VAI^TM is an unique space of integration that enables manufacturers to make their operations real in the context of decision making. VAI stands Vertical Application Integration- an integration process that enables the plants to truly roll in the concept of plant floor to enterprise integration & synchronize production machines to market demands.

Every business depending on their age of their plants and business , have made considerable investments in plant floor automation & enterprise . All the capital investments in automation & IT are made as relevant in the year of their investments. The investment probably had an outlook of three to five years needs ahead. Today ,when they vision to have an adaptive manufacturing environment , the businesses need to take their existing plants along with automation +IT assets of that age ,to a deliver to a new synchronized business environments .Concurrently , for their Greenfield capacity building their investments in automation +IT should be current in their ability to synchronize manufacturing to markets from the start.

Axcend, with its VAI – approach, brings in a unique value proposition of understanding the current & evolving business needs of manufacturing businesses. This client specific approach ensures that clients leveraging their technology investments made till date in on their plant floor automation & Manufacturing IT enterprise systems. This is a process that brings together enterprise and plant automation applications under a common consulting & implementation umbrella that enables functionality and performance.

Manufacturing applications in the market are mapped under different acronyms sumbrella’s such MES,MOM, MI , SCADA+reports, plants on web etc. In its true value context, the needs of the customer is to make his business real time for decision making -as relevant to his organization parameters. Parameters in consideration being – growth plans, existing technology investments,Management style ,organizational culture , shop floor environment , Industrial relations and user profiles . VAI ensures that the solutions implemented are relevant to the client specific environment in its design , integration and deployment . The deliverables spread from simple plant information reporting systems to integrated end to end MES solutions as relevant to the business operations scale .

The most innovative aspect of VAI is to create a environment of providing real time decision making without falling into any acronym based investment decisions process. In other words, VAI meld a series of applications /technologies of acronym based mapping ERP,MOM, MES, MI and Manufacturing IT automation & Plant automation into one cohesive user needs understanding. The VAI solutions work on the foundation of clients needs relevant solutions which uses a mix match of frameworks of any of the above product categories. This is without a doubt a more powerful option of usage by clients . It takes the manufacturing IT operations in contexts of the business value creation and not in the context which marketed product vendor category should it fall under. The simple fact is the users needs can be served with framework that can lie either in ERP – Manufacturing module environment , or in Manufacturing Execution system , or Manufacturing Intelligence framework, or in Plant historian space . The business needs, size ,scale of operations and growth plan coupled with corporate investments made till date will all form factors for choosing the solutions for users. VAI ensures that solutions are client centric and not acronym centric.