CGI NETHERLANDS
COEN HUESMANN 45th
Anniversary of CGI
400
Locations worldwide
operational technology ( OT ) and information technology ( IT ).
“ We have a strong methodology for helping our manufacturing clients on their journey of becoming more mature in their processes and automation in their factories ,” he said .
“ An example of this is one of our chemical customers where we have built a fully integrated plant . Orders coming in from their SAP system trigger production in the plants . Every production step is executed in an automated way up until the truck that is steered in its navigation system to the right silo to pick up the finished product and deliver it to customers .”
“ For this client we have programmed the programmable logic controllers ( PLC ’ s ) on the shop floor that drive pumps and valves and vessels , right through their decision control systems in the control room and in the manufacturing execution systems ( MES ). We are able to track and trace , weigh and dispense , learn how to improve efficiency and more . At this moment we are working to connect this to the outside world by integrating the factory with logistics .”
“ That is how many manufacturing operations can improve , but only processby-process or machine-by-machine . We try to really understand where the value of this process is from an end customer ' s
EXECUTIVE BIO
TITLE : VICE PRESIDENT MANUFACTURING
INDUSTRY : INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY LOCATION : UTRECHT , NETHERLANDS
Coen leads the Manufacturing competence centre of CGI based in the Netherlands . Together we realise safe and sustainable solutions and improvements in the core of our manufacturing clients . Our customers percieve us as the trusted partner and expert of choice for realising their strategic manufacturing goals . As team we work together with COO ' s , site managers , production managers , IT and OT managers , continuous improvement managers and with the shop floor to improve manufacturing operations together . We are a one stop shop for
• Manufacturing Consulting and analytics
• MES implementation , transformation , service and support
• Manufacturing Automation
• OT security consulting and services
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