Emerson alliance to bridge maintenance-production planning gap

Austin, Texas -- Emerson Process Management has formed and alliance with Mtelligence Corp, which specialises in maintenance intelligence systems for linking plant and business data. The aim, said Emerson, is to integrate its PlantWeb digital plant architecture with AMS Suite and enterprise asset management (EAM) systems such as SAP’s Plant Maintenance system and IBM's MAXIMO system.

According to Emerson, the new alliance bridges the gap between operations and maintenance, helping process manufacturers perform advanced condition-based maintenance as well as optimized production planning.

Mtelligence’s technology connects plant asset management information with EAM systems based on the Open O&M (Operations and Maintenance) initiative, which specifies how plant predictive maintenance systems interact with EAM systems. The use of industry standards ensures uniform interfaces and shields users from upgrade and migration risks of proprietary connectivity solutions, said Emerson.

In an Emerson press statement, Cliff Pedersen of Suncor Energy Inc. said: “By leveraging the Open O&M Initiative and collaborating with Emerson, Mtelligence, and SAP, we anticipate implementing a solution which will tap into the intelligence of our smart field assets and predictive maintenance applications to further automate our work processes."

The alliance with Mtelligence “provides significant O&M savings for our customers by enabling the use of rich predictive diagnostics from AMS Suite applications to intelligently create and document work in their EAM systems,” added Craig Llewellyn, president of Emerson’s Asset Optimization Division.