How to determine ROI and get buy-in for workforce digital transformation

Learn about building a business case for workforce digital transformation, with advice on related productivity gains in a Feb. 22, 1 p.m. central time webcast, “Workforce Digital Transformation: Build the business case and get buy-in.” Advantages can include a 50-70% savings in on-the-job training and a 25 to 50% reduction in time to competency.

Webcast attendees qualify for a certificate of completion. Though the webcast is archived for a year, those attending live will get to ask experts questions about digital transformation and advantages to operations and workforce training. More information about and from the webcast follows.

Digital transformation tools can facilitate training in industrial process plants, as explained by Manas
Dutta, general manager, Honeywell workforce excellence portfolio, in a Feb. 22, 1 p.m. central time
webcast, “Workforce Digital Transformation: Build the business case and get buy-in,” archived for a
year. Tools include Honeywell Workforce 360. Image courtesy: Honeywell, CFE Media and Technology

Enabling digital transformation technologies for industrial process control plants

As the pace of digital transformation accelerates, it is increasingly important to bring the workforce to the forefront of enabling technologies, according to Manas Dutta, general manager, Honeywell workforce excellence portfolio. In materials for the webcast, Dutta explained how to:

• Increase user adoption of industrial digital transformation.

• Identify the best ways to determine what workers need from digital transformation.

• Reduce operations expenses by using a workforce digital transformation strategy to increase productivity and reliability.

• Identify and use specific digital transformation technologies to help with those objectives.

• Explore case studies that demonstrate the metrics of industrial digital transformation advantages.

Industrial digitalization workforce, training and productivity gains

Range of workforce training benefits, according to Dutta, includes approximate 25% reduction in classroom training, 50 to 70% savings on-job training, 30 to 50% savings in re-certification/compliance and 25 to 50% reduction in time to competency (saving time, burden expenses).

These advantages mitigate cost of attrition by reducing training cycle for new hires, accelerating productivity for new hires. Advantages extend to operations productivity for operations, including availability of experts for major events, turnaround, shutdowns and startups with an approximate 5 to 10% improvement in uptime and a reduction in overtime costs.

Dutta said digitally enabled intelligent industrial operations also consistently improves competency, increases productivity and improves safety by reducing risk to personnel. Other digital transformation metrics can include:

• 50% improvement in on-task time

• 90% reduction in rework

• 30% reduction in plant incidents/accidents.

Digital transformation technologies can help workers evaluate, train, predict, assist and orchestrate field operations, while integrating with enterprise systems, enabling collaborations with remote experts, and reducing risk to workers, facilities and the environment. Details are explained by Manas Dutta, general manager, Honeywell workforce excellence portfolio, in a Feb. 22, 1 p.m. central time webcast, “Workforce Digital Transformation: Build the business case and get buy-in,” archived for a year. Image courtesy: Honeywell, CFE Media and Technology

Digital transformation technologies help attract new process plant workers

Modern digital technologies help attract new-generation workforce to the industry and more quickly build a resilient, flexible and adaptable workforce, Dutta said.

Case studies review implementations of digital transformation technology used for reality-based training for field operators and panel operators in and liquefied natural gas (LNG) and to increase productivity and compliance in a petrochemical plant. In that application the technologies provide workers with access to experts for troubleshooting, support and advice.

Edited by Mark T. Hoske, content manager, Control Engineering, CFE Media and Technology, also the moderator for this webcast, mhoske@cfemedia.com.

KEYWORDS: Digital transformation, industrial plant training, operations optimization

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