AI & BI use case · Industrial AI

Asset availability

Predict downtime and increase asset availability.

What it's about

Predictive maintenance in process industry evaluates sensor, fault and maintenance data to detect critical equipment failures early, so maintenance is planned on actual need.

  • Higher availability
  • Cost reduction
  • More safety
Business case & ROI
−25 %

unplanned downtime

−15 %

maintenance costs

6–9 Mon.

payback

x 2

early-warning lead time

Calculated from historical downtime costs and expected reduction in unplanned failures.

How we do it
  1. 01

    Data integration

    Consolidate data from ERP, MES and further sources for Asset availability.

  2. 02

    Data quality

    Clean, harmonise and validate data for plausibility.

  3. 03

    Model development

    Train and validate the Asset availability model on historical data.

  4. 04

    Pilot

    Pilot Asset availability in one area and collect feedback.

  5. 05

    Rollout

    Scale the solution and integrate it into operational processes.

5

Steps

6

Data sources

4

Stakeholders

From first data access to production – every step delivers a tangible interim result.

Data typically needed

Sensor data

Real-time IoT and process sensors.

Historian data

Time series from the process control level.

Maintenance data

Faults, maintenance and spare-parts consumption.

ERP data

Master and transaction data from ERP.

Environmental data

Emissions, wastewater and permits.

Machine data

Condition, parameters and production counters.

Stakeholders
  • Maintenance

    Plans maintenance and spare parts precisely.

  • Production manager

    Uses insights directly in daily operations.

  • Controlling

    Quantifies effects and supports budgeting.

  • IT

    Builds on a scalable and secure data infrastructure.

Typical business value
01

Higher availability

02

Cost reduction

03

More safety

04

Better planning

05

Higher efficiency

The data platform advantage

With a solid data foundation this use case gets faster, cheaper and far more stable.

Central data platform

Real-time data integration

Scalable analytics pipelines

Reusable data products

Build a data platform
Synergies & positive side effects

Predictive maintenance

Sensor data provides wear indicators.

Energy optimisation

Process data enables demand-based energy control.

Predictive quality

Same data reveals quality deviations.