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Ascend Performance Materials Case Study

AVEVA (Schneider Electric)

Technology Category	Analytics & Modeling - Big Data Analytics
Applicable Industries	Plastics
Applicable Functions	Process Manufacturing
Use Cases	Process Control & Optimization
Challenge	Ascend operations must access multiple software systems to manage day-to-day operations in an effective and secure manner. These systems generate large sets of data which contain critical information pertaining to management systems, planning and cost information in business systems and energy consumption. As a result, Ascend management was challenged with creating relevant reports reflecting performance measures in overall context of their operational process. The company’s previous process entailed collecting and analyzing data manually which was not effective, since the information collected was generated after the fact, and was too complex for collaborative use across the organization. Read More
About Customer	Ascend Performance Materials is the global leader in the production of Nylon 6-6. Read More
Customer Name	Ascend Performance Materials Read More
Solution	Wonderware Intelligence software addresses the challenges faced by Ascend to leverage the hidden insights in industrial data. The software automates the transformation of time series and transactional data across multiple sources and turns large amounts of Industrial “Big Data” into actionable metrics and Key Performance Indicator (KPI) information. Metrics and context data is kept in an open information model, providing a single version of the current data. This is stored in data warehouses and enterprise business intelligence tools enabling Ascend management to make strategic sense out of the production data. With Wonderware Workflow, companies can institutionalize work processes that manage normal, unscheduled or disruptive events within their operations environment. This industrial workflow application benefits operations, maintenance, engineering, quality, environmental & safety departments within an organization. Read More Log in to view content
Data Collected	Energy Consumption Rate, Maintenance Requirements, Operation Performance, Time Series and Transactional Read More Log in to view content
Contents

Technology Category

Analytics & Modeling - Big Data Analytics

Applicable Industries

Plastics

Applicable Functions

Process Manufacturing

Use Cases

Process Control & Optimization

Challenge

Ascend operations must access multiple software systems to manage day-to-day operations in an effective and secure manner. These systems generate large sets of data which contain critical information pertaining to management systems, planning and cost information in business systems and energy consumption. As a result, Ascend management was challenged with creating relevant reports reflecting performance measures in overall context of their operational process. The company’s previous process entailed collecting and analyzing data manually which was not effective, since the information collected was generated after the fact, and was too complex for collaborative use across the organization.

About Customer

Ascend Performance Materials is the global leader in the production of Nylon 6-6.

Customer Name

Ascend Performance Materials

Solution

Wonderware Intelligence software addresses the challenges faced by Ascend to leverage the hidden insights in industrial data. The software automates the transformation of time series and transactional data across multiple sources and turns large amounts of Industrial “Big Data” into actionable metrics and Key Performance Indicator (KPI) information. Metrics and context data is kept in an open information model, providing a single version of the current data. This is stored in data warehouses and enterprise business intelligence tools enabling Ascend management to make strategic sense out of the production data. With Wonderware Workflow, companies can institutionalize work processes that manage normal, unscheduled or disruptive events within their operations environment. This industrial workflow application benefits operations, maintenance, engineering, quality, environmental & safety departments within an organization.

Data Collected

Energy Consumption Rate, Maintenance Requirements, Operation Performance, Time Series and Transactional

Impact #1	[Efficiency Improvement - Operation] Their operators now immediately view key data generated during the manufacturing processes at each plant, which enables them to operate more efficiently.

Impact #1

[Efficiency Improvement - Operation]

Their operators now immediately view key data generated during the manufacturing processes at each plant, which enables them to operate more efficiently.

Benefit #1	The company achieved a savings of $500,000 in utilities and materials costs.
Benefit #2	More than $1 million in savings was achieved in maintenance costs.
Benefit #3	Avoided potential plant shutdowns which equals to a savings of $2 million.

Benefit #1

The company achieved a savings of $500,000 in utilities and materials costs.

Benefit #2

More than $1 million in savings was achieved in maintenance costs.

Benefit #3

Avoided potential plant shutdowns which equals to a savings of $2 million.

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Overview

Ascend Performance Materials Case Study

Operational Impact

Quantitative Benefit