IMPLEMENTING A BUSINESS IMPROVEMENT MODEL BASED ON INTEGRATED PLANT INFORMATION

The World Energy Council [1, 2] defines numerous challenges in the global energy arena that put pressure on owners and /operators to operate run existing plant better and more efficiently. As such there is an increasing focus on the use of business and technical plant information and data to make be...

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Published in:South African journal of industrial engineering 2016-11, Vol.27 (3), p.265-286
Main Authors: Swanepoel, Hendrika Francina, Wichers, JH
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Algorithms
Brownfields
business improvement model
Business models
Business operations
Cost control
Decision making
Efficiency
Energy industry
Engineering, Industrial
Expected values
Information systems
ISO standards
Performance management
plant information management
Power plants
Process controls
Quality management
Software
Systems stability
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Summary:The World Energy Council [1, 2] defines numerous challenges in the global energy arena that put pressure on owners and /operators to operate run existing plant better and more efficiently. As such there is an increasing focus on the use of business and technical plant information and data to make better, more integrated, and more informed decisions on the plant. The research study developed a business improvement model (BIM) that can be used to establish an integrated plant information management infrastructure as the core foundation for of business improvement initiatives. Operational research then demonstrated how this BIM approach could be successfully implemented to improve business operations and provide decision-making insight.
ISSN:2224-7890
1012-277X
2224-7890
DOI:10.7166/27-3-1631