COMMITTED TO EXCELLENCE

GCI Project Managers combine practical experience in automation controls with technical expertise in advanced information systems to ensure that your project is defined correctly, scheduled accurately, and delivered on time.
 

Automate and improve operations with GCI's ability to engineer state-of-the-art solutions for real-time control of your manufacturing process.

From machine sub-assemblies to entire work centers, GCI's implementation techniques focus on the integration of equipment and systems with minimal loss of production, which reduces total cost of ownership.

• Custom Machine Control
• PLCs
• Embedded Controllers
• Integrated SPC
• Batch Processing
• Process Control
• Multiple Axis Coordinated Motion Control
• Robotics
• Intelligent Recognition Systems

Management of the crucial information generated during the manufacturing operation is the key to improving quality, streamlining operations, and assessing financial impact to create a competitive advantage.

GCI can secure valuable information from the plant floor and create communication pipelines between manufacturing level applications, execution systems, and the ERP layer. Our task is to determine the best software products, advanced programming languages, relational data base schemas and networking architectures that will work effectively for you.

GCI offers a broad range of data reporting and analysis tools to help you in:

• MES
• Process Modeling
• Equipment Effectiveness
• Production Schedule Optimization
• WIP Tracking
• Quality Analysis
• Resource Allocation
• Document Management

Our expertise allows us to evaluate the overwhelming selection of products and tools available in today's market. Listed below are some of the industry leaders with whom we work to design your application.

• Rockwell
• Wonderware
• Inductive Automation
• Microsoft
• Oracle
• Intellution
• Cisco

Services for the Regulated Environment

Federally regulated industries represent a significant sector of the current GCI client base, including Food, Pharmaceutical and Cosmetic manufacturers. Many of our clients are now faced with more stringent enforcement of regulations while manufacturing equipment and control systems continue to become increasingly complex.

GCI recognizes the challenges facing our regulated clients and takes a proactive role in Process Validation, Computer-Related Systems Validation, and Equipment Qualification through our Quality Management Systems and Services.

As we design, construct and commission our products, we incorporate processes, procedures and documentation essential to the qualification of our systems.By working directly with our client’s Quality personnel, we are able to proactively identify the requirements, deliverables and acceptance criteria for system validation. This allows our clients to leverage the quality activities we devote to constructing their systems, thus eliminating duplicate effort, costly delays and rework.

GCI Quality Systems Services is a flexible offering to enable the client to choose the level of service required for a particular project. We offer everything from content-specific products to turnkey qualification packages. Our Subject Matter Experts can offer guidance and clarification or can be an extra pair of hands for protocol development and execution.

As a member of ISPE and CSIA, our quality methodology is based on accepted standards such as the ISPE Baseline Guide on Commissioning and Qualification and the Good Automated Manufacturing Process GAMP 4 Guide.
 

A fundamental part of our service is the in-house development and fabrication of complete electrical systems. Unlike some other integration firms, we maintain a team of designers and technicians to ensure that every aspect of the delivered system adheres to our quality standards.

Our knowledge base includes a wide range of manufacturing applications, including special consideration for environments such as those that fall under NFP classification guidelines for potentially explosive hazards. Turnkey design and fabrication also allows us to plan and coordinate the installation, testing and commissioning activities with schedule, cost and personnel safety as the primary considerations.

• Control Systems Design
• Intrinsic Safety, Purged Enclosure and Explosion Proof System Design
• CAD-Based Electrical Schematics
• HMI & Mimic Panel Design

GCI's fabrication capability assures top quality and consistent performance across each project. We can build, install and integrate panels and controls into your process. GCI's fabrication practices ensure a smooth integration thorough skilled craftsmanship and attention to quality. This is critical to reduced start-up time and extended service life.

• Control Panel Fabrication
• System/Machine Installation & Integration
• Machine Upgrades & Rebuilds
• HMI & Mimic Panel Fabrication