PlantTriage treemaps Oversee Production with a Glance

News Release from: ExperTune, Inc.
03/06/2008

A large treemap display in the control room shows the performance of thousands of assets with one glance. Opportunities for improvement pop out as bright red areas in the map. This display, which is updated with live information from the plant control system, allows everyone in the plant to be focused on the same goals.

PlantTriage treemaps show all control system assets spaced on one screen. Each asset is represented by both size and color of a rectangle. The larger the size, the more important the asset. The brighter the color, the more opportunity there is to make improvements. For example, a large, bright red block represents a major opportunity for improvement.

John Gerry, President of ExperTune says: Treemaps clearly show the health of the entire control system with a single glance. Treemaps in the control room focus everyone on the same goals, making it clear to all, where the greatest opportunities are.

PlantTriage treemaps come up in a browser window and are a standard part of the performance monitoring tools available in PlantTriage. Using treemaps, technicians can drill down by clicking on the bright spots. The drill-down produces detailed diagnostics of specific problems with instruments, valves, and controls.

Mr. Gerry adds, In today's plants, everybody needs to be more efficient when managing assets. Treemaps help to drive efficiency by focusing attention quickly on the biggest opportunities.