The chemical industry is among the most significant industrial sectors in Finland. Its share in the overall exports of goods of the Finnish industry amounts to about one-fifth. In its entirety, the chemical industry employs around 100,000 Finns. Annual investments into the chemical industry amount to approximately one billion euros.
ERP system for the chemical industry
The solutions of the ALMA enterprise resource planning system can be used in chemical industry maintenance operations and life cycle management of facilities in many ways. Vitec ALMA has been involved in the process industry for a long time, and all that time our experts have been developing our system in close co-operation with our customers. Combine chemical industry processes, data management, maintenance, and people into a single seamless asset management solution.
In Finland, the following industries are considered as part of the chemical industry:
- Oil, gas and petrochemical industries
- Primary chemical industry, i.e., the manufacture of basic chemicals and raw materials
- Chemical products industry, such as the pharmaceutical industry and plastic and rubber industry
The ALMA enterprise resource planning system is comprehensively suitable for the life cycle management of the assets of various chemical industry companies.
Why is ALMA a good enterprise resource planning system for the chemical industry?
The chemical industry is characterised by three typical features, and the ALMA enterprise resource planning system was specifically developed to solve the challenges resulting from them.
● In the chemical industry, the equipment fleets are extensive and thus require planned and efficient data and asset management.
● Processes in the chemical industry take place in a closed environment, which places high demands on the safety of the personnel, safety of the area, process safety, and environmental safety.
● In the chemical industry, processes must run 24 hours a day, 7 days a week and 365 days a year. This places great demands on the maintenance of the facilities.
Reliable management of the extensive equipment fleet, long pipelines, and critical processes cannot be achieved manually; instead, asset management requires efficient data management, preventive maintenance, successful investment projects, and strict safety assurance.
ALMA solves these challenges by facilitating ERP and data management of chemical industry facilities throughout the entire life cycle of the facility. ALMA consists of five standard product modules, which we will configure for our customers to be ready for use.
DocALMA
document and data management software designed to meet industrial requirements
MaintALMA
for maintenance planning and management
FieldALMA
electrical and automation circuit design and data management
ProjectALMA
takes care of investment project data and documentation management in a centralised manner
EhsqAlma
combines the processes of environment, occupational health, occupational safety, and quality control
For you, the most significant benefit is that ALMA helps chemical industry companies to keep the plants running and manage the constant changes typical for an industry that depends on capital and investments.
ALMA’s features are suitable for managing the entire life cycle of a chemical industry facility:
● You can document an entire plant into a database in the design or construction phase already.
● You can classify the facility’s various equipment, processes, systems, human resources, and quality and safety functions under their own subdivisions.
● With the help of clear asset classification, you can create a seamlessly integrated system representing the entire facility in the database.
● A clearly visualised and documented integral system facilitates trouble-free use of the system and ensures that data are not isolated in silos.
● Preventive maintenance and planned care are easier to arrange if the entire plant has been clearly documented.
● Reaction to malfunctions is accelerated as the data can be found and are forwarded to the right people without obstructions.
● Ongoing necessary investment projects are more profitable if implemented based on high-quality and up-to-date data.
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Keep the production of your chemical industry company up and running and manage the changes caused by ongoing investment projects. Learn more about the ALMA® enterprise resource planning system and ask our experts for a presentation.
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