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Part 1
Create An Analytics-
Enabled Workforce
New self-service data analytics tools allow plants to create an analytics-enabled workforce that
can readily address production issues and continuously improve processes
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DEMOCRATIZING
ANALYTICS
SELF-SERVICE
ANALYTICS EXPLAINED
he specialty chemicals sector of the FIGURE 1. Specialty chemical companies need to find data-
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REAL-WORLD USE chemical process industries (CPI) is analytics-driven ways to sustain their market position
CASES highly complex, from both a produc an analytics-enabled workforce, not only to
ADDITIONAL EXAMPLES
tion and a market standpoint. Smaller strengthen their market position and create
batches (with a finite quantity) coupled with
the most profitable factories of tomorrow,
an ever-changing variety of raw materials, op but to address critical production issues and
erating conditions and processes can pres make better-informed decisions.
ent huge challenges to production teams. When the information hidden in the data is
Increasing operating costs and a competitive properly connected to the knowledge in the
market amplify those challenges. To maintain minds of subject-matter experts (SMEs), an
a solid market position, companies need to organization can finally move toward a proac
find new ways to remain innovative, sustain tive, data-driven process improvement strat
able and competitive (Figure 1). egy. Within the area of specialty chemicals,
One way to do so is by increasing financial this means a digitally enabled workforce can
flexibility to safeguard against commoditiza efficiently increase throughput and quality by
tion. This can be done by getting as much out solving daily analytic challenges themselves,
of existing production capacity as possible. In which leads to increased operating efficiency
a market where growth is continuing, and roll overall and a stronger market position.
ing out new products is becoming more and All of the data in the world are meaning
more difficult, sustainability is crucial. less if they are not being analyzed and acted
The production teams that will undoubt upon. With self-service analytics, there is no
edly have a leg up will be the ones embrac need to create a cost-intensive data model.
ing the emerging technologies that have Its plug-and-play functionality and user-
stemmed out of the rise of Industry 4.0. friendly interface means your organization
They are realizing the value that digitaliza can begin creating value immediately with
tion can bring when they are fully able to minimal investments. Insights into a process
leverage the volumes of data at their dis and asset behaviors are based on a wealth
posal — on their own, without the need for of historical and real-time data that your
a data scientist. plant already owns.
These forward-thinking organizations in This article explains how self-service analyt
the specialty chemicals market are turning to ics approaches democratize the use of data
solutions like self-service analytics to create analytics and provide real-world examples of
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ducing non-productive downtime are
just a few of the things that are important
to a production team. However, achiev
ing these goals is a much harder feat if all
the available data is not being leveraged. gineers and other SMEs need to be able FIGURE 2. To help with decision-making,
engineers need to be able to visualize
Decades of time-series data for thou to search time-series data over a spe
all related plant events quickly and ef
sands of sensors in a large production cific timeframe and visualize all related ficiently. Data tell more stories when data
facility is overwhelming. Sifting through it plant events quickly and efficiently (Fig silos are unlocked
using traditional methods is nearly impos ure 2). Additionally, a level of operational
sible and many opportunities to poten intelligence and understanding of data
tially improve operational performances is required to improve process perfor
are overlooked. Spreadsheets will always mance and overall efficiency.
be a staple in terms of office software, As the amount of accessible data for
but as a tool for aggregating and analyz producers and manufacturers continues
ing data, it simply isn’t enough. to grow, it is only natural that new ways
In order to quickly make decisions af to handle data are needed. The rise in
fecting their day-to-day operations, en digitalization is less about providing pro-
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create data-driven solutions or resolve data combined with the tactical ex
any data analysis-related questions, pertise of those at the production site.
however, can lead to missed opportuni It puts the power of the data into the
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