A Plant Information Management System (PIMS) collects and integrates information about a production process from different sources.Kraft, Theresa (2008). Systematic and holistic IT Project Management approach for commercial software with case studies. Information Systems Education Journal 6(63)
Overview Tasks Important tasks of a PIMS are:
Company-wide gather, consolidate and process data Analysis of production performance, product quality, process capacity and control compliance. Provide Key Performance Indicator (KPI) to improve decision-making processes Reporting for decision support and documentation Consolidation of data from different sources (Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP), Laboratory, Distributed Control System (DCS)...) Integration of off-line data (laboratory, calculations, future load profiles) Access via the company-wide intranet also from offices. Via Web (Thin client) or Tcp / Ip (Fat client) Enriching / refining raw data Event-driven calculations Long-term archiving of data and reports (over many years)
Manufacturers Manufacturers are: Aspen Tech InfoPlus.21 (IP.21) Elipse Software EPM - Elipse Plant Manager GE Proficy Historian Open Systems International Inc. CHRONUS™ Osisoft PI Honeywell PHD Wonderware Historian Iba-ag Davis
Subdivisions There are the following subdivisions: SQL / desktop systems SCADA Historian Enterprise Historian
See also Data acquisition Data collection system Totally integrated automation
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