Methanex
Methanex harnesses artificial intelligence with AVEVA CONNECT
Methanex, the world's largest producer and supplier of methanol, wanted to go beyond the limits of general-purpose large language models by enriching them with internal, business-specific data. Data and knowledge silos among experts located around the world slowed decision-making, while preventing critical failures and operational visibility remained major challenges. The group deployed a solution combining AVEVA PI System, AVEVA CONNECT, AVEVA PI Vision, AVEVA PI DataLink and AVEVA PI Server to extract and leverage its data at scale. The platform now enables true global collaboration between experts, suppliers and IT teams, and visualizes the results of advanced analytics to streamline rapid decisions. Methanex uses foundation artificial intelligence models to predict behaviors in AVEVA PI System data, generating significant operational benefits. Deploying custom AI solutions tailored to business needs and simplifying the IT infrastructure are transforming operational performance for the long term.
Integrated AVEVA software
AVEVA PI System
Methanex uses AVEVA PI System with PI Vision, DataLink, and PI Server to oversee its methanol production facilities. This platform provides real-time visibility into performance and facilitates optimization.
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AVEVA CONNECT
Methanex relies on AVEVA CONNECT to access its industrial data from the Cloud. This solution enables remote monitoring of its global methanol production facilities.
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FAQ
How does AVEVA enrich AI with clean industrial data?
Methanex, the world's largest methanol producer, goes beyond the limits of general-purpose large language models by enriching them with AVEVA PI System, AVEVA CONNECT, PI Vision, PI DataLink and PI Server. The platform extracts, contextualizes and exposes business data specific to the methanol process. Foundation AI models use this AVEVA PI System data to predict critical operational behaviors, generating significant benefits where general-purpose AI would be ineffective. This is the prerequisite for truly useful industrial AI.
How can the knowledge of experts spread around the world be shared across silos?
Methanex operates worldwide with experts spread across many locations. Siloed data and knowledge slowed down decision-making. AVEVA CONNECT, combined with PI Vision and PI DataLink, enables genuine global collaboration between subject matter experts, suppliers and IT teams. Advanced analytics results are visualized and shared instantly, streamlining fast decisions. It is a major lever for multinational industrial groups whose value depends on the efficient flow of expertise.
How can critical failures be prevented with AVEVA PI System and AI?
At Methanex, AVEVA PI System collects high-resolution process data while foundational AI models predict abnormal behavior signaling an imminent failure. This predictive approach prevents critical equipment failures and reduces costly downtime, which has a particularly high impact in methanol production. Combining the richness of AVEVA PI System data with the power of AI models gives operations teams a head start on failures.
What benefits does a customized AI solution built on AVEVA provide?
Rather than generic AI, Methanex deploys customized AI solutions tailored to its specific business needs, built on AVEVA PI System and CONNECT. This tailored approach ensures relevant predictions, user buy-in and traceable recommendations. Combined with a simplified IT infrastructure that communicates better with other platforms, it lastingly transforms the operational performance of the world's leading methanol producer and demonstrates the business value of industrial AI firmly grounded in data.
How does AVEVA CONNECT facilitate collaboration between business, IT and suppliers?
AVEVA CONNECT gives Methanex a shared cloud space where process experts, IT teams and external suppliers access the same contextualized data from AVEVA PI System. AVEVA PI Vision visualizes advanced analytics, AVEVA PI DataLink enables use in Excel and PI Server provides a robust foundation. This three-way collaboration streamlines fast decision-making and multiplies the value extracted from data, turning data management into a global strategic lever.