eSOMS Suite Overview
Setting the standard in plant operations solutions
Managing complex plant operations demands a comprehensive, integrated software system that not only optimizes performance, but can be implemented quickly and adapted to plant-specific procedures and processes.
For over two decades, Ventyx has been at the forefront of the development and successful implementation of operations management information systems for the chemical, electric power, marine, military, petro-chemical, and pulp & paper industries. Drawing on its experience in the operations management automation area, Ventyx developed the Shift Operations Management System (eSOMS).
A mission-critical application suite, eSOMS users rely on the suite to ensure the safe, efficient, and reliable operation and maintenance of their facility assets.
eSOMS Suite Benefits
eSOMS is designed to provide a consistent, organized, and integrated approach to those activities which affect equipment configuration, system status, and hence plant operation. This means that your facility will benefit from:
- Enhanced Efficiency, Productivity, and Safety – Users have reported significant, measurable gains in efficiency and productivity in operations tasks automated by eSOMS.
- Reduced Time & Costs of Operations Activities - Taking advantage of electronic tag sharing in the eSOMS Clearance module, a military customer realized a 94% decrease in the total number of tags required to be processed during a 14-month major asset overhaul, saving an estimated $4-6 million in man-hours alone. Similarly, commercial power plant customers have shaved up to a week off the duration of major plant outages as a direct result of eSOMS implementations. Estimates of replacement power costs alone saved by bringing a major power plant back on-line a week early range from $3-5 million. Mobile eSOMS is the solution for plant operations management data collection and analysis needs in a mobile environment.
- Consistent & Compliant Processes – An international petrochemical manufacturer was able to create and better manage a consistent framework for operations routine duties across its fleet of production facilities using eSOMS. Nuclear power plant operators rely on eSOMS to implement a consistent methodology for generating and maintaining staffing requirements and schedules in compliance with complex regulatory work limits, thereby preventing costly regulatory fines.
- Nuclear Fatigue Rule Compliance – As a nuclear power plant in the United States, compliance to NRC's 10CFR 26, Nuclear Fatigue Rule is made easy when using eSOMS. The eSOMS Personnel Qualification & Scheduling module provides a forward looking scheduling tool showing current and future infractions of the NFR rule so the scheduler can make the appropriate changes to ensure compliance.
The eSOMs solution follows the NRC directive by not only providing nuclear power plants with the tool to help manage workers scheduled to avoid fatigue, but also providing the ability to track corrective actions and create the FFD (fitness for duty report). - Easier Access to Information and Record Keeping – As an enterprise solution, critical information in eSOMS is just a few mouse clicks away. eSOMS Narrative Logs has become a fixture on the desktop of many plant managers as a tool to track the current operating status of the plant and to disseminate directives such as standing orders.
eSOMS reports are Crystal Reports® compatible, allowing you to customize the standard reports or create your own. eSOMS AutoPrint generates Adobe Acrobat® files of critical operations documents (procedures, tagouts, rounds, logs) and automatically transmits them to third-party electronic document management systems eliminating much of the document control administrative burden.
