S88 voor industriëel management

S88 for industrial companies

S88 was developed especially for batch processing industries, which use recipes. These recipes contain information about the product and are also used as information about how to produce the product using a specific installation. S88 is a ‘contract’ between R&D and control system engineers. They learn to speak the same language and their tasks are fine tuned by S88.

I’m a researcher / process engineer. Why should I apply S88?

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S88 gives you a lot of advantages when developing recipes.

Here are some examples:

Do you want to reuse parts of recipes?

The S88 standard defines a structure that is divided hierarchically into process stages, process operations and process actions. These parts have to be stored in a central library. Some process actions, like Mix, Heat and Cool will be needed often. And in processes these actions are repeatedly needed in the same combination. For these combinations, you can define Operations, which are also stored and maintained in a central library. This way, S88 creates a library with building blocks for recipes, in which you will maintain actions, operations, material definitions and equipment requirements. Within your company, every one will use the same building blocks, material definitions and equipment requirements.

Do you want to develop recipes that can be used on different sites and make the same products on these sites?

S88 defines several kinds of recipes. The first step is to develop a General Recipe, which describes in general how to produce the product. This information can be used on every site. Then every site develops its own Site Recipe, based on the General Recipe. This recipe takes into account site specific information, like language, availability of raw materials, units of measurements, and so on. General and Site Recipes are the basis for Master Recipes. Master Recipes are developed for the control of a specific installation. By developing these S88 recipes it becomes possible to use the same product information as a basis for the production of products at different sites.

Are you looking for a graphical way to depict recipes?

S88 defines standard symbols for the depiction of recipes. These symbols show product information in a hierarchical way. If you want to see more detailed information, then you can go to a lower part of the recipe hierarchy (“zoom”).

S88 also defines symbols for depiction in tables. These can be used for very simple recipes.

Do you want to develop recipes faster?

S88 defines a standard structure for recipes. This structure is modular and makes it possible to reuse parts of recipes. This way you create building blocks that can be reused by other recipe developers. The building blocks of recipes are stored in a central library. The more recipe building blocks you have developed, the faster new recipes can be created.

Do you want to improve communication with control system engineers?

The S88 recipe structure is based on the modules that S88 defines for the control of equipment, developed by control system engineers. S88 separates product information from equipment control. The developer of the recipe doesn’t need to know anything about the control of the equipment. And the control system engineer doesn’t have to be able to develop recipes. The S88 standard is like a contract between R&D and control system engineers. Thanks to S88 the gap between these functions get smaller.

Do you want to profit from knowledge and experience of the S88 committee?

S88 has been developed by a committee with representatives from many different companies. They’ve combined their knowledge and experience into an international standard. These ‘best practices’ are available for anyone.

Do you want to know more about S88?

Contact TWP training & consultancy. TWP training & consultancy provides seminars and training courses about S88 in several countries in Europe.