi-

tiveness and growth while augmenting

your return on investment. COMOS is the

only software solution worldwide that

Our goal: continuous innovation

and reliable investment protection

for optimum competitiveness.

seamlessly maps the entire lifecycle of an

industrial plant on a single database. You

will establish a comprehensive, globally

integrable software solution that sub-stantially lowers your engineering,

operating and modernization costs.


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Energy & Power Oil & Gas

Process Industries

Pharmaceutical

Chemical

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Reliability in all disciplines

COMOS offers intelligent solutions and

services well adapted to your business

processes and industry-specific work-

flows. Our comprehensive, innovative

solution portfolio can be employed in

each lifecycle phase, from design to con-

struction to commissioning and opera-

tion to maintenance and revamping. And

just as importantly, you can acquire all of

these solutions from a single vendor.

We have regional companies and branch

offices around the globe. Regardless

where your facility is located, we havestaff available to support you during all

stages of your project.

We will discuss your initial situation in a

personal dialogue and develop a custom-

tailored solution concept.

Innovation based on experience

Our research and development activities

are geared for offering efficient, sophisti-

cated solution approaches. We are able to

draw on many years of global experience

in asset management in a wide variety of

industries. Our development teams lever-

age proven expertise to convert market

demands into novel, customer-oriented

solutions for your benefit. System com-

patibility is our top priority when devising

new solutions for smoothly integrating

our software into your existing IT

landscape.

Revolution in asset management

Siemens is the only vendor who can imple-

ment holistic asset management across a

complete industrial plant lifecycle using a

unified data platform. We view your asset

in a function-oriented manner ratherthan by separate technical disciplines.

We are now complementing the fully

integrated engineering processes that we

have supported for many years with fully

integrated operations and maintenance

workflows.

Holistic plant management through-

out the entire lifecycle of an indus-

trial plant on a common database.

COMOS deployed worldwide in a multitude of industries


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COMOS allows you to work in a

virtual office based on complete

data consistency across the entire

plant lifecycle.

Establishment of a digital plant by

connecting virtual and real world.

Common standards and freely configu-

rable interfaces make for an open archi-

tecture, enabling smooth collaboration

among different systems. This bridges

the gap between mere software integra-

tion and genuine interoperability.

COMOS maps the entire lifecycle of an

industrial plant on a single database and

thus supports the optimum interplay of

all disciplines in each lifecycle phase. This

results in a virtual office, where all stake-

holders can access up-to-date, complete

and consistent data at all times, ensuring

worldwide intercommunication, jointdecision-making, as well as fast and

targeted incident response.

Interlinking the virtual and physical

worlds: The digital plant

Optimizing production processes is

increasingly handled through the digital

plant, which helps enhance productivity

and gain competitive advantage.

In order to achieve these results, you

need to digitally mirror the status of your

hardware and software solutions in an

engineering system. Within this image,

you can e. g. plan maintenance and over-

haul activities for subsequent execution

in the real plant.

Conversely, any changes made to thereal plant can be easily transferred to the

virtual asset data inventory. This inter-

linkage of the digital and physical plant

opens up new dimensions in plant

engineering as well as design.

Benefit from our comprehensive, innovative software solution and service portfolio


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Technological edge through object

orientation

Future-proof asset management requires

you to view your plant in a function-ori-

ented manner rather than by separate

technical disciplines. Our object-oriented

solution is based on a complete, end-to-

end data flow.

Object orientation enables you to holisti-

cally describe a component or object and

provide each of the disciplines that work

on your plant project with a dedicated

component view of the overall project.

Benefit object orientation: many

single aspects amount to an always

up-to-date overall picture.

The graphical and alphanumerical repre-

sentations within the database constitute

an entity the object. This guarantees

that all requisite data and properties of a

specific object will be available, in up-to-

date form, to all entitled users anywhere

and anytime they are needed.

An unrestricted flow of information is

ensured throughout the lifecycle of a

plant from the design stage to opera-

tions and extensions to decommission-

ing. This approach facilitates substantial

quality improvements that significantly

contribute to workflow optimization.

Integrated collaboration of all technical disciplines throughout the asset lifecycle

COMOS enables you to realizeyour plants full potentialthrough object orientation

- Integrated, consistent plantengineering

- Engineering processoptimization

- Reduction of process lead times

- Realization of an eff icient assetmanagement strategy

- Flexible application options inall disciplines and lifecyclephases of your plant project

- Shorter development cycles for

new products and processes


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Transparency byconsistent datamanagement

COMOS transcends the boundaries be-

tween all disciplines involved in a plant

project by facilitating a seamless flow of

information without data loss duringhandover between various project life-

cycle phases. This approach enables you

to manage your project on an end-to-end

basis and deliver plant documentation so

that all relevant data and information

items are available in up-to-date form

wherever they are needed around the

clock. You can even execute cross-site

projects easily. COMOS creates the pre-

requisites for an efficient workflow and

facilitates interdisciplinary collaborationon a shared data platform across all tech-

nical departments of an enterprise. In

short, it will enhance your productivity,

reliability and overall business effective-

ness.

Plant engineering spanning different sites and countries on a shared database without any loss of data

COMOS enables a seamless informa-

tion flow, ensuring continuous

transparency.


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Modular structure for customized

solutions

COMOS is modularly structured on a com-

mon database, allowing the different

applications to be combined according to

individual needs.

Flexible adaptation to all systems

COMOS softwares open system architec-

ture and support for interdisciplinary

workflows are perfectly geared for todays

customer requirements and international

market trends: COMOS can be quickly and

easily adapted to your individual needs;

its intelligent interface technology facili-tates smooth integration into legacy sys-

tem environments.

By means of bidirectional data exchange

with third-party applications, stand-alone

solutions are networked and incorporated

into a single system. COMOS merges the

previously separate data silos of process,

mechanical, electrical and control engi-

neering into a unified asset data struc-

ture. This results in standardized work-

flows, reducing reconciliation effort and

improving overall quality.

COMOS also supports multilingual user

interfaces in a wide variety of languages,

thereby simplifying cross-site and inter-

cultural communication for global corpo-

rations. COMOS softwares high level of

scalability lends itself to constant adjust-

ment to changing requirements and

increasingly complex product lifecycles.

How you benefit from aconsistent database

- Interdisciplinary collaboration

across all corporate levels- Convenient operation and easy

handling of large volumes ofdata

- Smooth integration intoexisting IT landscapes

- End-to-end data managementand consistently up-to-dateasset documentation

- Cross-site workflows

- Interoperability through open

system architecture

- Reduced time to market

Simple integration of COMOS into

third-party system landscapes.


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Software solution forintegrated plantmanagement

COMOS is the only holistic and object-

oriented software solution that maps the

full lifecycle of todays plants. Its interde-

pendent software solutions cover allstages from process design to basic and

detail engineering to operations and

modernization and they can be

deployed as a complete solution and in

stand-alone mode. The central data plat-

form in COMOS supplies consistent and

transparent data linked to individual

objects.

The open COMOS architecture facilitates

the integration of external data and

systems.

An accurate, transparent and time-saving

data flow between the engineering and

operational worlds is ensured, raising

asset management to an entirely new

level.

COMOS: the holistic software

solution throughout the entire

plant lifecycle.


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Our unique solution concept From

Integrated Engineering to Integrated

Operations

Siemens provides numerous integrable

COMOS solutions to facilitate the worksteps required for successfully planning

and operating a plant.

The COMOS Platform solution provides

the basis for effective overall data man-

agement. The data of all applications and

domains is stored centrally and in object-

oriented form on the COMOS database,

providing maximum consistency.

Changes made in one application are

immediately available in all other applica-

tions, so COMOS requires no internal

interfaces. Connection to third-party sys-

tems is enabled by an open system archi-tecture featuring multiple automated

interfaces. As a result, each project stake-

holder is offered optimum transparency

and interoperability both during engi-

neering and operations.

The COMOS Process solution combines

applications for creating process data and

all aspects of process engineering. Even

at the early design stage, plant layout

data can be used to generate process

flow diagrams, which are then repre-

sented in more detail in the piping and

instrumentation diagram.

COMOS Process supports quality-con-

trolled pipe engineering and pipe spec

management conforming to international

industry standards. Process data conver-

sion on the geometry level in the form ofisometrics and 3D images can be easily

derived from the given data.

The solution COMOS Automation sup-

ports electrical engineering for the plant

through to full automation covering all

processes relevant to electrical, instru-

mentation and control engineering by

specialized solutions. Among other

things, logical inter-object links and auto-

mated sequences are graphically mapped

in diagrams and hydraulic, as well as

pneumatic, workflow schemes are cre-

ated on the basis of existing data.

COMOS Operations is comprised of solu-

tions for efficient asset management. All

data from the engineering phase can be

reused in the operational phase. Avail-

able applications include solutions both

for maintenance during ongoing opera-

tions and overhaul during shutdown. Via

special user interfaces, the measures ini-

tiated in the field or workshop can be

directly reported.

FromIntegratedEngineering ...

... to

Integrated

Operations

Interlocking engineering and operations

We offer software solutions for all

lifecycle phases of the plant

management.


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Our most treasuredasset the trust of ourcustomers

In developing our products, we work

closely with our customers, taking on

board all of their input, questions, chal-

lenges, praise and criticism, to gain valu-able hints for constantly fine-tuning our

work. Our clients help us to design opti-

mum solutions tailored to their particular

needs. Customers around the globe trust

our concepts for professional asset

management. The following section indi-

cates how clients from different indus-

tries have successfully deployed COMOSsoftware within their respective

enterprises.

Customer input is very valuable for

the further development of our

products.


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Process IndustriesChemical

Energy & Power Oil and Gas Pharmaceutical

Energy & Power

The service concept of COMOS offers us competent

and efficient support for the adaptation of our data

model. This enables us to promptly implement indi-

vidual proposals or even overall solutions ourselves or

commission their speedy implementation.

Ralf Bergemann, CAE/CAD Coordinator, Vattenfall Europe

PowerConsult GmbH

Chemical

Wackers engineering tool philosophy is

characterized by central data maintenance and

decentralized usage by our suppliers. Since the

introduction of the COMOS integrated engineeringsolution, this concept has been optimally supported.

In addition to enhanced up-to-dateness of the

documentation and higher data security, savings

concerning data exchange and interfaces have

become possible. Moreover, we identified further

saving potential for the future.

Klaus Kraml, Senior Manager, CAx-Systems & Applications,

Engineering Services, Wacker Chemie AG, Burghausen, Germany

Oil and Gas

Above all, it was the object-oriented database struc-

ture of COMOS that convinced us. This directly met

many of our requirements for an integrated process

development platform. Using this approach, we can

supply even better products to our customers.

Zhu Chun Tian, Sr. Vice President at Sinopec Engineering

Incorporation

We have been using COMOS since 2006 and already

had major benefits. Since then not only our enginee-

ring time has increased, but it has also gotten more

consistent. Due to COMOS we are having great results

in our projects.

Leonardo Luiz Freitas Santos, Petrobras Petrleo Brasileiro S.A.


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Glossary

Data consistency

Data is entered only once and is then available to all stake-

holders anytime and everywhere. Stringent inheritance

and linkage mechanisms provide all stakeholders involved

in a project with access to up-to-date and consistent data

from any location and at all times.

Data integration

Data integration brings information together from various

data sources to construct a common data model with a

standard structure. In software engineering, data integra-

tion extends from linking different applications up to the

central provision of data and services on a unified userinterface.

Data modeling

Data modeling helps avoid inconsistencies and redundan-

cies within the managed data and speeds up data access;

it can be supported by stored rulesets.

Global engineering

Global engineering is the concurrent processing of a proj-

ect, across multiple countries and time zones, by multiple

stakeholders involved in project development. Data can be

viewed from any location around the globe and can be

edited depending on selective access authorizations.

InteroperabilityInteroperability is the ability of mutually independent

systems and technologies to smoothly collaborate by com-

plying with common standards. Information can be eff i-

ciently provided without the need for specific inter-system

arrangements. This facilitates quick and reliable world-

wide decision-making around the clock.

Object orientation in COMOS

Object orientation is the holistic description of an existing

component and its true-to-life graphical representation.

The graphical and alphanumerical manifestations within

the database constitute a single entity the object.

Parallelization

Rather than processing individual development steps

sequentially, simultaneous engineering parallelizes differ-

ent workflows within project execution. Concurrent pro-

cessing of mutually independent activities and overlap-

ping of interdependent work steps can be performed

while constantly exchanging information acceleratesproduct development.

Time to market

Time to market refers to the development time it takes

from a product being conceived until its market entry. This

time period is characterized by costs without any returns.

Transparency

Holistic, function-oriented mapping of a plant makes for

end-to-end communication across all levels, offering all

stakeholders consistent data, without any losses, on a uni-

fied data platform. As a result, the complete documenta-

tion can be traced anytime.

Workflow and workflow management systemA workflow (sequence of operations) is a series of activi-

ties in organizational processes that has a defined start,

an organized sequence, and a defined end. A workflow

management system is a software that controls the individ-

ual steps within a workflow in accordance with the sched-

ule stored in the computer and provides or requests the

data required for this purpose.


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Lets tackle things together and elaborate on our claim

From Integrated Engineering to Integrated Operations

in a personal dialogue. Get in touch with us we will be

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