Star Factory has defined 42 sites in the 2023 roadmap to initiate the implementation of the digital solutions .  The deployment will be divided per waves . This project is to cover wave 2 (15 sites) .

To support Star Factory ambition, local IT infrastructure bricks must be upgraded to ensure reliable connectivity, applications’ performance and delivery of new industrial capabilities.

The following domains require major upgrades 

• Connectivity:

• Site connectivity: 
• all network devices older than 6 to 7 years, no more supported by manufacturers, must be replaced as it represents a high risk of cyber-attacks, production outage, and run in low performance
• Re-design work to fix recurring service interruptions, simplify, and optimize connectivity for people on sites accessing local industrial solutions or Google suite tools (including re-cabling)
• Extend Wifi coverage for administrative buildings
• Internet connectivity: new technology offering redundancy and adjusted capacity (bandwidth) required for digitization (speed of connectivity to send/receive/collect data for manufacturing)

• Workplace:

• • Replacement of slow/broken end-user devices like computers, mobile devices (including ATEX)
  • New meeting rooms (or refresh) with visio-conference equipment enabling true collaboration within and inter-sites

• IT for industrial:

• Increase of IoT antenas’ coverage to collect additional data required for predictive analytics and dashboarding 
• Increase cellular (4G/5G) coverage for non-covered areas like outdoor or warehouses for mobile devices

This initiative is proposed to support Star Factory reach their goal for digital/connected factories providing the IT infrastructure required for Digital maturity , to promote digital transformation, to foster innovation, to improve performance and to increase security.

 More reliable/supported network equipment, connectivity improvement ; new digital capabilities (use of IOT) ; better experience in meeting rooms, user satisfaction improvement regarding IT services, productivity improvement (less disconnection with increase of internet speed) ; guarantee infrastructure scalability and security, ensure service continuity in the event of network failure,  wireless plant coverage extension (wifi, 4G/5G-public)

Obsolete LAN infrastructure(switches and wifi access points) , Non Connected meeting rooms. 

This is enhancement of existing connectivity infrastructure 

This is not product development. This is deployment of network/telecom Infrastructure.

Challenges:

• Dis-centralized Procurement  
• Estimated Delivery time for the Hardware order is  not accurate and can take more than 6 Months
• Lack of IT  local support to help in the deployment
• Lack of engagement of the site resources to support the project and define the Business needs

• Network Performance improvement of the 3 main application 
• Network Performance improvement of the 3 main user cases 
• 90% of   agreed area wireless plant coverage on the sites (wifi or 4G/5G public)
• 0% of Network equipment Obsoletes
• User experience/satisfaction with meeting rooms

Do you think if your initiative is compatible with a waterfall approachor with an agile approach?

• Agile model
• Waterfall model
• I do not know at this stage

We will implement the following scope in the sites  in 14 sites mentioned in the session 1.3

Lan Obsolencence -  Replace  switches end of life/support until Dec/2023

Wifi Obsolescence - Replace wifi access point end of life/support  until Dec/2023

Industrial Mobile Devices - Replace Industrial Mobile Devices end of life/support  until Dec/2023 and provide new devices to support the site digitization

LAN modernization -  modernize the  LAN network landscape to add Redundancy and Business continuity 

Wireless - Extent the wifi and 4G/5G public in the sites to the areas identified as required for Business growing 

IoT - Deploy Lorawan Antenas to support the automation of the industrial production  process 

Meeting Rooms - Deploy Google Chromebox solution in the required meeting rooms 

Complete Accolade

All the projects created in Accolade 

Complete Architecture Impact Analysis (AIA)

ARB & AIA

Presentation for Architecture

Check you have confirmed the involvement of each platform

Email was sent and follow up done but none of the SDM reply . 

Email sent

Complete the security questionnaire in “SIP Support tool”

W&C: to be filled in to Accolade in preparation phase

TCO over 10Y: 

xxxx - Business Case/Financial evaluation 10Y

Network on the sites are slow

They dont have a good wifi coverage

They can not do on line meetings

They can not  start to be more effective in the Production due the lack of IT infrastructure on the sites 

Better internet connection

All site coverage with Wireless network 

More reliable Local network that enabling Business Grown and  Continuity

Meeting Rooms equipped with Technology that enable them to do real time , on line meeting

Collect their production data in an effective and automatic way

Main Risks of the program is :

Site may not get the investment needed for the cabling/fiber modernization and the LAN modernization depend on it 

Mitigation plan :  All activities related to the LAN modernization and budget involved was moved to 2024 to enable the sites get their budget approved

Deployment may be impact for Po2 hard change freezing

Mitigation plan : No activities that impact production are planned inside the change freezing 

- Is the business ambition you will support improving or not sustainability? No

- Will you increase or decrease the number of hardware we need to operate? How much ? It will increase the Hardware in around 20%

- Will you generate or transfer an important amount of data, especially videos? How much? We are deploying around 120 Google Chromebox for meeting and it will increase the volume of Video traffic and also storage in case on line meeting being recorded