Case Study: DSM improves production efficiency and GMP quality with TrendMiner industrial analytics

How process experts use advanced analytics for continuous improvement

DSM, the Dutch multinational behind health, nutrition, and materials products, wanted to improve digitalization and continuous improvement in its Vitamin E production. The company’s process experts needed a faster way to investigate plant data, identify root causes, and support GMP product quality without relying on cumbersome Excel workflows and historian database extractions. TrendMiner provided the advanced analytics platform used in this effort.

With TrendMiner’s self-service analytics, search, and similarity functions, DSM’s team was able to quickly trace a performance decline in a plant trial to a failing dosing valve and communicate the issue across shifts. The valve was replaced by noon, allowing the next trial batch to run that evening. TrendMiner also helped DSM speed up analysis, improve production efficiency, and make analytics usable from the shop floor to management, supporting wider rollout across the organization.

DSM

Ulf Conrad

Plant Chemist