Case Studies
Dow Chemical Eliminates Raw Material Management Errors with aspenONE MES Suite
Overview
Functional Applications - Manufacturing Execution Systems (MES) | |
Chemicals | |
Discrete Manufacturing Quality Assurance | |
Manufacturing System Automation | |
System Integration | |
Operational Impact
Errors due to positioning incorrect raw materials into production have been completely eliminated, moving this work process from a two sigma to near the targeted six sigma operation. | |
Aspen Production Execution Manager provides the rigor of a programmed work procedure with automatic notification of a set of actions to an operator’s hand-held device. | |
Dow plans to implement this solution in sites across the company. | |
Quantitative Benefit
Completely eliminate errors due to misidentification of raw materials | |
Assure six sigma performance of the raw material management work process | |