Efficiency gains can be achieved from any of the automation layers. Perhaps the largest gains are achieved through advanced control and through Manufacturing Execution Systems.
Profit® Suite is Honeywell's well-proven, unified family of advanced control and optimization applications. It helps maintain responsiveness to changing business demands while achieving optimal return, continually monitoring and controlling operations, and then optimizing unit and global processes. Delivered through the unified Experion® Process Knowledge System (PKS) architecture or integrated to the existing control system, Profit Suite solutions improve profitability. The technology is suitable for all areas, including crushing, grinding, flotation, calcination and heat interchange.
Manufacturing Execution Systems (MES) provide the decision support capabilities necessary for informed decision-making by the operations and for planning, execution and analysis of the operation.