Pani ZED™ Guide and Consult are built on the concept of “digital twin” technology. Guide creates a model of the plant (DT2), and Consult creates a full digital simulation of the plant (DT3). The DT3 model in Consult allows the artificial intelligence (AI) to run this simulation alongside of the real plant and analyze discrepancies between the model and actual plant operations. This enables the AI to accurately predict issues that affect plant operations and prescribe actions to keep the plant in compliance, to save energy and to maximize plant performance.

Setting up a Guide or Consult platform consists of the following steps:

1. Provide P&IDs, data sheets and historical data to the Pani team
   • These can be uploaded via the support portal or to Pani’s FTP site. Contact support for access to the FTP.
2. Pani assembles a digital twin of your plant
   • Pani imports any historical data and creates a model of your plant that the AI uses to optimize, predict, and forecast plant activities.
3. Pani creates the operational reports, sensors, assets, KPIs and features of your plant
4. Create forms
   • If you have manual data entry, use Form Builder to create forms that resemble your existing manual input forms and reflects any sensors you have in the plant.
5. Create Users
   • Create individual users and set their roles and permissions (Operator, Process Analyst, Manager, etc.).
6. Create Overview Dashboards
   • Create a variety of graphs and tables that provide key information on your plant.
7. Test your plant
   • If you have entered historical data, you should see Overview page reporting.
8. Create your Procedures
   • We provide several examples how different plant personnel interact with the platform. Use these as starting points as to create your monitoring/data entry/analysis/action plan processes for your teams.
9. Enjoy increased productivity, operational efficiency, and optimization!