Aspen Unified

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2020: Release of the software package Aspen Unified

The company Aspen Technology, Inc., being world software provider for optimization of performance of assets, announced on September 23, 2020 release of the software package Aspen Unified which, as envisioned by the companies, will become a basis for the solutions of the next generation on optimization of performance designed to change business processes world oil processing the plants (oil refinery).

Aspen Unified allows to perform volume and scheduling in one environment for the purpose of consolidation and automation of separate processes, increase in volumes of valuable products, ensuring effective work and increase arrived. The software package includes software of Aspen Unified PIMS with support of several objects, Aspen Unified Scheduling, Aspen Unified GDOT Builder and Aspen GDOT.

Thanks to the single clear interface of production organization specialists of Refinery in planning and management can easily create models and support their functioning and also obtain more exact data on the current performance of the plant and its limiting factors. The solution Aspen Unified is created to exclude losses of profit because of dissociation of transactions and to increase uniformity of data of modeling at volume and scheduling. Together with technology of dynamic optimization of AspenTech — Aspen GDOT — the solution Aspen Unified will approve functioning of the plant with economic conditions and optimizes performance in real time. Aspen Unified helps to reach quicker target indicators, including in the field of security and environmental friendliness and also in terms of finance and performance. In the whole Aspen Unified — the first step on the way to the embodiment to life of the concept of self-optimization of the enterprise (Self-Optimizing Plant), was declared in AspenTech.

The term "self-optimization of the enterprise" is used by AspenTech company for designation of the enterprises which independently adapt to the changing operating conditions. AspenTech creates industrial applications which allow to eliminate functional dissociation and to adapt semi-automatic for maintenance of due level of efficiency. At oil refinery (or the plants in case of Aspen Unified PIMS with support of several objects) at which the solution Aspen Unified for volume and scheduling using automation systems of a closed loop is implemented, for example, Advanced Process Control (APC) and dynamic optimization, it is possible to achieve increase in efficiency of transactions. It will allow to make activity of the plants more productive, flexible, adaptable and profitable in quickly changing market conditions, noted in the company.

"Now planning specialists and operators work in one environment that allows to integrate the separated processes using Aspen Unified and to strengthen control for acceptance of reasoned decisions. This software package was created for deployment in a cloud and therefore differs in the increased scalability that gives to the plant a set of opportunities — David Arbeitel, the senior vice president for product management of Aspen Technology company told. — Consolidation volume and scheduling with management of transactions accelerates process of creation of models and does it to more uniform. Thanks to it the accuracy of production plans increases, and it is easier to execute them".