2024 - AVEVA World - Paris - Process Industries (Chemicals, MMM, Pulp/Paper)
OMYA: From independent reliability management to centralized success: a global predictive maintenance evolution with AI and machine learning
This session will explore OMYA's reliability management journey in embedding an AI infused predictive maintenance program across its global operations. OMYA, a leading producer of essential minerals and a distributor of specialty materials relies on large, critical equipment for its mining operations. Ensuring the operational efficiency of these assets through predictive maintenance is crucial for minimizing unplanned downtime and managing spare parts inventory. Initially, OMYA faced the challenge of implementing predictive maintenance across various sites, ranging from small, remote operations to large, complex facilities. The transition from site-specific implementations to a centralized, digitally embedded organization using AI and machine learning required addressing significant hurdles, including varying levels of automation and data historization, as well as a cultural shift towards a standardized digital approach. This session will provide an in-depth look at how OMYA overcame these challenges by developing a flexible framework where the central team establishes standards yet allows individual sites the autonomy to tailor predictive maintenance practices to their specific needs. We will highlight key successes, including the detection and management of critical issues identified by AVEVA Predictive Analytics under this new governance model.
Industry
Mining Metals and Minerals
Company
Omya
Speaker
Jonathan Vincent
Jonathan Vincent is a certified maintenance and reliability professional with over 10 years of experience in managing and optimizing the performance of complex industrial systems. Jonathan has successfully implemented preventive and predictive maintenance programs, reduced downtime and costs, and improved safety and quality standards. Jonathan has also led and trained teams of technicians and engineers, ensuring high levels of collaboration and communication. He is currently Regional Maintenance Manager for the Americas at Omya.
Company
Omya International AG
Speaker
Ivan Sopta
Ivan Sopta is an international leader with over two decades of expertise in plant maintenance and operations management. Currently based in Switzerland, he serves as the Head of Global Maintenance Competence Center at Omya International AG, where he has successfully led maintenance initiatives across 87 countries, improving plant reliability by and spearheading the digitalization of predictive maintenance analytics. Before Omya, Ivan held key roles at Holcim and Cargotec, where he developed and implemented condition-based maintenance strategies and reduced operational costs by 20%. Earlier in his career, he significantly enhanced plant performance and reliability in various roles at Holcim and Cimos in Croatia. Ivan holds an Executive MBA from IMD in Lausanne and is known for his strategic thinking, problem solving, commitment to safety, and continuous improvement in maintenance management.
Session Code
AW24-PRI-D2-SESS-310
