Business Challenges

• Harmonization of the variety of legacy MES systems
• One common manufacturing language
• A bird’s-eye-view on Plant performance
• Plant benchmarking within the Business

Solution 

• Harmonization MES layer on 1 standard COTS product
• Common definition of plant data
• Common application for Production Accounting
• Central MES Server (based on OSIsoft RtPM)
• Local interfacing with DCS
• Local reporting and Production Accounting

Results

• Commonality and uniformity
• Improved Production planning
• Benchmarking is a fact
• One view on overall performance
• Improved Production performance

Akzo Nobel is one of the world’s leading industrial companies. Based in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, we make and supply a huge range of paints, coatings and specialty chemicals - pro forma 2007 revenue totaled €14.4 bn. It is the largest global paints and coatings company and as a major producer of specialty chemicals supplies industries worldwide with quality ingredients for life’s essentials. Akzo Nobel has 60,000 employees based in more than 80 countries.