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Hydrite Chemical Co. Streamlining operations and increasing auditability and compliance with centralized asset management
技术
- 平台即服务 (PaaS) - 设备管理平台
适用行业
- 化学品
适用功能
- 离散制造
- 维护
用例
- 预测性维护
- 资产健康管理 (AHM)
- 监管合规监控
服务
- 系统集成
挑战
Hydrite Chemical Co. 是美国一家领先的化学品生产商，由于业务的快速增长，该公司面临着诸多挑战。该公司发现，越来越难以清晰地了解其不同站点的资产、流程、政策和许可证。他们所有的站点都开发了自己的资产管理方式，主要使用电子表格、日历提醒和小型数据库等简单工具。如果没有一套一致的系统，很难在两个不同的站点之间比较同一件事。由于缺乏标准化和可视性，该公司很难证明其符合当前法律法规，这需要监管机构和客户的定期审计。
关于客户
Hydrite Chemical Co. 成立于 1929 年，总部位于威斯康星州布鲁克菲尔德，是美国最大的化学品及相关服务提供商之一。该公司在 14 个地点拥有 850 多名员工。作为一家领先的美国化学品生产商，Hydrite 专注于为其他化学公司进行代工生产，因此经常接受外部审计和检查。然而，随着业务的快速增长，越来越难以清晰了解其不同站点的资产、流程、政策和许可证。
解决方案
Hydrite 决定实施 IBM Maximo Asset Management，它是 IBM Watson IoT 产品组合的一部分。该解决方案用资产管理平台取代了基于纸张的跟踪工作订单、库存和采购的方法，该平台有助于控制支出并促进合规性。借助 Maximo 的资产层次结构，Hydrite 现在可以跟踪资产，并从单个数据库安排维修、更换和检查。Hydrite 还使用 Maximo 来跟踪监管义务，并通过创建“合规日历”来确保其所有许可证和许可都是最新的。此外，Hydrite 还使用 Maximo 来确保对质量至关重要的实验室仪器进行正确校准。
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