REFERENTIAL MODEL FOR THE INTEGRATION AND VALIDATION OF OPERATION AND MANAGEMENT INFORMATION IN AN INDUSTRIAL FLUID-PROCESSES ORGANIZATION

The convergence of AT with IT applied to industrial processes related to manipulating liquids and gaseous materials (fluid processes) is a relevant subject since it shows the benefits that managers will attain by enhancing their decision-making. This work describes an integration architecture of organized information in three different domains: the business, value chain, and asset lifecycle domains, to be used in AT and IT master plans as guidelines for the organization’s investment portfolio management. Then a standard model for integration and validation of information concerning operation and management of an industrial organization was developed using industry digital transformation concepts applied to its fluid processes, which was named the Digital Plant model. These results will contribute to the advance of researches related to convergent AT and IT applied in fluid processes, providing decision-making managers with greater confidence, formal documentation, and democratization of accumulated experience.