Mill-wide optimization software for smarter, more resilient pulp production
ABB Ability Plant Optimizer for Pulp Mills software bridges the gap between production planning and real-time operations. It’s designed for the complex, interconnected nature of pulp production, and gives mills real-time insights and decision support to spot issues earlier, improve traceability, adjust plans faster, maintain operational stability, reduce production costs, and focus on tasks that create the most value.
The software’s real-time tracking of material flows and quality-critical variables makes it easier to pinpoint process inefficiencies, trace quality deviations to their source, and implement corrective actions before issues escalate. Automated grade transitions, alarm-based diagnostics, and customizable reporting enhance standardization and improve overall operational discipline.
Plant Optimizer for Pulp Mills also helps users move beyond reactive planning by enabling dynamic, forward-looking decision support. It uses higher time-horizon targets from manufacturing execution systems (MES) to create weekly and daily production plans that account for real-world constraints. By modeling alternative scenarios for demand changes, shutdown and startup planning or resolving bottlenecks, it provides recommendations that balance throughput, cost and resource use. It also calculates optimal set points and production rates, either on demand or continuously, allowing teams to minimize waste, increase throughput and reduce cost-to-produce within their existing asset base.