Case Studies

 CustomerSummaryIndustry 
 Abitibi Consolidated, IncUsing the PI System to optimize power purchases saves Canadian paper maker more than $1 million in the first yearPulp & Paper 
 Accelerating Data Center EfficiencyThe PI System gathers data from multiple systems and serves as a universal translator that synchronizes data center operations to boost efficiency, improve planning, and reduce IT and facility costs. With this information data centers can comply increased government pressure to improve efficiency and reduce environment impact and meet the goals outlined in Executive Orders such as Executive Order 13423 and Executive Order 13514.Data Centers & IT 
 Aluminerie AlouetteA $1.4 billion project to increase the production capacity of the Aluminerie Alouette plant called for the plant’s automation technology to be replaced. Using OSIsoft's PI System the company met this challenge without adversely affecting production.Metals & Mining 
 ArkemaArkema Chemicals achieves significant ROI with OSIsoft's PI System; cost savings in the first 6 years add up to more than $2.4 million at one plant.Chemicals 
 Central Valley WaterCentral Valley Water Reclamation Facility returns to OSIsoft's PI System after the competition fails to deliver.Power & Utilities 
 Cornell Weill Medical CollegeIT Monitor infrastructure was installed at Cornell Weill Medical College to enable applications to enhance services levels, optimize operations, and save energy.Pharmaceuticals 
 Data Center PulseThe Chill Off 2 (CO2), is a side-by-side evalutation of the energy efficiency of leading cooling technologies.Data Centers & IT 
 Dow CorningDow Corning optimizes operations with the PI System and adapts the PI System to changing business strategies.Chemicals 
 DTE EnergyAfter a PI System pilot project in 1999 helped one of Detroit Edison’s power plants save $180,000 in just six months, DTE Energy rolled out the PI System to each of its 7 major power plants. With the PI System in place company-wide, DTE Energy launched a fleet optimization program in 2006 that has saved the company millions of dollars annually.Power & Utilities 
 Eastman Kodak CompanyKodak Park has significant energy management requirements. It was plagued with many building automation and distributed control systems. Some systems were in silos – they were not connected to any other buildings. Kodak Park selected RtPortal iViews, the PI System, ProcessBook and DataLink to view utilities data from the different legacy systems in real time on the web.Chemicals 
 eBay Inc. - Data Centers and the PI SystemeBay Inc. uses the PI System to prioritize and monetize its data center operations, improve their Power Usage Effectiveness (PUE and growing their technical infrastructure.Data Centers & IT 
 Fort CarsonOSIsoft's IT Monitor offered unparalleled insights into the Army's IT networked infrastructure that improved performance, reliability and security.Data Centers & IT 
 Halifax WaterWater loss is nearly always the result of a leaky pipe somewhere in the system. The challenge is to find the location of the leak, and to do so quickly with minimum staff time, before significant water is wasted. Halifax Water used its already installed PI System to support water leakage reduction by 40 million litres per day, saving more than C$600,000 on an annual basis.Power & Utilities 
 InnoveneInnovene implemented OSIsoft’s Analysis Framework (AF) for faster application configuration to help employees analyze and optimize processes more efficiently.Chemicals 
 IPLOMAs a small player in a competitive market, IPLOM needed to manage and optimize production in a real-time environment and demonstrate the consistency of the products in an easily accessible web site to its customers. IPLOM uses Sigmafine to provide mass balance yields.Oil & Gas 
 Janssen Pharmaceutical Products LPBy using RtReports, Janssen's reams of paper with sign-offs and manual inputs from production to QA have been replaced with only a few targeted reports that include batch trends.Pharmaceuticals 
 Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power Co., LtdKorea Hydro & Nuclear Power Co. monitors environmental emissions with the PI System from OSIsoft.Power & Utilities 
 Massachusetts Water Resource AuthorityOSIsoft helps MWRA improve real-time plant performance, aid Boston Harbor cleanup.Power & Utilities 
 MethanexThe PI System helps world's largest methanol producer improve quality and performance, and stay competitive.Chemicals 
 PolyOne CorporationPolyOne deploys OSIsoft's PI Historian and RLINK Interfacing to integrate real-time plant production data with SAP R/3 System.Chemicals 
 PSE&GPublic Service Electric & Gas deploys OSIsoft's PI System as foundation for CMMS system to minimize costly failures and to enhance customer service.Power & Utilities 
 QNIQNI uses OSIsoft's PI System to control refinery operations and gain 41 percent IRR in 3.5 years.Metals & Mining 
 RWE npowerWith the RWE npower has the agility and flexibility to meet the challenges of a deregulated market by determining best practices, improving processes, and optimizing start-ups with minimum damage to expensive equipment; thus reducing costs.Power & Utilities 
 SappiReal-time resource management improves system reliability and efficiency while delivering brand benefitsPulp & Paper 
 T&D UtilityThe PI System revolutionizes one utility's electric transmission & distribution power system data.Power & Utilities 
 The Roche GroupOSIsoft helps The Roche Group employ real-time performance management as a global initiative and increase operational efficiencies.Pharmaceuticals 
 University of California at San DiegoUCSD uses OSIsoft’s PI System to help the campus operations team keep track of and optimize its microgrid.Power & Utilities 
 UPS Monitoring Six Sigma Methodology is applied to Best and Powerware Uniterruptable Power Supply (UPS) systems.Oil & Gas 
 Yorkshire WaterWater is becoming a critical issue around the world and companies like Yorkshire Water are on the frontlines of managing this precious resource. To ensure its ability to deliver clean, reliable, water to households and businesses, Yorkshire Water depends on having access to a large pool of data. When the company’s telemetry infrastructure could no longer keep up with its need for data, Yorkshire Water turned to the PI System for faster, more scalable, data management. In the process, it achieved more than £1 million in annual savings through reduced energy use, improved leak detection and better chemical management.Power & Utilities