Comprehensive Package of Automation Service Solutions

Yokogawa Electric Corporation announced the release of VigilantPlant ServicesTM, the first-ever comprehensive package of automation service solutions that help manufacturers achieve safe, environmentally friendly, and profitable plant operations in line with the Yokogawa VigilantPlant® concept. From design through project execution, operations, and maintenance, VigilantPlant Services provide manufacturers the support they need to achieve Operational Excellence over the entireplant lifecycle.

VigilantPlant Services bring Operational Excellence by improving the effectiveness of automation platforms. There are three basic types of VigilantPlant Services: Opportunity Identification ServicesTM - to identify new improvement possibilities and optimum solutions, Yokogawa provides free plant analysis, comparative effectiveness analysis, management seminar, master planning, and improvement leader development programs; Solution Implementation ServicesTM - to effectively implement identified solutions, Yokogawa provides asset management, safety management, production management, and plant lifecycle management programs; Lifecycle Effectiveness ServicesTM - following the implementation phase, Yokogawa continually maintains and re-evaluates these solutions for its customers to ensure that they remain effective throughout the plant lifecycle.

VigilantPlant is Yokogawa’s automation concept for safe, reliable, and profitable plant operations. VigilantPlant aims to enable an ongoing state of Operational Excellence where plant personnel are watchful and attentive, well informed, and ready to take actions that optimise plant and business performance. This initiative eliminates unplanned downtime, improves asset utilisation, and allows businesses to adapt to shifting market conditions quickly and efficiently. Based on this concept, Yokogawa launched Safety Excellence solutions in 2005, Asset Excellence solutions in 2006, and Production Excellence solutions in 2007.