Autonomous Operation
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The ultimate goal of automation is autonomous operation. Autonomous operation requires plants that operate without human intervention and continuously adapt to changes in their environment.
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Driving innovation and enterprise resilience
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If there’s anything positive to take away from the COVID-19 situation, it’s that it forces innovation and enterprise resilience.
Read MoreDisruption of value chain optimization
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Value chain optimization involves the agile and efficient alignment of supply of premium products as closely as possible to market demand with sufficient resilience or operational flexibility to readily adjust production and exploit market opportunities.
Read MoreData Integration and Knowledge Management in the Process Industry
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Digital systems were first widely implemented in the process industries in the 1970`s. Since then there has been a sea of process data and a proliferation of databases and many attempts to integrate them using data warehouses, middleware and web services. Most of these attempts have had limited success and are difficult to maintain and scale.
Read MoreRefinery Optimization in the age of AI
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Combining multivariable predictive control, simulation and artificial intelligence to optimize refineries and petrochemical plants.
Read MoreNext Generation Value Chain Optimization
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Combining optimisation, simulation and artificial intelligence to optimise the hydrocarbon value chain.
Read MorePreparing for digitalisation - there’s no time to lose
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In this article, Dr Maurice J Wilkins offers some food for thought about the need for UK industry to come together to ensure that the engineering workforce is prepared for the digital transformation.
Read MoreDon’t get driven to distraction by nuisance alarms
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Nuisance alarms are a symptom of poorly managed alarm systems, they inhibit the effectiveness of Operators and obscure the view of what is really going on - compromising safety and reducing the effectiveness of the alarm system. Yokogawa provides a comprehensive alarm reporting and analysis package which can typically reduce nuisance alarms by 80% and improve alarm system behaviour thus minimizing safety risks and enhancing plant operations.
Read MoreCollaborative Effort at Process Data Analysis Stabilizes Production and Leads to Positive Changes in Organizational Culture
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Honshu Chemical Industry Company, Ltd. collaborates with Yokogawa to raise the quality acceptance rate to 100% and improve product yield.
Read MoreManaging operational technology security in a changing business environment
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Organizations are seeking to transform their businesses through digitalization, improving work flows and processes, adapting organization culture and changing supply chain relationships.
Although Digitalization can deliver significant value for organizations, it also increases the threat surface which, if not effectively managed, can create significant cyber security risks for industrial environments. In this article, Donal explores the changing business landscape and countermeasures to reduce cyber risk.
Read MoreIs valve degradation your early warning indicator of subsea safety risks?
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In his latest article, Nick Cross evaluates a subsea solution that provides an early indication of well valve degradation. Through monitoring, analysis and visualization of subsea data, operators can quickly identify the early signs of valve degradation enabling them to take corrective actions, and support the safe and efficient operations of the subsea environment.
Read MoreThe Value of Digitalization
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Digitalization creates and sustains competitive advantage and is one of the key strategies a plant can adopt in pursuit of operational excellence. In his latest article, Duncan Micklem explores strategies to realize the true value from Digitalization.
Read MoreHow can the industry thrive in the era of Digital Transformation?
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The Yokogawa Solution Seminar was held in Conrad Seoul Hotel on July 5th. 70+ members joined and listened to the seminar attentively.
Read MoreFrom sensing to sensemaking
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With current findings indicating that less than 5% of a manufacturing plan’s generated data is put to good use, there’s a huge opportunity for firms to reap new rewards through digitized sensors. Experts from Yokogawa and Frost & Sullivan explain how.
Read MoreSuccess story for "Stabilization of Process and Improvement of Operation through Process Data Analysis"
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Mitsubishi Gas Chemical Company‘s Mizushima Plant selects Yokogawa process data analysis solution that has helped to reduce operator workload and stabilize processes.
Read MoreIs Data the new Oil?
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Traditionally, oil has been considered one of the most valuable physical assets, but is this important commodity being replaced by data? In this article, Nick Cross evaluates the value of data in the era of digital transformation.
Read MoreAsset Performance Management
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Yokogawa released an asset performance management (APM) solution, which includes wireless sensors, cloud environment and applications. Please read more in the Yokogawa portal site to see how it can contribute to customers’ business.
Read MoreWhy the time to digitalize is now
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Digitalization allows you to manage day-to-day performance safely and reliably, respond to swings in market dynamics, operate at a true optimum and outmanoeuvre competition. It can turn a distracted organization that is bogged down reacting to day-to-day issues and inundated with data, information and advice, into an agile, well-tuned machine that anticipates issues and organizes to prioritize and solve them before they escalate.
Read MoreThe Single Truth
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Does your business know about ‘the single truth?’
The journey for a solution to fully integrate the business environment (IT domain) and the production environment (OT domain) starts with the ‘single truth’.
The ‘single truth’ is the one source of information that everyone agrees is the trusted information which enables the correct decision to be made.
Read MoreRemove geographical barriers between sites and access multiple plant data via the cloud
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After many years of deliberation and contention, rapidly changing market conditions have shifted the digital and technological landscapes to permit cloud-based software applications to rapidly gain momentum in the production environment. In his latest blog, Nick Cross explores how cloud-based solutions can remove geographical barriers between sites, enabling cooperation within an organization and improve efficiencies.
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Join us as we explore the journey of a Singaporean manufacturer who partnered with Yokogawa to enhance operational efficiency. From assessing digital readiness to implementing a stable data foundation and a digital energy monitoring solution, discover how they achieved remarkable improvements in performance and sustainability.