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	Every employee a data scientist: Advanced analytics in the hands of every process engineer with Software AG’s TrendMiner Software AG

Every employee a data scientist: Advanced analytics in the hands of every process engineer with Software AG’s TrendMiner

Software AG

Technology Category	Analytics & Modeling - Real Time Analytics Analytics & Modeling - Predictive Analytics
Applicable Industries	Chemicals
Applicable Functions	Discrete Manufacturing Quality Assurance
Use Cases	Predictive Maintenance Process Control & Optimization Real-Time Location System (RTLS)
Services	Data Science Services
Challenge	LANXESS, a leading specialty chemicals company, operates in a fiercely competitive market worth over €1 trillion. The company needed to ensure timely, quality, and cost-effective delivery of its products. To thrive, LANXESS needed a solution that would provide its production specialists with operational and production data to continuously improve the operational performance of their plants. The company also aimed to democratize data for all its employees. In 2017, LANXESS established a dedicated service unit to push digital business models, introduce new technologies along the entire value chain, and work on the use of big data and the embedding of digital skills among its employees. Read More
About Customer	LANXESS is a leading specialty chemicals company based in Cologne, Germany. The company energizes chemistry for the 21st-Century, producing, developing, and marketing chemical intermediates, additives, specialty chemicals, and plastics for some of the top businesses around the globe. With sales of €7.2 billion, LANXESS has over 15,500 employees in 33 countries and is represented at 60 production sites worldwide. The company has halved its emissions since 2004 and is on track to be carbon neutral by 2040. LANXESS delivers on time, on budget, and above quality to its global clients, whether they need a quick turn-around on a mission-critical run of inorganic pigments or a regular supply of advanced industrial intermediates. Read More
Solution	In 2018, LANXESS chose TrendMiner, Software AG’s self-service industrial analytics solution, to bring transparency to operational and production processes and democratize data for all its employees. The solution was implemented across 70 percent of LANXESS plants worldwide, including all major sites in Europe and North America. The implementation of TrendMiner enabled autonomous data analysis based on recognition of previous events and patterns, early warning notification, and predictive maintenance intelligence. This meant that LANXESS process engineers didn’t have to be data scientists to make data-driven decisions. The solution empowered production specialists with data to significantly increase capacity utilization, cut costs, and improve energy efficiency. Read More Log in to view content
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Technology Category

Analytics & Modeling - Real Time Analytics

Analytics & Modeling - Predictive Analytics

Applicable Industries

Chemicals

Applicable Functions

Discrete Manufacturing

Quality Assurance

Use Cases

Predictive Maintenance

Process Control & Optimization

Real-Time Location System (RTLS)

Services

Data Science Services

Challenge

LANXESS, a leading specialty chemicals company, operates in a fiercely competitive market worth over €1 trillion. The company needed to ensure timely, quality, and cost-effective delivery of its products. To thrive, LANXESS needed a solution that would provide its production specialists with operational and production data to continuously improve the operational performance of their plants. The company also aimed to democratize data for all its employees. In 2017, LANXESS established a dedicated service unit to push digital business models, introduce new technologies along the entire value chain, and work on the use of big data and the embedding of digital skills among its employees.

About Customer

LANXESS is a leading specialty chemicals company based in Cologne, Germany. The company energizes chemistry for the 21st-Century, producing, developing, and marketing chemical intermediates, additives, specialty chemicals, and plastics for some of the top businesses around the globe. With sales of €7.2 billion, LANXESS has over 15,500 employees in 33 countries and is represented at 60 production sites worldwide. The company has halved its emissions since 2004 and is on track to be carbon neutral by 2040. LANXESS delivers on time, on budget, and above quality to its global clients, whether they need a quick turn-around on a mission-critical run of inorganic pigments or a regular supply of advanced industrial intermediates.

Solution

In 2018, LANXESS chose TrendMiner, Software AG’s self-service industrial analytics solution, to bring transparency to operational and production processes and democratize data for all its employees. The solution was implemented across 70 percent of LANXESS plants worldwide, including all major sites in Europe and North America. The implementation of TrendMiner enabled autonomous data analysis based on recognition of previous events and patterns, early warning notification, and predictive maintenance intelligence. This meant that LANXESS process engineers didn’t have to be data scientists to make data-driven decisions. The solution empowered production specialists with data to significantly increase capacity utilization, cut costs, and improve energy efficiency.

Impact #1	LANXESS identified multiple use cases with up to six-digit savings.
Impact #2	The company empowered its employees with analytics-driven decision making.
Impact #3	LANXESS gained real-time operating notifications capability.

Impact #1

LANXESS identified multiple use cases with up to six-digit savings.

Impact #2

The company empowered its employees with analytics-driven decision making.

Impact #3

LANXESS gained real-time operating notifications capability.

Benefit #1	Savings in individual cases has topped six figures.
Benefit #2	Implementation across 70 percent of LANXESS plants worldwide and growing.

Benefit #1

Savings in individual cases has topped six figures.

Benefit #2

Implementation across 70 percent of LANXESS plants worldwide and growing.

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Every employee a data scientist: Advanced analytics in the hands of every process engineer with Software AG’s TrendMiner

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