Baker Hughes & C3 AI Release BHC3 Production Schedule Optimization Application for Demand Planning & Manufacturing Production...
March 03 2021 - 9:00AM
Business Wire
A comprehensive, enterprise AI-enabled solution
to generate accurate production forecasts and optimal manufacturing
schedules that adapt swiftly to changing market conditions and
reduce variable manufacturing costs
Baker Hughes (NYSE: BKR) and C3 AI (NYSE: AI) have announced the
launch of BHC3™ Production Schedule Optimization (PSO), an
enterprise AI application for industrial demand planning and
manufacturing production scheduling. The application improves
supply chain and delivery performance for highly engineered
products while minimizing manufacturing costs by generating
industrial customer demand predictions and optimal production
schedules using a holistic view of buyer activity, supply chain
materials, and manufacturing and distribution operations.
BHC3 PSO produces accurate demand forecasts for industrial and
oil and gas operations as well as defined manufacturing and
distribution schedules, factoring in dynamic market conditions,
operational constraints, and the inherent uncertainty associated
with these operations. BHC3 PSO also generates actionable insights
for buyers, sellers, inventory analysts and production schedulers
to make near real-time adjustments to production schedules for
industrial and oil and gas operations. The application is now
generally available to oil and gas and manufacturing businesses
globally and is the latest addition to the growing portfolio of
BHC3 artificial intelligence (AI) applications from the
BakerHughesC3.ai alliance.
BHC3 PSO integrates a wide range of inputs, including feedstock
availability, changing market prices, priority customer orders,
increasing reworks, and unplanned downtime. With the application,
users can optimize goals across manufacturing and distribution
activities, including inventory minimization and throughput
maximization, while considering operational constraints including
storage policy, asset performance, and resource availability.
BHC3 PSO has already demonstrated success with trial customers.
For example, a large hydrocarbon processing company that configured
the BHC3 PSO application for a polypropylene plant was able to
optimize production schedules and reduce manufacturing costs. After
a 16-week trial, the company achieved a 20% improvement in demand
forecasting accuracy by generating optimal production schedules
without manual adjustment and adopting machine learning models.
“We are committed to leading and advancing the digital
transformation of energy operations globally. This application is
the latest in a series of new AI solutions we have launched in
recent months that allow customers to achieve significant cost
reductions, new levels of productivity, and organizational
alignment for highly engineered products and industrial plants,”
said Ed Abbo, C3 AI president and CTO. “BHC3 Production Schedule
Optimization supports discrete, batch, semi-batch, and continuous
manufacturing processes in network and multi-stage environments,
delivering cost and productivity benefits across midstream and
downstream oil, gas, and chemicals operations."
“Enterprise AI has the ability to create value and deliver
results for manufacturing across the energy value chain,” said Uwem
Ukpong, executive vice president of regions, alliances &
enterprise sales at Baker Hughes. “Optimization of the supply chain
and reduction of production costs are especially relevant today for
energy and industrial businesses. BHC3 Production Schedule
Optimization combines the manufacturing and technology expertise of
Baker Hughes with C3 AI’s leading technology to help operators
better forecast materials production to serve their customers.”
For more information about BHC3 product offerings, please visit
BakerHughesC3.ai.
About C3.ai, Inc.
C3.ai, Inc. (NYSE:AI) is a leading provider of Enterprise AI
software for accelerating digital transformation. C3 AI delivers a
family of fully integrated products: C3 AI® Suite, an end-to-end
platform for developing, deploying, and operating large-scale AI
applications; C3 AI Applications, a portfolio of industry-specific
SaaS AI applications; C3 AI CRM, a suite of industry-specific CRM
applications designed for AI and machine learning; and C3 AI Ex
Machina, a no-code AI solution to apply data science to everyday
business problems. The core of the C3 AI offering is an open,
model-driven AI architecture that dramatically simplifies data
science and application development. Learn more at: www.c3.ai
About Baker Hughes
Baker Hughes (NYSE: BKR) is an energy technology company that
provides solutions to energy and industrial customers worldwide.
Built on a century of experience and with operations in over 120
countries, our innovative technologies and services are taking
energy forward – making it safer, cleaner and more efficient for
people and the planet. Visit us at bakerhughes.com.
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