PROMACE Process Information Management System unifies plant data with other application software such as planning, scheduling, laboratory and maintenance applications, enabling everyone in the company to visualize past and present plant performance. Processes and practices can then be critically evaluated and an enterprise-wide teamwork approach applied to achieving the goals of the company.

PROMACE was developed on the basis of more than 20 years experience in industry and has the following features:

• Well proven, flexible real-time and ralational database
  
  
• Open systems client/server technology offering complete scaleability under the UNIX and Microsoft Windows operating systems
  
  
• Communications 'drivers' to most PLCs and DCSs and tools for quickly building interfaces to new systems
  
  
• A powerful historization module with very efficient data storage and retrieval capabilities
  
  
• Easy-to-use data display and analysis environment available within Microsoft Windows providing an intranet-ready user interface
  
  
• An extensive suite of ActiveX components including mimic builder, report writer, trending and alarm handling
  
  
• Comprehensive SQC/SPC tools for identifying the causes of production problems and for predicting and preventing re-occurence of these problems
  
  
• Interfaces to most major software applications such as scheduling and planning, LIMS, maintenance, modelling, APC, etc
  
  
• A suite of industry specific software modules to meet the needs of operation and production management within the Hydrocarbons,
  Chemical/Pharmaceutical, Utilities, Pulp/Paper and Manufacturing industries
  
  
• A Recipes, Schedules and Batch control module in accordance with the ISA SP-88 standard