Schneider Electric Case Studies Maintenance Management pays off for Fertilizer Plant

	Maintenance Management pays off for Fertilizer Plant Schneider Electric

Maintenance Management pays off for Fertilizer Plant

Schneider Electric

Technology Category	Automation & Control - Automation & Process Control Systems Functional Applications - Enterprise Asset Management Systems (EAM)
Applicable Industries	Chemicals
Applicable Functions	Process Manufacturing
Use Cases	Process Control & Optimization
Challenge	Locate software to deliver continuing maintenance planning functionality while providing the flexibility for growth and costs savings. The investment to keep home-grown application in pace with growing business is over $1 million. Read More
About Customer	CF Industries is a North American manufacturer and distributor of agricultural fertilizers, based in Deerfield, Illinois, a suburb of Chicago. Read More
Customer Name	CF Industries Read More
Solution	Schneider Electrics's solution includes Avantis.PRO and Avantis.DSS. Avantis.PRO is an enterprise asset management software system. Avantis.DSS is a decision support software to analyze the data for continuous process improvement and have supplemented their system through adoption of standard catalog descriptions and categories for all MRO items. Software Components - Avantis.PRO - Avantis.DSS Read More Log in to view content
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Technology Category

Automation & Control - Automation & Process Control Systems

Functional Applications - Enterprise Asset Management Systems (EAM)

Applicable Industries

Chemicals

Applicable Functions

Process Manufacturing

Use Cases

Process Control & Optimization

Challenge

Locate software to deliver continuing maintenance planning functionality while providing the flexibility for growth and costs savings. The investment to keep home-grown application in pace with growing business is over $1 million.

About Customer

CF Industries is a North American manufacturer and distributor of agricultural fertilizers, based in Deerfield, Illinois, a suburb of Chicago.

Customer Name

CF Industries

Solution

Schneider Electrics's solution includes Avantis.PRO and Avantis.DSS. Avantis.PRO is an enterprise asset management software system. Avantis.DSS is a decision support software to analyze the data for continuous process improvement and have supplemented their system through adoption of standard catalog descriptions and categories for all MRO items.

Software Components
- Avantis.PRO
- Avantis.DSS

Impact #1	[Cost Reduction - Inventory Management] The solution reduced inventory management and purchasing costs by several million dollars.

Impact #1

[Cost Reduction - Inventory Management]
The solution reduced inventory management and purchasing costs by several million dollars.

Benefit #1	This system automates maintenance planning and tracking activities on nearly 50,000 asset entities.
Benefit #2	The solution provides approximate cost savings of $2 million through improved sourcing and contract negotiations.
Benefit #3	The solution helps manage and analyze inventory and procurement on more than 60,000 items in the four CF Industries manufacturing locations.

Benefit #1

This system automates maintenance planning and tracking activities on nearly 50,000 asset entities.

Benefit #2

The solution provides approximate cost savings of $2 million through improved sourcing and contract negotiations.

Benefit #3

The solution helps manage and analyze inventory and procurement on more than 60,000 items in the four CF Industries manufacturing locations.

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Maintenance Management pays off for Fertilizer Plant

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