Plant Applications Installation Overview

Plant Applications is a unique software solution that digitizes the collective information being generated throughout your production facilities into a “virtual plant” for access where, when, and how you need it. Plant Applications provides clear insight into your production to greatly improve operational effectiveness.

Plant Applications continues to offer an SDK to customize and implement platform (MESCore) features.

Plant Applications continues support for the Unified Manufacturing Database (UMDB) that combines a Plant Applications data model with the S95 data model employed by the SOA platform.

The model offers a single platform to implement holistic, operational performance-management solutions for batch, discrete, and mixed environments using equipment, product, and people centric models. It provides the following benefits:

• Extension by the new MESCore Service provider of the SOA data model to enable creation of a Unified Manufacturing Database.
• Data entry through the convenient Workflow Client interface. A separate license for Workflow is required to use workflows.
• Data methods to design custom displays and forms to gather, monitor, and analyze plant operations data. Using methods with Workflow requires a license.

Plant Applications licensing has been simplified to help manage concurrent users. The Plant Applications Server is licensed based on the number of concurrent users that connect to the server.

A concurrent user has access to all modules and functions in Plant Applications. You can license individual modules, supporting module-level licensing for customers having previous licensing for the Efficiency, Quality, and Production modules.

A Workflow license is not required for Plant Applications. A separate Workflow license is required to create workflows or to use methods.

After installing Plant Applications, you can use the License Viewer to help determine what licenses exist on a machine. From the Windows Start menu, select Programs > Proficy Common > License Viewer.

For more information about the latest GE Digital product offerings, see https://www.ge.com/digital/products. For general information about the new GE Digital licensing model, search for Licensing information on https://digitalsupport.ge.com/. A help system is installed with licensing and is available from the Proficy Common directory.