Smart manufacturing for chemicals and petroleum Highlights ●
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Maximize employee, asset and facility performance Gain visibility into manufacturing operations Enable better collaboration and communication
Chemicals and petroleum companies are faced with one of the most challenging business climates in history. At the same time, performance and output expectations have never been greater. Failure to respond to this new state has far reaching implications in today’s global marketplace. That’s why connecting operations and leveraging advanced analytics are more critical than ever to achieve superior performance in the volatile refining and chemicals business. The smart manufacturing solution for chemicals and petroleum petrole um from IBM can help you gather, gather, consolidate and use data from across your enterprise to develop actionable insights that help you maximize performance of your facilities, assets and global workforce. To achieve this goal, our solution is designed to help you develop a strategy and implement an infrastructure that: ●
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Takes advantage of existing instrumentation and operations Takes systems to capitalize on information from sensors and equipment such as pumps, valves, temperature and pressure transmitters, and flow meters. Connects people, equipment, systems and facilities to provide better visibility, information sharing and coll aboration. Enables advanced analytics to help make more intelligent decisions about production and maintenance, and deliver the agility needed to react to issues such as weather, geopolitical changes and market dynamics.
Boiling it down Chemicals and petroleum companies operate in one of the most instrumented and technology-driven industries in the world. However, they are plagued by disparate systems and platforms that prevent enterprise wide interoperability. This is especially true of older facilities and assets. Complicating the issue is that as new refineries, equipment and technologies come on line, they must be able to work seamlessly with existing operations. The smart manufacturing solution offers a customizable strategy and breakthrough technology based on an integrated information frame work that allows you to connect aging and newer facilities, allowing for visibility across the entire fleet of refineries or chemicals plants. By linking facilities, systems, equipment and people, you can improve collaboration and communication to optimize your entire business with smarter processes that allow you to: ●
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Act as events occur with alerts and events triggered or activated by key metrics. Collaborate with experts on problems and solutions for smarter, more effective resource management. Instantly access key data concerning plant assets, measurements and documents in a consistent and intuitive format. Drive more predictable performance of manufacturing and maintenance processes. Analyze and optimize manufacturing results for alignment with key performance indicators. Enhance decision making across your enterprise.
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Helping to refine your business We can help you develop a fresh vision and a smarter approach to manufacturing that helps you operate more efficiently and productively. IBM Global Business Services offers deep industry skills and experience and can provide true worldwide reach to handle your globally dispersed asset base. Our extensive industry relationships with suppliers and providers of IT control systems help us deliver a customized solution that avoids a “rip-and-replace” implementation, while providing access to new enabling technology.
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