Aspen Reporting Framework™
Easy access to the operational intelligence that drivesimproved performance of the petroleum supply chain
Consistent, timely and easily accessible performance data is thefoundation for decision-making that maximizes petroleum supplychain profitability. Many companies lack such visibility due todisparate systems and fragmented business processes. AspenReporting Framework bridges this gap by seamlessly aggregatingand contextualizing refinery manufacturing and supply chain datafrom both AspenTech and third party solutions, providing globalvisibility into refinery performance.
Features
- Preconfigured with Refinery KPIs: StandardKPIs designed around the needs of today’s refinery areincluded as well as the ability to configure custom KPIs as needed.Pre-built KPI categories include Plan Performance, SchedulePerformance, Inventory Performance, Inventory Days of Supply andInventory Turns.
- Leverages standard technologies: Operationalintelligence cubes can be visualized through most of today’smodern reporting tools, leveraging existing investments inreporting and portal technology. Most visualization tools that arecompatible with Microsoft SQL Server Reporting Services can be usedincluding Microsoft SharePoint, Oracle Business Intelligence SuiteEnterprise Edition, SAP Business Objects and IBM Cognos.
- Out of the box AspenTech applicationintegration:Aspen Reporting Framework acceptsdata from version 7.1 and later of the following AspenTechproducts:
- Additional data sources such as historians, quality systems andpricing systems can be integrated via custom adapters built using astandard Software Development Kit (SDK).
Benefits
- Enables faster, more profitable operationaldecisions: Broader and easier access to operationalinformation across the organization enables quicker detection andresolution of operational issues. The increased confidence in dataaccuracy allows for faster and more informed business decisions,leading to greater profitability.
- Increased transparency at all levels of theorganization: Measurement of performance across functionsfor greater transparency as to where problems are occurringimproves the collaboration between departments and leads to muchfaster resolution of operational issues.
- Uncover inefficiencies: With automaticaggregation and contextualization of information, business analystscan spend less time collecting data and more time analyzing ways tomake business more efficient. By comparing data from multipledepartments in a standardized format, it is easier to find ways tooptimize operations.
- Integrate data and business processes once and onlyonce: Unlike traditional reporting tools where the effortto consolidate, cleanse and normalize data is separate from thetechnology that integrates business processes, AspenTech delivers acommon integration framework that delivers integration for bothareas via aspenONE Integration Foundation. This reducesimplementation time and cost because it is pre-integrated. Inaddition, its flexible and configurable environment reducesmaintenance costs as environments change over time.