Data Management

The most common reason IPCOS is contacted for alarm management projects is a corporate push to bring alarm rates down. In addition, the lack of a standardized system often triggers customer requests, usually because external auditors point out a deficiency (i.e., the Seveso directive imposes the...

Topics: Plant performance, Data Management, Industry 4.0, Operational Excellence

Classroom training often gives vague and non-applicable examples while following a pre-cooked script. After a few hours of tutoring, participants are certified, but have they learned anything practical that will serve them in their daily life? What knowledge do they retain once the training is...

Topics: Data Management, Industry 4.0, Operational Excellence

In 2021, IPCOS had the chance to work on a global project for one of the leading chemical companies with around 100 sites spread over more than 60 countries. Often sites work independently, and sharing knowledge between teams does not happen naturally or is only done verbally. In some cases,...

Topics: Data Management, Digitalization, Industry 4.0, Operational Excellence

One of IPCOS’s clients has plants all around the globe, from the United States to Italy to Germany, each with unique process operations and different principles in calculating performance, with Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE) being the Key Performance Indicator (KPI). The management of the...

Topics: Data Management, Digitalization, Industry 4.0, Operational Excellence

The project in this blog is typical of batch chemicals producers who need to digitalize their highly distributed plants. In this case, relevant data was not collected in an automated fashion, and data centralization did not exist. Deploying performance management solutions on a site-by-site basis...

Topics: Data Management, Industry 4.0

PI Process Book will no longer be supported at the end of 2024. IPCOS investigates the possible alternatives in regards to trending, dashboarding and production surveillance. Building on IPCOS’ expertise to select a viable replacement A long-lasting client of IPCOS was a heavy user of PI Process...

Topics: Data Management, Industry 4.0

Data Integration is the cornerstone of digitalization. The exploding volume of data every company possesses and its existence in different databases, serving specific needs in the organization is a constant challenge. Without unified data, creating a single report requires logging into multiple...

Topics: Data Management, Digitalization