Abstract: A method for plant efficiency evaluation includes a first step of displaying in a first graphical zone a set of operators and a set of operands in a second graphical zone. A formula editor user interface is provided in a third graphical zone which enables a drag and drop of an operator or an operand for creating a formula for a plant performance indicator (PPI) as a measure of plant efficiency. When an operand is dropped into the third graphical zone, automatically displaying for the dropped operand a predefined list of entities involved in a production process of the plant, the predefined list enabling a selection of an entity for said operand. Data are then automatically collected for selected entity for each operand that has been dragged and dropped in the third graphical zone, and the PPI is a automatically calculated from the formula and the collected data.

Abstract: A system and a method for planning and monitoring operating states of machines of a plant. A new model for operating states of a machine of a plant is configured within a single graphical editor that is capable of listing states and categories of states for each of the machines of the plant as a function of status-related data generated by the machines. The status-related data is automatically collected from the machine of the plant. The status-related data collected from the machine is automatically matched with the operating states listed in the new model. The operating states of the machine are automatically displayed as a function of the time for a given period of time.

Abstract: A method for plant efficiency evaluation includes a first step of displaying in a first graphical zone a set of operators and a set of operands in a second graphical zone. A formula editor user interface is provided in a third graphical zone which enables a drag and drop of an operator or an operand for creating a formula for a plant performance indicator (PPI) as a measure of plant efficiency. When an operand is dropped into the third graphical zone, automatically displaying for the dropped operand a predefined list of entities involved in a production process of the plant, the predefined list enabling a selection of an entity for said operand. Data are then automatically collected for selected entity for each operand that has been dragged and dropped in the third graphical zone, and the PPI is a automatically calculated from the formula and the collected data.