Dr. Kobus Vd Merwe - Process And Equipment Analytics Expert Email & Phone Number

Productivity, reliability, and efficiency are critical to processing plants. I specialize in extracting higher profit from installed assets and processes, i.e., increasing profit without spending capital.- Are unplanned production interruptions hurting your profit? - Will lower variability on production rates or product quality benefit your operation?- Will pro-active identification and management of process and equipment conditions impact performance positively?- How much does the quality of decisios or interpretation of data contribute to variability?- Will the process gain by developing workers' knowledge and understanding of the process and eliminate indifferent decision-making?Most executives and process managers answer yes to the above questions. Answering ‘yes’ also implies that you must think about approaching this problem differently.My experience in this field dates back more than 25 years. I authored the Time-in-State solution platform that engages plant workers and extracts value from process data through innovative use of technology.Using the Time-in-State solutions platform, I assisted processing plants in identifying issues affecting performance, designing, and implementing solutions to mitigate these risks. The implementation methodology addresses:- Team learning, and change management, - Extracting information from process data, - Visualization and real-time information sharing to improve decision-making.The projects I worked on delivered a payback of less than one year or an internal rate of return exceeding 20%. It takes only six to eight weeks for a project to start delivering value. I service clients across the globe. My significant clients include Nkomati Mine (African Rainbow Minerals), Vametco, Samancor Chrome, Northam Platinum, RBPlatinum, Nestle, ABB, RCL Foods, sappi paper, and Omnia Fertilizers. The Time-in-State platform enables me to successfully deliver services remotely – this especially important in the context of the travel restrictions associated with the COVID-19 pandemic.Typical benefits client experience include:- Early warning of potential equipment failure, e.g., detecting deteriorating equipment performance, up to three weeks in advance, enabling predictive maintenance.- More than 10% higher production rate.- Yield or recovery improvement of more than three percentage points.- Process stabilization. Contact me – I am confident that I can add value to your operation.Kobus@tisMetrics.com+27 82 656 5601

Listed skills include Integration, Process Engineering, Business Analysis, Automation, and 12 others.

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  Ph.D. Computer And Electronic Engineering

  Computer And Electronic Engineering