Valuable information is hidden in the vast amounts of data being collected at today’s process industry facilities. Finding that information and presenting it to the right people is a significant challenge facing industry today. Finding the right data and analyzing it with the right tools within the correct context transforms plant data into actionable information. Actionable information enables corporations to more quickly make business and operational decisions, respond to changes in the market, and deal with upset conditions.
This whitepaper presents best-practices in user-centric, decision-support systems for small, large, and global sized companies and the issues surrounding a proper architecture, appropriate data consolidation, the use of KPI’s and Metrics, advantageous visualization techniques, and decision support strategies.