Software monitors batch key performance indicators.
Press Release Summary:
PI BatchView v3.0 provides desktop-based monitoring of key performance indicators framed by repeatable process or business events. Graphical user interface enables businesses to determine repeatability of various processes within their operations from their desktop and grants users access to hierarchical representation of repeatable process events. Product can display process variables as batch events and can define batches as any event with start and end or fixed time period.
Original Press Release:
OSIsoft Announces Latest Version of PI BatchView Software
Provides Desktop-Based Monitoring of Key Performance Indicators Framed by Repeatable Process or Business Events
SAN LEANDRO, CA -- August 13, 2003 - OSISoft, provider of the world's leading Real-time Performance Management (RtPM) platform, today announced the release of PI BatchView version 3.0, a graphical user interface which enables businesses to determine the repeatability of a variety of processes within their operations, all from the convenience of a desktop.
"Businesses run on information," said Michael Saucier, OSIsoft's vice president of marketing, "And PI BatchView provides a desktop-based window to valuable data in order to improve an enterprise's analysis of any event and/or batch processing operations."
With the newest version of PI BatchView, users have access to a hierarchical representation of repeatable process events -- information which enables them to achieve more proficient and consistent batches or events. A process variable can be displayed as a batch event, and compared to hundreds of similar events, in order to verify process repeatability.
Large enterprises run thousands of batches in a matter of days, and are challenged with reducing cycle time and increasing product consistency. PI BatchView ensures that key information reaches the right people at the right time, so that each batch increases in consistency and efficiency.
A batch can be defined as any event with a start and an end, or a fixed time period such as an hour, a shift, a day, a week or a month, or a particular phase within a manufacturing process. Examples of events that can be monitored by PI BatchView include real-time trends, the comparison of multiple batches, such as basis weights and dryer temperatures for different rolls of paper, electricity utilization, and turbine startup and stop. Users can use PI BatchView to review past events as well, for example, searching PI DataStorage for previous processes by product, procedure, cycle time, or any other category.
PI BatchView works as a component within OSIsoft's ProcessBook, the graphical user interface to OSIsoft's PI System, and serves as the client to PI Batch, the server component. While the software supports the ISA 88 batch standard in manufacturing, it can be applied to other industries as well, including automotive and semiconductor operations, since it compares productivity and overall equipment effectiveness between shifts, days, and other repeatable events.
About OSIsoft
OSIsoft is a leading provider of real-time performance management (RtPM) software to large worldwide corporations in energy production, process and discrete manufacturing, utilities, and network services. OSIsoft's products collect real-time data from multiple geographical and automation sources, transform data into actionable information, and distribute information through an enterprise-wide portal to decision makers anytime, anywhere in the corporation. OSIsoft's PI System, the flagship platform for real-time performance management, has been deployed at over 10,000 industrial customer sites in more than 80 countries for the continuous improvement of enterprise performance and bottom line profits. OSIsoft is headquartered in San Leandro, California with regional and international offices located worldwide. To learn more about OSIsoft and its products visit www.osisoft.com.
