Overall equipment effectiveness (OEE) has proved to be helpful for continuous processes, but can the same principles be applied to improve equipment effectiveness in batch operations? The short answer is, yes. With some refocused metrics, manufacturers that run batch processes can shorten cycle times and address their own high-value problems by correlating performance, downtime and quality to products and equipment. We spoke with Stuart Forrest, MES Business Consultant for AspenTech, to get the inside scoop on batch OEE and find out what kind of results manufacturers can expect by tracking it through an advanced MES solution.

Digital transformation seeks to use technology to achieve your goals: fewer errors, more production, better product quality and improved customer service. The vertical integration of enterprise and IT technologies — also known as “smart manufacturing” or Industry 4.0 — synchronizes commercial systems, such as production orders from the enterprise resource planning system, with manufacturing systems like the distributed control systems, weigh scales or barcode readers. Learn how you how can reduce product quality errors, batch cycle times and operating costs through vertical integration.

Industry expert, Celso Flores, shares his insights related to an Aspen Petroleum Scheduler (APS) project.

Intelligent mining provides meaningful insight into everyday operations to support proactive decision making. Predictive maintenance solutions designed specifically for mining organizations help improve equipment utilization, performance, reliability and safety.

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La mina inteligente proporciona información significativa sobre las operaciones cotidianas para respaldar la toma de decisiones proactiva. Las soluciones de mantenimiento predictivo diseñadas específicamente para las organizaciones mineras proporcionan la base para la transformación empresarial y el conocimiento para mejorar la utilización, el rendimiento, la confiabilidad y la seguridad del equipo.

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Close the gap between planning and execution by improving asset utilization and ensuring efficient and sustainable manufacturing processes.

AspenTech's performance engineering solution reduces plant CAPEX and OPEX while improving time to market, energy efficiency and profit margins.

Value Chain Optimization for specialty chemicals helps organizations optimize supply chains by providing the visibility and agility necessary in today's complex environments.