Orchestrating Advanced Automation Programs, TAPPICon24

The pulp and paper industry has very significant optimization opportunities across all aspects of the mill. Typically, these projects deliver an economic payout within 3-6 months. Many companies struggle to manage and maintain enterprise-wide APC programs and lose out on these significant returns. This paper introduces the concept of utilizing the “APC Score” KPI to develop and manage large-scale advanced automation programs. APC Score is an industry and technology agnostic, size and complexity independent, and an overall APC key performance indicator. APC Score strongly correlates to the amount of benefits being achieved; therefore, improving your APC Score will directly enhance your mill’s profitability. Utilizing APC Score improvement for project prioritization will significantly enhance your program's outcome.

APC benchmarking can help identify and quantify gaps in a mill’s advanced process control deployment and their performance. With this information, you can develop an APC program to direct resources to close those gaps and capture additional value. APC benchmarking can be utilized to track the program progress and provide data to make better decisions that will improve your mill’s profitability.

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