“We have been able to generate a lot of value at our plants: minimizing changeovers, reducing inventory because of a better sequence plan, and gaining better visibility” – William Duty, Director of Momentive’s Supply Chain Center of Excellence

As all companies have been challenged by the current economic and health crisis, the successful recovery requires a new view toward future development and growth with metrics that consider broad and more long-term goals. Featured in Hydrocarbon Processing, AspenTech’s Paige Morse shares considerations for building future resiliency that center around digitalization.

The 2015 Paris Agreement and other international climate change accords have helped raise global awareness of the need for countries to take urgent action to combat climate change. As companies continue to focus on sustainability, a common theme is taking shape around the role of digitalization as a key enabler. In fact, a recent ARC Advisory Group survey revealed that 75% of respondents rated digital transformation as highly important for achieving sustainability goals.

2015年《巴黎协定》和其他国际气候变化协定有助于提高全球对各国需要采取紧急行动应对气候变化的认识。随着企业继续关注可持续性，围绕数字化作为关键推动因素的作用，一个共同的主题正在形成。事实上，ARC咨询集团最近的一项调查显示，75%的受访者认为数字化转型对于实现可持续发展目标非常重要。

Widely used in various chemical manufacturing processes, inferential property models enable improved control by providing estimated properties in real-time. During this webinar, one of Dow Chemical’s APC engineers will discuss the practical application of inferential models as feed forwards in Aspen DMCplus® to manage the inventory of a reactor where the composition and flows into the recycle feed change over time.

During this free webinar, Michael Reifer, leader of Momentive’s Sales, Inventory and Operations Planning (SIOP) Center of Excellence, and Aaron Hunt, SCM senior technical manager, will discuss how the company’s silicone and quartz business units excel at detailed scheduling and finite capacity optimization in both manufacturing and stock transfer scheduling. Additionally, they will share how Momentive’s SIOP Center of Excellence plays a key role in supporting sustainable talent and process development.

While most chemical companies have sustainability initiatives in place with varying reliance on digital technologies to achieve these goals, challenges remain. What are the key enablers to eliminate emissions and waste, extend material use and regenerate natural systems? How do new innovations accelerate this effort?

La Transformación Digital busca el uso de tecnología para ayudarlo a lograr sus metas: Minimizar errores, maximizar producción, mejorar calidad de producto y servicio al cliente. La integración Vertical de tecnologías – también conocida como “Smart Manufacturing” o Industria 4.0 – sincroniza sistemas comerciales, como ordenes de producción del ERP, con sistemas de manufactura como los DCS, balanzas o lectores de códigos de barras. Este webinar le mostrará cómo puede reducir los errores de calidad del producto, los tiempos de ciclo de lotes y los costos operativos.

Find out how Owens Corning went live concurrently across 14 manufacturing locations with Aspen Plant Scheduler in less than 12 weeks, and enabled schedulers to make decisions that were impossible to make just a few years earlier.

Learn how specialty chemical manufacturer’s Carbon Black business implements Aspen Plant Scheduler at more than 20 plants worldwide to close the gap between planning and execution.