Automotive factory network renewal
Scicluna, Christopher (2012)
Scicluna, Christopher
Turun ammattikorkeakoulu
2012
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https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:amk-2012090913499
https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:amk-2012090913499
Tiivistelmä
The aim of this applied thesis was to plan, implement, and study the upgrading the network infrastructure in Valmet Automotive Oy, specifically in its Uusikaupunki factory. Valmet Automotive is a Finnish automotive service provider, focusing on premium vehicles, convertible roof systems and electric vehicles. The objective was to plan and implement a networking infrastructure that could support the load of a factory in full-scale production, while ensuring near-constant availability. The transition also had to minimize impact on any ongoing car and car part production.
The process was split into four parts: studying the original environment, planning a replacement, implementation, and organizing a support service. Initially a lengthy study of the current network infrastructure was performed, in order to identify the original layout, what needed to be changed
and what could be kept. This entailed numerous meetings with engineers responsible for the system, and studying and translating topology maps and technical documentation. This resulted in a detailed picture of the original nfrastructure that the author used to compile the migration plan.
The thesis focused around the replacement of the core switches in the Uusikaupunki factory, as this was identified as the most critical and necessary part of the whole project. The impact of replacing these switches was studied, and a step by step process plan was developed in order to lessen any negative effects on production. This process had to include providing component redundancy, satisfy original network requirements, and create a support structure for the new infrastructure.
This thesis resulted in increased reliability and performance on the IT infrastructure of the Uusikaupunki branch of Valmet Automotive Inc. Network breaks and speed decreases, that were observed beforehand, were shown to have minimized. The knowledge gained from this thesis was used to plan a similar implementation in another of Valmet’s branches.
The process was split into four parts: studying the original environment, planning a replacement, implementation, and organizing a support service. Initially a lengthy study of the current network infrastructure was performed, in order to identify the original layout, what needed to be changed
and what could be kept. This entailed numerous meetings with engineers responsible for the system, and studying and translating topology maps and technical documentation. This resulted in a detailed picture of the original nfrastructure that the author used to compile the migration plan.
The thesis focused around the replacement of the core switches in the Uusikaupunki factory, as this was identified as the most critical and necessary part of the whole project. The impact of replacing these switches was studied, and a step by step process plan was developed in order to lessen any negative effects on production. This process had to include providing component redundancy, satisfy original network requirements, and create a support structure for the new infrastructure.
This thesis resulted in increased reliability and performance on the IT infrastructure of the Uusikaupunki branch of Valmet Automotive Inc. Network breaks and speed decreases, that were observed beforehand, were shown to have minimized. The knowledge gained from this thesis was used to plan a similar implementation in another of Valmet’s branches.