Berlin, 22 October 2014 – The PSI AG has been contracted by the BASF SE with the delivery of a workforce management system with mobile connections as a supplement to the company’s existing PSI network control system in Ludwigshafen on the Rhine. BASF will use the system for centralised support in the preparation, execution and documentation of jobs in the field of switching processing.
An interface to the existing SAP system delivers the orders to be dispatched. The job preparation will be supplemented by necessary switching in the network in the existing network control room based on PSIcontrol. The jobs will be communicated to the available switching supervisors by means of mobile devices and their completion reported. This will significantly increase the level of planning in the future, improve the documentation of switching actions and achieve a more effective processing by avoiding system discontinuities in the process.
PSIcommand in the current product version 3.3 will be applied in the project; this version bases the graphic user interface on the new group-wide PSI technology platform.
BASF SE, with 112,000 employees, six Verbund sites and 376 additional production sites worldwide is the world’s largest chemical group based on sales and market capitalisation.
On the basis of its own software products, PSI AG develops and integrates complete solutions for energy management (gas, oil, electricity, heat, energy trading), production management (mining, metals, automotive, mechanical engineering, logistics) and infrastructure management for transport and safety. PSI was founded in 1969 and employs 1,700 persons worldwide.