Patent attributes
An improved industrial process includes: receiving in a processor a plurality of data items related to an industrial process, each data item being time stamped so that each data item includes time stamp and industrial process data regarding an industrial process occurring at a time; analyzing the plurality of data items in a processor via a plurality of rules, the analyzing identifying deviations of at least one variable of the plurality of data items from a mean value of the variable; setting a statistical control parameter as an achievable quantity for the at least one variable; identifying the plurality of data items where the at least one variable exceeds the statistical control parameter to define at least one excess; and eliminating the at least one excess by shifting resources or altering the process related to the at least one quantity, the shifting or altering being a function of the analyzing of the plurality of data items. Methods related to achievable opportunities for improvement and to identifying contributing factors are also provided.
