MPA is Mipac’s suite of integrated applications designed to increase production, reduce variability and deliver operational excellence
At Mipac, we believe by empowering teams with operational insight and foresight, we can help organisations increase production, reduce variability and deliver operational excellence.
Designed by experts like you, our purpose-built software will detect, escalate, track, control and manage production events, enabling teams to solve operational challenges in real-time.
Imagine a world where your complex operation realises its full potential.
Early detection of operational issues
Ensure critical controls are in place and effective
Enhance decision making
Quickly resolve production deviations
Focus production meetings on the future
Establish a single source of truth
Unleash the potential of your existing data
Prioritise business improvements
Rapidly visualise plant key performance indicators and drivers
MPA's suite of applications include:
Digital TARP
Digital TARP
- Streamline corrective actions by having a clear and concise plan for anticipated events
- Minimise risk by ensuring corrective action aligns with agreed best approach
- Optimise decision making and identify long term improvement projects by comparing historical events
Alarm Manager
Alarm Manager
- Monitor, manage and optimise control system alarms to recommended standard (ISA 18.2)
Loop Performance
Loop Performance
- Measure control loop health and performance across the entire operation
- Optimise control loops to improve plant stability
- Detect deviations early to support proactive maintenance or calibration of equipment
Golden State
Golden State
- Define and visualise key performance drivers
- Identify when unit operations are operating outside control limits
- Illuminate bad actors to rapidly address production deviations
Logsheets
Logsheets
- Digitally capture operator observations and actions, reducing duplication and sharing real-time insights across departments
- Understand long-term instrument accuracy and drift by overlaying instrumented data over manual checks.
- Automate inventory calculations to reduce errors and increase efficiency
Asset / Process Health
Asset / Process Health
- Prevent looming downtime events and process insufficiencies by notifying the right people to take meaningful action
- Identify, assess and address at-risk assets and processes
- Maintain peak operational health, maximise asset longevity and prevent costly downtime through predictive analytics
Production Reporting
Production Reporting
- Dynamically visualise and analyse your plant data over adjustable time frames
- Enable your team with integrated and pre-populated production reports pulled from multiple data sources
- Track Production KPIs such as Budget vs Actual
Production Monitor (Coming Soon)
Production Monitor (Coming Soon)
- Detect and manage underperformance as soon as or before it happens, whilst alerting relevant stakeholders
- Identify underperformance by comparing actual against theoretical model/best practice in real-time
- Identify critical bottlenecks to maximise value of technical staff
FAQs
Our solutions can be implemented in as little as two weeks.
The implementation timeframe of our solutions can vary depending on several factors such as the complexity of the existing processes, which application is being deployed and whether there is existing infrastructure in place. If a like-for-like implementation is required, such as moving from Excel to MPA for the logsheet application, the implementation can take anywhere from 2-4 weeks once the base system is set up. For more complex projects, such as automating your production reporting, the timeline typically ranges from 12 to 16 weeks depending on the number of reports to be developed.
It’s important to note that the exact duration will depend on the specific requirements of each project.
If you don’t already have an MPA Server installed, we would require a virtual or physical server, ideally with Windows Server 2019. We would require administrator access to the server to install the pre-requisite software and configure MPA for connection to your plant data.
You will require an AVEVA PI historian with a PI AF (Asset Framework) server. If you don’t have AF setup yet Mipac can assist with this too. In order for MPA to connect to AVEVA PI, you require the PSA (PI System Access) licence. Mipac can support you with obtaining the licence, or you can liaise directly with your AVEVA account manager.
Working with your IT group, Mipac would also require a service account to access the PI Data Archive and PI AF Server.
No, it is not mandatory to have AVEVA PI to utilise our applications. While some of our applications do utilise AVEVA PI AF capabilities, we also offer integration options that allow direct connectivity to other common data sources within your operation. These can include your historian, control system, alarm database, or Laboratory Information Management Systems (LIMS).
Our goal is to seamlessly integrate with your existing systems and provide flexible options for data integration. We encourage you to reach out to us to discuss how you can leverage MPA’s capabilities and explore the best solution that aligns with your specific requirements.
We understand that different customers have different support needs, which is why we offer two levels of support. Our standard support package is designed for customers who need basic support, while our premium support package is ideal for customers with more complex needs or customised solutions.
Standard support provides access to our knowledgeable support team for assistance with any software-related issues you may encounter. Standard support covers typical software application issues such as bugs and incidents. Standard support will be available during normal business hours.
Premium support offers access to expertise for complex issues that may require specialised knowledge supporting application or infrastructure problems. Premium support can be tailored to the size and complexity of the installed system and the desired response timeframe
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