Cement manufacturing operations management

Simplify cement production management, better manage the

capacity of your assets and maintenance needs
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WATCH A DEMO: Integrated business processes and plant information for easier goal-oriented
decision making

Our offering
ABB Ability™ Knowledge Manager
True integration using consistent and validated information

Laboratory Information Management System (LIMS)

From routine quality control to final product tests and compliance certificates

Cement Production Scheduler

Immediate schedule adjustments based on frequently varying production constraints

ABB Ability™ AssetVista Condition Monitoring

Evaluate precise maintenance needs by pulling together previously disparate data on asset health

All current users of Knowledge Manager and LIMS are

recommended to upgrade to version 10 as soon as
organizationally feasible. Here's how you can benefit from the
upgrade:

Goal-oriented decisions that meet production targets

Cement production consumes a huge amount of thermal and electrical energy and generates
significant amounts of greenhouse gases, such as CO2. Managers must continuously take actions
to increase equipment efficiency, reduce the use of traditional fuels and introduce more
alternative raw materials.
These challenges introduce a complexity that must be managed at business and operations levels
to maintain the required quality, productivity and cost. Managers need to know when they are on
target to meet their production, operational, quality and cost objectives. It is critical that they
have the relevant information, on which-ever platform they use, wherever they might be.

ABB Ability™ Knowledge Manager provides a single platform that integrates data from
operational, control, optimization and business systems.

Since its first release in 1996, many installations have benefited from Knowledge Manager’s
industry specific functions, such as: Production Information Management, Cement Production
Accounting, ERP Integration, and Laboratory Information Management System. Knowledge
Manager simplifies production management by enabling performance monitoring, downtime
management and maintenance support, as well as providing statistical production analysis tools.
It provides solutions and advanced tools to facilitate the collection, consolidation and distribution
of production, quality and energy information via web-based dashboards, reports, trends, and
graphs.
Reducing the time and costs associated with routine operation and

maintenance activities
Asset intensive industry organizations require comprehensive solutions for workforce and
operations management in order to enhance efficiency, productivity and the safety of their
operations. From forecasting and planning, scheduling and optimizing work assignments, to
dispatching work to maintenance and field crews, work order processing, and performance
measurement, all activities require a consistent, organized and integrated approach aligned with
an organization’s operational processes. The goal is for field and operations personnel to perform
the right job at the right time with the right resources, whether a planned or an unplanned event.

As a leading electrification and automation supplier with extensive and deep domain knowledge
in the cement industry, we are uniquely positioned to provide your business with tailored
solutions and consultancy to benefit from access to integrated real-time and historical
information across your entire operation. Our flexible software platform can support the
processes and systems already in place or be used to completely revamp and improve your
current processes.

With ABB’s operations management solutions, organizations will realize benefits including:
 Reducing the time and costs associated with routine operation and maintenance activities
 Improving customer service and responsiveness to, and resolution of emergency situations
 Reducing the risk of employee injuries
 Optimizing the access and dissemination of critical field information throughout the
organization to make more informed decisions
 Providing electronic dispatch to mobile devices in the field and updates to scheduled tasks
based on real-time intelligence
 Automatically allocating time, labor and material costs to jobs performed for timely reporting
and audit transparency