CENTUM Future
CENTUM Drives Autonomous Operations
For over 50 years, CENTUM, has continued to evolve as a core plant operations system characterized by reliability, stability, and continuity.
Backed by a comprehensive engineering and service network, it has helped to ensure safe, secure, and productive plant operations.
Even in times of significant change, we continue to enhance the traditional value of CENTUM
while driving the transformation from automation to autonomous operations and addressing customer challenges through cutting-edge solutions.
Unchanging Value
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Reliability
With its proven high-reliability, downtime is minimized and operations are more resilient. Thanks to a robust architecture and strong support services, shutdowns and other problems are reduced, thereby minimizing opportunity losses.
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Stability
A proven ICSS* architecture and robust security ensure a safe and secure operational environment. Stable operation of the entire system supports continuous production operations.
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Continuity
By maintaining system compatibility and continuity, we maximize the value of our customers' assets. Designed for both flexibility and long-term use, this system is easy to expand and upgrade.
The Value Arising
from Autonomy
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Optimization That Exceeds Human Limits
By following data-driven future scenarios, optimal quality, cost, and delivery are achieved. The continual development of optimal solutions leads to an evolution in intelligent operations.
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Resilient Operation in Any Environment
CENTUM will proactively adapt to changes in laws, environmental regulations, supply chains, and market conditions. Flexibly adapting to increasingly complex and accelerating external factors enables stable operations.
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Uninterrupted Transfer of Knowledge and Expertise
Expertise from skilled operators is systematically accumulated and passed on to the future. By utilizing know-how inherited across generations, operational competitiveness is maintained under any conditions.
Shaping the Future
with CENTUM
CENTUM realizes autonomous plant operations by continuously and progressively evolving the manufacturing system
through the integration of key control technologies, domain knowledge, and best practices.
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STEP 1
Data-Driven
Operational SupportSeamless integration of data Provision of reliable and relevant decision-making information
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STEP 2
Future-Oriented
Operational ExperiencePresentation of future scenarios based on current state Comprehensive risk management and optimization
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STEP 3
Autonomous Plant
OperationsAutonomous optimization based on prediction of changes Autonomous recovery to a steady state in unforeseen situations
CENTUM is paving the way for future plant operations by driving the transformation from automation to autonomous operations.
The first stage in this is data-driven operational support, where the high-quality integration of scattered data provides trustworthy information for informed decision-making. Next comes future-oriented operational experience, in which future scenarios are presented based on the current operational state, making it possible to find a good balance between the optimization of operations and the comprehensive management of risk.
Beyond that lies autonomous plant operations, where systems are not only able to optimize operations based on the prediction of changes, but also can autonomously recover to a steady state in unforeseen situations, thereby minimizing opportunity losses.
Steps Toward Autonomy
A scenario for achieving autonomous plant operations
With CENTUM, the aim is to proceed in stages toward autonomous operations.
Through collaboration that brings together human expertise and system capabilities, an evolution to a new stage can occur in which operations are stable and optimized.
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STEP1
As the connectivity between systems expands, a diverse array of dispersed data can be seamlessly integrated.
Based on accumulated field data, the system can provide valuable insights and decision-making support, enabling operators to detect anomalies at an early stage, smoothly restore steady-state operations, and continuously improve efficiency.
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STEP2
The system presents future scenarios based on the current operational state, enabling an environment where operations can be managed with a forward-looking perspective.
By detecting early signs of anomalies and visualizing risks, it supports timely and appropriate decisions and responses, leading to more advanced operations.
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STEP3
The system ensures safety while anticipating changes in the operational environment and executes autonomous control to optimize operations. Even in unforeseen situations, it attempts to autonomously return to a steady state while minimizing losses.
Humans, in turn, focus on creating new value.
CENTUM
VP R7 Release
Marking the 50th anniversary of CENTUM in 2025,
Yokogawa has released CENTUM VP R7 as its first step
toward the achievement of autonomous operations.
Unchanging Value
and Innovation
－ The First Step
Toward the CENTUM Future －
Unchanging Value
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Reliability, Stability, Continuity
Continuously delivering CENTUM's enduring value
to enable long-term, uninterrupted plant operations -
Robust Security
Maintaining safe and secure plant operations
by continually providing up-to-date security measures -
Comprehensive Engineering and Service Network
Minimizing opportunity losses
through customer-centric lifecycle support
Innovation
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Expanded Scope of Control and Monitoring
Operational safety and security are enhanced
through overall optimization -
Predictive Detection through Process Condition Monitoring
By achieving even greater operational stability,
energy efficiency can be improved -
AI-Driven Plant Operations That Leverage Domain Knowledge and Know-How
Reduces operators' workload and mental stress
CENTUM VP R7 was built based on the concept of unchanging value and new innovation.
Without impacting its reliability, stability, and continuity,
CENTUM has been reinforced with robust cybersecurity and comprehensive engineering and services.
As for innovation, CENTUM securely integrates a wide range of fragmented data within the plant
to enable further expansion of control, operation, and monitoring.
By extracting and identifying process-specific events from the gathered data,
it supports early detection through enhanced understanding of process conditions.
Furthermore, by presenting future scenarios based on operational expertise
and enabling the system to autonomously perform operations in place of the operator,
it creates a new style of plant operation that merges experiential knowledge with AI technology.
Yokogawa will realize
autonomous plant operations
by combining its domain knowledge
and cutting-edge technologies.
