Item: AVEVA Production Management
Rating: 8
Author: Verified User

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

AVEVA Manufacturing Execution, powered by Ampla, was first introduced to track and analyze the processing plant downtime and operational KPIs. So far, it has been used by plant operational staff, metallurgists, and the maintenance team to track plant performance in terms of production and reliability. We have recently upgraded to track the product quantity and grades across our entire business, giving end-to-end visibility of our production. This also allows unified reporting and data validation.

Pros and Cons

Downtime tracking and classification
Metrics/KPI calculation
Simplicity of use

Data visualization and analysis--the built-in UI could be more fully featured
Integration to external analysis tools and dashboards
General UI and usability; a web interface is definitely needed

Most Important Features

Structured downtime classification and analysis
Production and grade tracking
Reporting--inventory and downtime data feed into custom SSRS reporting

Return on Investment

Downtime classification has made sense of plant reliability data; whereas, before it was unstructured and could not be used for analysis
Production tracking and reporting. This solution is providing a unified, common source of production tracking for all departments, stored in a database rather than spreadsheets. A single source of truth ensures all data aligns and matches.
KPIs are providing a measurable indicator of performance against company-defined targets.

Alternatives Considered

We evaluate a number of inventory management products; however, none provided the full pit-to-port coverage. There were only AVEVA Manufacturing Execution, powered by Ampla, and ION Qmastor. AVEVA Manufacturing Execution, powered by Ampla, provided a simpler interface, while the QMastor product seemed to be a collection of applications. There were other products evaluated, but they were not yet mature and proven.

Key Insights

Do you think AVEVA Production Management delivers good value for the price?

Yes

Are you happy with AVEVA Production Management's feature set?

Yes

Did AVEVA Production Management live up to sales and marketing promises?

Yes

Did implementation of AVEVA Production Management go as expected?

Yes

Would you buy AVEVA Production Management again?

Yes

Likelihood to Recommend

For downtime tracking, the process is well suited to tracking the operation of an entire process or plant; it is not suited to tracking individual equipment reliability. For inventory management, it is suited to tracking either bulk or discrete production, as its concepts are quite general.

The Metrics engine is suited to smaller deployments; larger deployments would do better to extract and warehouse the raw data for external analysis and reporting.

Downtime and production tracking with AVEVA

Overall Satisfaction with AVEVA Manufacturing Execution, powered by Ampla