Pharmaceutical · Industrial Data and Analytics

Centralised Batch Analytics with AVEVA PI

A production-ready AVEVA PI implementation brought five years of batch history, golden batch comparison and role-based access into one governed analytics environment.

ClientLeading pharmaceutical manufacturer

LocationChina

DisciplineIndustrial Data and Analytics

5 yrs

Batch history migrated

Shared analytics platform

Custom connectors

Training pathways

Project profile

Outcome-led engineering

A production-ready AVEVA PI implementation brought five years of batch history, golden batch comparison and role-based access into one governed analytics environment.

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Business challenge

The existing architecture lacked a central historian for enterprise batch analytics, historical trending and consistent batch comparison. The customer needed to move data from the DeltaV historian, backfill five years of batch records and maintain uninterrupted access throughout cutover.

The selected platform also had to minimise engineering overhead, avoid custom interface development and provide secure access for operational users and administrators.

Execution approach

The customer selected AVEVA PI because it met the technical requirements without custom development. The PI Interface for Emerson DeltaV Batch collected batch events, created the corresponding Asset Framework or Event Frame structures and stored process data through configurable templates.

Réalta migrated relevant historian records, completed the five-year backfill and implemented golden batch analysis in PI Vision. Users gained a consistent way to compare trajectories and benchmark live or completed batches against a selected golden batch.

Governance and adoption

PI Vision security and PI AF identities created role-based permissions for administrators and users. Onsite enablement used separate training material for each role, supporting adoption, governance and sustainable ownership after go-live.

Business impact

The customer established a central batch analytics platform with integrated access to five years of history. Operations and technical teams now use one environment for trend analysis, exception review and golden batch comparison, while administrators retain clear control over permissions and display governance.

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