Actenum ASM solutions provide benefits at multiple levels in your organization.

For Executives

Executives in asset-intensive organizations have to deal with fluctuations in production output that affect revenue and profit targets, and lowered customer satisfaction that arise from missed commitments. It can be difficult to ensure that long-range strategy is supported by operational execution, and to develop an organization that is agile and responsive to market demands. Part of the reason for this is the inability to drive scheduled production in an optimal way: to be certain that assets are scheduled most efficiently, costs are minimized, and production output is reliable and predictable.

Actenum Asset Scheduling Management solutions provide reliable, timely, and actionable scheduling information, which aligns the use of resources and assets with key production goals and metrics. The impact of various scheduling alternatives is always understood, and accelerated ASM scheduling improves response times to operational changes and supply chain variances, yielding predictable operational performance. Daily activities are closely linked to organizational strategy, revenue and profit expectations are met, and customer satisfaction increases.

For Operations Managers

Operations managers want to ensure that effective, stable schedules for maintenance and operations are put in place, so that production output is maximized and predictable. Unplanned changes in daily operations lead to scheduling challenges that are difficult to deal with and that are usually resolved under intense time pressure, without really understanding the implications of the decisions made. A growing concern is the aging of the workforce, particularly in the oil and gas industry; with key operations people retiring over the next few years, managers need to find methods of capturing and applying their expertise in new and effective ways.

Asset Scheduling Management enables operations managers to smooth out the daily variances in maintenance and production. Response times are improved when disruptions occur through the accelerated scheduling capability, and users gain insight into the quality of their scheduling decisions, since they are linked to production metrics. At the heart of each Actenum implementation is a sophisticated business and technical model of specific plant operations, which captures the knowledge of expert users, and supports operational staff in their daily tasks.

For Maintenance and Reliability Managers

For maintenance and reliability engineers, daily operations require absorbing and processing a large quantity of incoming data on the state of plant equipment, scheduled and unscheduled maintenance activities, and expected changes in production and supply. Production and maintenance schedules have to be updated as operations move ahead. Changes to planned events (such as maintenance outages) have to be justified to management, which is often difficult to do using existing methods for making scheduling decisions, which cannot provide accurate and reliable comparisons of scheduling alternatives, and which don’t take key operational metrics into account. In severe conditions, where the operating environment is harsh, breakdowns are frequent and operations have to be restored quickly, putting additional pressure on the maintenance and reliability function.

Actenum’s Asset Scheduling Management solutions reduce the burden on maintenance and reliability staff by providing them with a tool that assists them in making effective and informed scheduling decisions. Schedule alternatives that show impact on key operational metrics can be generated, assessed, and ranked very rapidly, providing for accurate and justifiable decision-making. The ability to deal with unplanned events and operational disruptions, particularly in severe conditions, is built into our ASM technology, so restoring production operations when breakdowns occur is fast and effective. And if plant complexity increases through expansion, ASM solutions allow enhancement of the underlying operational scheduling model, to provide continued support to maintenance and reliability users.