Aspen InfoPlus

Aspen InfoPlus.21

The Aspen Technology company, software provider and services for processing industry, announced in March, 2012 release of the new version of the product Aspen InfoPlus.21 intended for quick search and the analysis of large volumes of production information. Constantly obtaining the freshest and complete information about production process, the personnel of the enterprise can react more effectively to the happening changes and in time fix the arising problems.

Thanks to the new search platform and the analytical module (High Performance Trends), the Aspen InfoPlus.21 program facilitates labor-intensive processes of search and the analysis of the necessary information among large volumes of separate operational data. As a result specialists of the enterprise always have near at hand that information which is necessary for them for fast acceptance of optimal solutions.

Among other key features of the new version of Aspen InfoPlus.21 there is a system of interactive training, the built-in means of aggregation of data and tracking of parameters, a new superstructure for batch processing of data in Microsoft Excel. Besides, in the new version support of SharePoint 2010 and Excel Services appeared.

The system of interactive training (Aspen Online Training) provides access for users to the special training modules directly from the interface of a product. Thanks to it costs on implementation and service of the software are reduced.

The new built-in means of aggregation of data and tracking of parameters increase performance of work of users, providing such useful functions as statistical calculations and the system of warnings of deviations and events.

The new superstructure for batch processing of data in Excel simplifies the procedure of extraction of data and expands possibilities of data analysis by users. The improved interaction between Aspen Production Record Manager™ and Excel helps to optimize loading of specialists: now they can waste less efforts to collection of information and find more time it for the analysis.

"The new analytical module of the program is a huge step forward in the field of remote access to operational process parameters and indications of devices, - Jeffrey Vakhter, the engineer on APC of Air Products company says. – It sharply increases our analytical opportunities. Besides, new superstructures for batch processing of data in Excel in a combination to the built-in support Excel Services allows quickly and in real time to create interactive data views and various reports thanks to what information exchange becomes really effective".

Emergence in the new version of support of SharePoint 2010 and Excel Services expands the accessibility to information and promotes bigger information transparency of production processes. Advanced opportunities of visualization and navigation provide perception of data "in a context". Automatic delivery of the parametrized reports allows to obtain instantly the necessary information and to analyze it in real time that accelerates decision making process.

"New improvements in Aspen InfoPlus.21 allow to provide "thin setup" of production efficiency, integrating search opportunities with the functional analysis, - Manolis Kotsabasakis, the vice president of AspenTech company notes. – Now our users can quickly analyze crucial data, increasing production efficiency and cutting down expenses. This version of the software product – one more example of our innovation approach to a problem of optimization of continuous technology processes; approach which helps specialists to make more effective and reasoned decisions on production".