March 14, 2012 - ExperTune offers a Verified Value Program that targets a 100% return on investment in 12 months or less. With this solution, manufacturers get documented business benefits from control system improvements.
“We have spent over 25 years proving that process and control improvements deliver millions of dollars in bottom-line benefits.” says George Buckbee, V.P. of Product Development at ExperTune. “In the past, many had difficulty documenting the value of their improvement.
This program brings our expertise to the plants.” The Verified Value Program combines ExperTune’s PlantTriage software with expert consultation and training. The software automatically identifies and prioritizes opportunities for improvement, while the experts help drive resolution of issues and documentation of value. According to Buckbee, “The value can come in the form of energy savings, production increases, improved reliability, and better quality.” The Verified Value Program is customized for each manufacturing site.
An up-front evaluation determines the scope of the program, as well as the expected costs and benefits. The program targets a 100% return on investment in 12 months or less. The program targets “Low hanging fruit” to get maximum returns, with minimal capital outlay. This may include equipment repairs, adjustments to control strategies, operating procedures, or tuning. Documented results are always included in the Verified Value Program.
Results are shown most often in terms of increased profitability, but may also include benefits in reliability, quality, safety and environmental areas.
About ExperTune
For 25 years, ExperTune has created optimization software now running in thousands of plants world-wide. ExperTune’s PID Loop Optimizer is the industry-leading control loop tuning software, having won dozens of awards over its history. PlantTriage Control Performance Monitor software oversees the optimization of an entire plant, including equipment, operations, and controls. The PlantTriage suite of optimization tools are designed to increase the efficiency of processes. The tools include swing or oscillation detection and elimination, interaction analysis, modeling, robustness, linearization, valve wear analysis, pH linearization, time series analysis, MPC performance improvement, 6-sigma, frequency response, and PID tuning tools.
ExperTune is a member of the OPC Foundation. PlantTriage also seamlessly integrates with the ProcessApex Unit Operations Evaluator.
