Advanced Analytics

Supporting Plant Support

Tom PloegerDecember 12, Köln

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Yeast Extract Plant, Delft, Netherlands

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The road to operational excellence

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Basics in place

Improvement

Process stability

Continuous

improvement

Focus on:

Manufex

Focus on:

Non statistical

Improvements

Focus on:

Statistical Improvements

and Use of Competences

Operational

excellence

Manufex

Lean

6Sigma

Digital/AA

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Fermentation dashboard

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Case 1: emissions

Molasses

Air

Yeast

Off-gas

Ethanol sensor

Gas analyzer

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Case 2: contamination

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Case 3: utilities

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Take-home message

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• Don’t underestimate the effect of the ‘straightforward’ stuff

• ‘Advanced Analytics’ can start simple:• Automate regular reporting• Automate manual quality checks• Capture the learnings throughout the plant

• As you get experience, move to more complex objectives• Various data sources• Batch tracing