Abstract

SWANEPOEL, H.F.  and  WICHERS, J.H.. Implementing a business improvement model based on integrated plant information. S. Afr. J. Ind. Eng. [online]. 2016, vol.27, n.3, pp.265-286. ISSN 2224-7890.  http://dx.doi.org/10.7166/27-3-1631.

The World Energy Council [1, 2] defines numerous challenges in the global energy arena that put pressure on owners and /operators to operate run existing plant better and more efficiently. As such there is an increasing focus on the use of business and technical plant information and data to make better, more integrated, and more informed decisions on the plant. The research study developed a business improvement model (BIM) that can be used to establish an integrated plant information management infrastructure as the core foundation for of business improvement initiatives. Operational research then demonstrated how this BIM approach could be successfully implemented to improve business operations and provide decision-making insight.

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