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Food Industry
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| Similar to the
pharmaceutical industry, the food industry has high demands
and regulations to follow to assure that the product
manufactured is of high quality. A high level of quality and
food safety during all phases of the manufacturing is a
necessity. APIPRO provides you with the tools needed to
secure this quality. |
| Advanced and
flexible Planning techniques, Alarm handling and a special
Job Ordering program for quick handling of unplanned
production stops are example of functions provided by APIPRO
and which are significant in this kind of industry. API PRO
can handle any types of products and processes in the food
industry. |
| Especially when
handling perishables, such as milk, it is crucial that the
manufacturing process is allowed to run without any
disturbances. When the time factor at a breakdown severely
damages the outcome, APIPRO provides tools and functions
needed to be able to achieve successful maintenance
management. |
| The change logging,
also called audit trail, functionality is just as important
to the food industry as to the pharmaceutical industry. The
change log keeps track of whether any changes have been made
to the procedures over time. At any time the complete log
can be viewed and if wanted the changed record can be
recreated. You will gain full information about, who changed
the record, what was changed, when it was changed and why it
was changed. |
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Read the success story from Arla Foods
Read the success story from Milko |
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Manufacturing
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| Customers of today
demand high-quality products. This requires a high-class
production where no circumstances may impact the production
and thereby the result. APIPRO can be used, independent of
manufacturing area, to organize the maintenance management
and to optimize the production and minimize the down-time. |
| In Manufacturing the
focus is on keeping Unplanned Corrective Maintenance to a
minimum in order to optimize production and production time
available. Spare part handling also for Unplanned Corrective
Maintenance therefore becomes an important issue to keep the
repair time minimized. APIPRO provides you with the tools
needed to identify the ineffectiveness and to rapidly solve
them when discovered. |
| A manufacturer’s
goal is to produce the amount of the product that complies
to the demands of the customers. This is to be done in a
manner that is efficient and cost effective. API PRO offers
powerful and flexible planning functionality which will
support you in accomplishing this goal. With help of the
Analysis functionality provided, the maintenance activities
and Key Performance Indicators can be kept under
surveillance in a further step to optimizing the production. |
| APIPRO supports all
the activities necessary for an effective Maintenance
Organization, providing everything from Planning tools and
Spare part/Stock handling to Work order handling (planning,
execution, feedback and history tracking) and Purchase
Management. |
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Read the success story from Bang & Olufsen |
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Pharmaceutical
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| Pharmaceutical
companies face mounting pressure to ensure compliance with
regulations governing computer systems associated with the
product development and production. In the pharmaceutical
industry you only get one chance – one mistake and the name
of the company/product can be ruined forever. With the help
of API PRO you can increase process reliability and with
help of for example advanced planning facilities and
analysis functions, circumstances affecting the production
negatively can be eliminated.
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| We know the
challenges of this industry and the demands to keep current
with prevailing regulations. Through both education and
learning from our pharmaceutical customers we have developed
in-depth knowledge and awareness about demands and
regulations of the pharmaceutical industry, such as GMP
guidelines and the importance of system validation. Several
validation projects have been performed of APIPRO. |
| In the
pharmaceutical industry there is a growing requirement for
documentation of changes made to the production equipment.
It is also necessary to keep track of maintenance procedures
and whether any changes have been made to the procedures
over time. These requirements are specified by FDA (U.S Food
and Drug Administration) in the GMP guidelines. |
| To support these
needs a change logging, also called audit trail,
functionality is available in APIPRO. The change logging
functionality has been developed in close co-operation with
our customers in the pharmaceutical industry and focuses on
a complete logging of changes to data “close to the
process”. Information regarding maintenance can at any time
be recreated as it looked 20 or 2 years ago – no matter how
much or how many times the records have been changed. |
| A calibration
module is available which will support you in assuring the
reliability of your equipment. With the calibration module,
objects can be checked at regular intervals using a
specified method and specified measurements to ensure that
the readings meet specified standards. |
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Read the success story from H. Lundbeck |
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Power Generation / Utilities
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| Power is one of the
many industries where customers enjoy the benefits of an
industry tailored implementation of API PRO. The special
characteristics of Power industries are the need to maximize
availability and output as a power plant should never go
down. This is due to the severe consequences of a breakdown
to the rest of the society, either through loss of
power/electricity/heat or even worse, safety consequences of
the breakdown such as fires, pollution or other
environmental risks. |
| API PRO is used to
maintain high-value capital assets such as plants,
facilities and equipment. No matter what size of plant,
APIPRO can be used. The system can be used for smaller
plants located at one site, but can also be used for large
complexes where the plants might even be located at
different sites. A Multi-site module is available and with
this functionality it is possible to operate several
factories or sites in one central database. |
| In the power
industry, where maximized availability, reliability and
trustworthiness are crucial factors to stay competitive, it
is important that Key Performance Indicators (KPI) in an
easy way can be kept under supervision. APIPRO provides an
Analysis module which offers a wide range of pre-defined
analyses for all maintenance related data. Furthermore a
Dashboard is provided where the Key Performance Indicators
of the company easily can be kept under supervision. With a
starting point in the statuses indicated on the Dashboard,
it is possible to make corrective decisions faster and more
accurately. |
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Read the success story from Alstom Power |
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Port / Harbor Solutions
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| The equipment used
at ports easily falls under the category 'high-value capital
assets'. APIPRO is used to maintain this type of capital
assets and enables the possibility to develop the full
handling potential of the port and its equipment. |
| Maintaining a port
is a demanding and difficult task, not the least due to the
large geographical area the port often covers. All over the
large work place, equipment needs to be maintained and tasks
of different kinds are performed. There is always a large
work load on big ports. If equipment is taken out of
operation it doesn’t take long until the pressure of the
work load quickly rises. APIPRO provides you with the right
tools to be able to control and optimize the productivity
and by this lowering the down time.
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| As always, when
handling large industries, planning is a key word. The
planning facilities in API PRO provide the tools necessary
to efficiently keep track of the maintenance tasks. API PRO
provides the managers with a flexible and simple tool for
planning. No matter what size of industry, APIPRO can be
used. With help of the multi-site module you can divide your
industry into different sites and organizations but still
run on a central database. |
| When working at a
port it can be difficult to gain an overview of the total
work area. The Graphical Navigator in API PRO is the
solution to this problem. In a simple and uncomplicated way
you can access the whole equipment structure. With the
Graphical Navigator you create a digital map/picture of the
area which will assist you in your daily work. With the
Graphical Navigator you can easily access information on
different detailed levels, just by a few clicks on the
map/picture. Each new click gives you access to a new level
of information. As an example you can both obtain a map of
the complete area, which gives you the big picture, and at
the same time use the same program to create a work order
for a specific object. |
| Furthermore,
modules like Stock control and Purchase management are of
great use to port industries. Stock control data is the
information needed to tell APIPRO which parts are located in
which stock locations. Furthermore the stock control data
allows you to control stock quantities and do automatic
reordering etc. By integrating the Stock control module and
the Purchase Management module you will at any time have
access to fully updated information about stock levels,
material availability, expected delivery dates for ordered
parts and committed costs on projects. |
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Read the success story from Port of Gothenburg |
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OEM / Turnkey Suppliers
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| The technical
documentation of a plant is expensive and often amounts to
10 or more percent of the total plant costs. Construction,
customer advice, service and various of the equipment
suppliers’ sub suppliers together try to design the
technical documentation for the customers in a clear way and
thereby to fulfill the legal commitments. |
| Thereby it is only
possible for the customer by very intensive studying to
decode for instance practical maintenance instructions or
practical workflows in the partly very extensive technical
documentation. |
| With the solution
for OEM and turnkey suppliers API supports the
transformation of technical documentation into counter based
workflows for maintenance. |
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