By centralizing its data management using AVEVA PI System, CEMEX enabled its users around the world to extract real-time, contextualized insights from its operational data. The solution freed up analysts to perform more complex work while giving users more autonomy within their roles.
“We want people to be able to perform their own analysis given their own global access, so they can start doing all of their different benchmarks. We want every end user to be able to produce their own.”
Rodrigo Quintero, Operations Model and Planning Manager, CEMEX
Goals
- Improve performance and visibility
- Centralize and contextualize operational data
Challenges
- Data was not centralized or available across the company
- The data extraction process was extremely slow
Solutions
Results
- Reduced data extraction time from 740 hours to one hour
- Enabled real-time, self-service insights
CEMEX Energía uses real-time data to improve wind farm production
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CEMEX Energía operates two Latin America wind farms that are designed to reduce electricity costs in its cement production process. Using AVEVA PI System, the company gained real-time visibility into its wind turbine performance to maximize energy production and minimize asset failure.
“The result is the avoidance of lost production due to inefficiencies in turbine performance.”
Roberto Carlos Medrano, Operations and Maintenance Manager, CEMEX Energía
Goals
- Maximize power generation to reduce cement production costs
- Analyze actual versus projected asset performance
Challenges
- No real-time visibility into turbine performance
- No centralized way to monitor distributed assets
Solutions
Results
- Real-time wind farm performance displays
- Minimized production losses and prevented asset failure
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