Data is the new oil: reducing costs with predictive maintenance
Boost availability and reduce maintenance costs with field instrumentation data The oil & gas industry operates in tough environments with challenging KPIs and costly maintenance when things go wrong. Plant managers and engineers facing increasing complexity in their systems and constant pressure to reduce operating costs, improve reliability (uptime) and increase process efficiency. You need […]
Real-time unit cost visualization, improvement & optimization
Introduction It is difficult to argue with the notion that knowing your unit cost is essential for running a successful and profitable business. This is particularly critical for the businesses that operate large scale industrial processes where volumes are high and even a slight change in the unit cost might have a significant impact on […]
What do Asset Owners need to know from their Evacuation Systems?
The ultimate user is the owner of the evacuation system. However, many specific tasks are delegated to subordinates, but conceptually speaking- all these are users, albeit with more specific wishes and requirements. The ultimate user wants to optimise the performance of the whole system holistic approach (whatever thatin specific cases may be), which means in […]
Remote Access Architecture OT-IT
With COVID-19 and the lock-down, we are working from home. The question is how can we implement a safe architecture when remote working becomes the new normal? Right now operators don’t always allow employees to access their plant automation & IT systems from their home location. Besides the cybersecurity there is another challenge: how can […]
