AVEVA, a global leader in engineering and industrial software, announced that it has signed an agreementto help accelerate Shell Global Solutions International B.V’s digital transformational strategy by deployingAVEVA’scloud software solutions.

AVEVAwill provide Shell with its Engineering Data Warehouse technology, which is one of the building blocks of the digital twin.This will enablea common digital threadacross Engineering, Operations and Maintenance and the ability tosecurely deliver informationin context from a single source to decision makers across these critical functions.

AVEVA’sEngineering Data Warehousewill enableShell through its Digital Twin to drive asset reliability, enhance efficiency and reduce unplanned downtime. The solution will also support in providingactionable insights right from the site operator to the Asset Leadership Team.

Empowering workerswith trusted timely information.
AVEVA’s solution supports Shell’s ambition to empowerstaff across Shell’smanufacturing sites and to keep frontline industrial workers safe while ensuring business continuity and operational resilience.

“Empowering workersrequires access to all the information as today’s new normal entailsremote access to monitor, manageand optimize production facilities,” commentedJohan Krebbers GM Digital Emerging Technologies / VP IT Innovation.“Weare already witnessing the benefits of our strategic collaboration with AVEVA through our fully aligned vision for digital transformation.Thishas enabled us to conduct operations remotely as well as seamlessly access the necessary applications to provide the insight, guidance and tools to ensure safe, effective and consistent work output, specific to each role.

End-to-End Cloud Based Services to PowerAVEVA’s Engineering Data Warehouse Technology
AVEVA’s Engineering Data Warehouse brings together engineering information across the lifecycle of the asset, supported by powerful and proven applications that enable visualization, analysis, prediction and guidance.Its vast experience across multiple industries provides the domain content to address industry specific scenarios and use cases.

“We are delighted that Shell has chosen to extend its long and robust existing strategic partnership with AVEVA to support in enabling the digital twin cloud-based services,” commented Ravi Gopinath, Chief Cloud Officer and Chief Product Officer, AVEVA. “This deployment is part of Shell’s recently announced strategy to deploy digital twin technology across its manufacturing sites. Implementing new technologieslike IIoT, extendedreality, and artificial intelligencehas huge advantages with the digital twin of an operating environmentand this cutting-edge technology is guaranteed to deliver immediate improvements for Shell’s operations.”