Smart Manufacturing: A Case Study of Rockwell Automation (Updated 2018)

Rockwell Automation has established a significant foothold in the worldwide industrial automation market. The company brought forward the Connected Enterprise solution to support its smart manufacturing initiatives. This report discusses Rockwell Automation's smart manufacturing developments, major products and business, and real-world applications to explore the trend in smart manufacturing.

Table of Contents
1. Development History
1.1 Merger &Acquisition Activities
1.2 Key Members of SMLC
2.Core Businesses
2.1 Products and Services
2.2 Connected Enterprise
2.3 FactoryTalk Analytics Platform - Scalable Analytics Platform for IIoT Applications
2.3.1 Auto-discover Devices
2.3.2 Integrate Data from Multiple Sources
2.3.3 Flexible Machine Learning
2.3.4 Open and Scalable Platform
2.4 Rockwell Automation's Smart Manufacturing Solutions
2.4.1. Network Infrastructure
2.4.2. Circulating Information Capital
2.4.3. Security
3. Applications of Rockwell Automation's Solutions
3.1 Oxford Landing Winery
3.1.1 Site-wide Monitoring with FactoryTalk® View SE
3.1.2 Access to Historical and Real-time Data and Remote Monitoring with FactoryTalk ViewPoint
3.1.3 Allen-Bradley® ControlLogix® Controllers
3.1.4 Energy Monitoring with FactoryTalk® EnergyMetrix
4.Conclusion
Appendix
Glossary of Terms
List of Tables
Table 1: Rockwell Automation's Development History
Table 2: Companies Acquired by Rockwell Automation
Table 3: Rockwell Automation's Products Adopted by King's Hawaiian
List of Figures
Figure 1: Rockwell Automation's Revenue and Growth Rate, 2010 – 2017
Figure 2: SMLC's Open SM Platform Structure
Figure 3: Rockwell Automation's Connected Enterprise Vision
Figure 4: Tereos' Sugar Factory
Figure 5: King's Hawaiian's Baking Facility in Oakwood

List of topics:

Overview of Rockwell Automation's development history, touching on its M&A activities, formation of the non-profit organization SMLC, core business, and smart manufacturing solutions
Case study of the application of Rockwell Automation's smart manufacturing solution at Oxford Landing Winery