Asset optimization software service provider Aspen Technology, Inc. (NASDAQ stock code: AZPN) recently announced the launch of a new version of Aspen Unified ™ Software, providing next-generation production optimization solutions to help global refining enterprises achieve business process transformation. The Aspen Unified solution unifies planning and scheduling into the same environment, achieving automation of independent business processes, maximizing the yield of high-value products, and approaching the limit to increase profits.
Through a unified and intuitive flowchart interface, the planning and operation teams of refineries can easily establish and maintain models, which can more accurately obtain the current operational performance of the factory and the constraint status of the factory operation. Aspen Unified solutions can help businesses break down barriers between operational departments, reduce profit loss, and improve the consistency of modeling data between planning and scheduling. Aspen GDOT through Aspen’s dynamic optimization technology ™， Aspen Unified ensures coordination between factory operations and changes in market price conditions, achieving real-time production optimization. Aspen Unified can help factory operations better achieve refinery goals, including safety and environmental goals, as well as financial and production KPIs. Aspen Unified is the first step towards achieving the self optimizing factory vision.
Aisben believes that self optimizing chemical plants can automatically respond to constantly changing operating environments. Esbon is creating industrial applications that can connect different business departments and semi autonomously maintain enterprise efficiency. Refinery (or using Aspen Unified PIMS with Multisite option) ™ The refinery adjusts its plans and schedules through the implementation of Aspen Unified, and coordinates with closed-loop automation systems such as advanced process control (APC) and dynamic optimization to achieve higher efficiency. Under changing market conditions, help factories achieve their goals of being more capable, agile, flexible, safe, and increasing profits.
“Aspen Unified integrates planning and scheduling into a single environment, connects different business departments, and enhances visibility to improve decision-making. This solution can be deployed in the cloud, providing stronger scalability that benefits the entire factory,” said David Arbeitel, Senior Vice President of Product Management at Aspen. “Integrating planning, scheduling, and operations closely can accelerate and more consistently establish models, ensuring more accurate production plans and successful execution.”
Peter Reynolds, Senior Analyst at ARC Consulting Group in the United States, believes that “With updated software and support for a unified data model, Aspen Unified solutions can help industrial enterprises simplify workflows. By improving collaboration, breaking down the fragmentation between planning, scheduling, and operations, businesses have greater potential to create higher value workflows and increase profits.”
Aspen Unified ™ The solution includes Aspen Unified PIMS with Multisite option ™, Aspen Unified Scheduling ™, Aspen Unified GDOT Builder ™ And Aspen GDOT ™。