Shell Accelerates Planning, Improves Margins with Aspen PIMS-AO in the Cloud
Shell Accelerates Planning, Improves Margins with Aspen PIMS-AO in the Cloud
6 PagesCase Study Shell Accelerates Planning, Improves Margins with Aspen PIMS-AO in the Cloud CHALLENGE Speed-up large planning runs to consider more optionality and sensitivity SOLUTION Hardware and software solution—including Aspen PIMS-AO—to burst into the cloud enabling faster review of many more planning scenarios BENEFITS Increased margins and higher productivity across Shell’s medium and large integrated complexes • Speed: 5-20 times faster processing • Optimization: improved analysis and decision-making • Profitability: potentially delivering $10M/yr margin increase at a single site • Scale: runs over 800 cases in 30 minutes Estimated $10M/yr in margin increase at one large integrated complex “The two biggest benefits in our first site were margin uplift and work-life bal
