Manufacturing

We bring deep industry experience in planning, scheduling, performance monitoring, APC, RTO, Operations Management, EHS and Energy Management.
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Production Planning and Scheduling

With our extensive industry expertise in the hydrocarbon value chain, we understand the pivotal role of Production Planning and Scheduling in the supply chain. Our integrated planning and scheduling solution, infused with best practices, accelerates data acquisition, enhances visibility, ensures better adherence to planning targets, synchronizes foundations, establishes clear action pathways, and optimizes instruction flow to Operations.

Our services include:

  • Business Process Design
  • Definition of functional & non-functional requirement
  • Fit-Gap analysis and Vendor selection support
  • Integration & architecture requirements for data automation
  • Global and local linear programming model development
  • Scheduling Model development
  • Crude assay management
  • Report and Dashboards development
  • Master data management
  • LP coefficient tuning based on Simulation output
  • Existing LP Model Audits, update and migration
  • Tools: Aspen PIMS, Haverly GRTMPS, Aspen Petroleum Scheduler (APS, formerly Orion), Honeywell RPMS

Performance Monitoring

We bring in the deep industry experience in Plant Operations. Performance Management System enables the organization to define, measure and track progress towards business goals. Modern-day performance management systems are further integrated with Analytics and collaboration platforms to unlock additional value. A real-time performance management system provides actionable insights.
Our services include:

  • KPI framework design
  • Functional requirements gathering and wireframe design
  • Vendor Selection Support
  • KPI Dashboard Implementation
  • Tools: Tableu, Qlik, Spotfire, Microsoft

Advance Process Control

Proclink offers Advanced Process Control (APC) solution which improves process efficiency, product quality, safety, and operational stability while reducing costs and environmental impact. APC leverages sophisticated technologies, software algorithms, and control strategies to optimize and enhance the operation of various processes within the manufacturing units.

Unlike conventional control systems that rely on fixed setpoints, APC systems are designed to adapt in real-time data, mathematical models, and predictive analytics to dynamically adjust process variables and parameters for optimal performance. This capability allows APC to effectively manage complex interactions, non-linear behaviors, and uncertainties that are frequently encountered in refinery operations.

At Proclink, APC offerings encompass a wide range of services and solutions tailored to enhance refinery solutions, including:

  • Data Collection and Monitoring
  • Modelling and Optimization
  • predictive control management
  • Multivariable Control management
  • Real-time decision support and visualization
  • Improved efficiency and product quality
  • Environmental Management System
  • Operational Flexibility

Proclink possesses the expertise and a well-established track record in implementing Advanced Process Control (APC) for various process units. We leverage our extensive experience and a proven digital transformation strategy to seamlessly implement APC, ensuring optimal performance and efficiency.

Proclink has high level of expertise in the fields of process engineering, optimization, data analytics, and control systems. If you are seeking to implement Advanced Process Control (APC) solutions, consider partnering with our team of experts at Proclink. We are well-prepared to collaborate and provide the specialized knowledge and skills required to optimize your processes, enhance efficiency, and achieve the operational objectives.

Our APC implementation process includes:

  • Identifying client objectives
  • Data collection and preparation
  • Model Development
  • Defining Optimization Algorithms
  • Integration
  • Simulation and Testing
  • Deployment
  • Training and Support

Tools Used : Aspen DMC3/DMC3Plus, Aspen GDOT, Honeywell Profit Controller, Aveva Romeo etc.

Real-Time Optimization

Proclink specializes in Real-time Optimization (RTO), a powerful approach to maximize the performance of refinery/manufacturing unit operations by dynamically adjusting process variables in response to changing conditions, feedstock quality, market demands, and other influential factors. RTO goes beyond traditional control systems by integrating advanced optimization techniques that simultaneously consider multiple variables and constraints. RTO uses advanced control strategies, algorithms, and software to continuously optimize various processes in real time.

Our expertise spans a wide spectrum, encompassing process engineering, optimization algorithms, data analytics, and software development, enabling us to proficiently design, implement, and maintain highly effective RTO systems tailored to the unique needs of refinery environments. These RTO systems serve as a pivotal component for optimizing oil refinery operations, ensuring that your operations run at their peak efficiency, adapt to changing conditions, and align with market demands while maintaining the highest standards of performance and quality. This critical component of real-time optimization for oil refineries offers a range of benefits, including:

  • Continuous monitoring
  • Mathematical modelling
  • Optimization algorithms
  • Constraints Management
  • Real-time decision support and visualization
  • Dynamic Adaptation
  • Improved efficiency and product quality
  • Integration with Advanced process control (APC)

Proclink has high level of expertise in the fields of process engineering, optimization, data analytics, and control systems. If you are seeking to implement Real-time Optimization (RTO) solutions, consider partnering with our team of experts at Proclink. We are well-prepared to collaborate and provide the specialized knowledge and skills required to optimize your processes, enhance efficiency, and achieve the operational objectives.

Our RTO implementation process includes:

  • Identifying client objectives
  • Data collection and preparation
  • Model Development
  • Defining Optimization Algorithms
  • Integration
  • Simulation and Testing
  • Deployment
  • Training and Support

Tools Used : Aspen DMC3/DMC3Plus, Aspen GDOT, Honeywell Profit Controller, Aveva Romeo etc.

Operations Management

 

Proclink specializes in Operations Management for refineries, a comprehensive approach that involves planning, coordinating, and controlling a multitude of processes and activities within the refinery. The primary objective is to facilitate the efficient and secure production of petroleum products from crude oil. This encompasses a diverse array of tasks, all designed to optimal use of resources, uphold product quality, ensuring safety measures, and complying with environmental regulations.

Proclink specializes in executing digital transformations for refinery operations management. This process involves seamlessly integrating digital technologies and data-driven solutions to optimize and enhance various facets of refinery management. The result is a substantial positive impact on the efficiency, safety, and overall profitability of refinery/manufacturing unit operations.

Proclink stands out in its proficiency in integrating digital transformation into refinery operations. This process demands a meticulously devised strategy, strategic investment in fitting technologies, robust data security measures, and comprehensive training for personnel to harness these tools optimally. It’s essential to recognize that the extent of transformation may fluctuate, contingent on variables like the refinery’s size, the intricacy of operations, and the organization’s overarching objectives. Rest assured, Proclink is well-equipped to tailor digital transformations to the specific needs and aspirations of each refinery, ensuring a seamless and effective transition into the era of advanced operations management.

Digital transformation of refinery operations management consists of

 

  • Crude Oil Processing
  • Process Optimization
  • Inventory Management
  • Remote Monitoring and Control
  • Task management & Logbook
  • Real-Time Data Historians
  • Data Analysis and Reporting
  • Decision support and visualization
  • Predictive Analysis & Continuous Improvement
  • Training and Simulation

Operations management in a refinery is a multifaceted role that entails orchestrating intricate processes and allocating resources effectively. The primary objective is to guarantee the seamless and efficient production of petroleum products, all while placing paramount importance on safety, product quality, and environmental sustainability. This requires a meticulous approach and a keen focus on optimizing every facet of refinery operations. Proclink’s expertise in refinery operations management ensures that these critical aspects are meticulously addressed, leading to a refinery that operates with the highest standards of efficiency, safety, and environmental responsibility.

Tools used: Honeywell Operations Management, AspenTech solutions, Aveva operations suits etc.

Environment, Health & Safety (EHS)

With our extensive global expertise and a team of specialized professionals, we guide organizations in their digital transformation journey to enhance and refine their processes, technologies, and capabilities. Our comprehensive suite of established EHS management services is designed to maximize results, mitigate risks, and enhance operational efficiencies.

We empower companies to enhance business performance, safeguard people, assets, and the environment. By implementing streamlined systems, we extract valuable insights from robust data, enabling precise performance tracking, effective risk management, and foresight into future trends.

Our EHS management services are designed to address short-term issues and build long-term capabilities. They include:

  • Benchmarking Organization’s maturity in EHS systems with deep stick study
  • AS IS assessment
  • Establish business and functional requirements
  • Blueprinting potential digital technologies
  • EHS Organizational improvement strategy

Areas we help organizations in digital transformation:

  • Operational Risk Management
  • Process Safety
  • Electronic Work Permit
  • Incident Management & Investigation
  • Emergency Preparedness and Response
  • Smart Personal Protective Equipment
  • Environmental Management System

Data Validation and Reconciliation

With our extensive industry experience in Plant Operations, we understand the common challenges faced in the manufacturing industry, particularly related to uncertainty of measurement and unaccounted losses. Implementing a Mass Balance System for Production Accounting and Loss Management empowers Plant operators to tackle these issues.

The Mass Balance solution facilitates a multi-tiered analysis, offering sophisticated, adaptable, and continuous mass balance capabilities. It not only enhances throughput and yield measurement but also detects and rectifies metering inaccuracies, leading to improved work efficiency and more informed decision-making.

Our capabilities include:

 

  • Business Process Design
  • Definition of functional & non-functional requirement
  • Fit-Gap analysis and Vendor selection support
  • Integration & architecture requirements for data automation
  • Complex-wide and unit level mass balance model
  • Utility network balance and accounting
  • Receipts, Shipment, Tank and Blending balance
  • Production and Loss Accounting
  • Data Validation and Reconciliation
  • Report and Dashboards development
  • Model Maintenance
  • Tools: Belsim Vali, Aspen Operations Reconciliation and Accounting (AORA), Sigmafine, ErrorSolver, Honeywell PAR

Energy Management

Energy expenses exert a substantial influence on operating margins within asset-intensive industries. The primary challenges often revolve around inadequate monitoring capabilities and real-time optimization. Integrated energy management prioritizes the efficient utilization of energy across the value chain encompassing generation, distribution, and consumption. This is achieved through enhanced demand planning, vigilant performance monitoring, and more accurate accounting practices.

Our services include:

  • Assessment and benchmarking
  • Develop business case and implementation roadmap
  • Business Process Design
  • Definition of functional & non-functional requirement
  • Fit-Gap analysis and Vendor selection support
  • Develop Models