Business & Operational Transformation
- Manufacturing business process assessments
- Operating model design and optimization
- Best practice development
- Governance and organizational alignment
- Cross-functional workflow improvement
Connecting Business, Operations, Systems, and Intelligence
Management consulting for refining, petrochemical and process manufacturing companies. We align operations, business processes, technology, data and AI to improve business performance.
People Process Technology Data AI
About us
Practical operating experience, applied to business performance
Process Intelligence Advisors is a specialized management consulting firm focused on helping refining, petrochemical, and process manufacturing companies improve business performance through the alignment of operations, business processes, technology, data, and artificial intelligence.
We combine deep industry experience with expertise in manufacturing operations systems, plant operations systems, process engineering, optimization, and digital transformation to help clients make better decisions, improve operational performance, and realize greater value from their technology investments.
Unlike traditional management consultants, we bring a detailed understanding of how downstream businesses actually operate, from the control room and production unit to planning, scheduling, blending, production accounting, and executive decision-making.
What we do
Services
From operating model to software selection to industrial AI, we work across the full stack that runs a process manufacturing business.
Manufacturing Operations Systems
- Production accounting
- Hydrocarbon loss management
- Planning and scheduling
- Blend management
- Operations execution
- Inventory management
- Manufacturing data infrastructure
Plant Operations Execution
- Logbook and shift handover
- Operating orders
- Rounds
- Work permits
- Incidents
- Procedures and workflows
Digital Transformation
- Requirements definition
- Software selection
- Business case development
- Implementation assurance
- Coaching, adoption and change management
Advanced Analytics & Optimization
- APC/MPC strategy and roadmap development
- Performance monitoring and sustainment
- KPI framework design
- Operational analytics
- Value realization assessments
Industrial AI Advisory
- AI opportunity identification
- Use case prioritization
- Operational data readiness assessments
- Knowledge capture and SME augmentation
- AI-enabled decision support strategies
Our approach
People, process, technology, data and AI, working as one
Lasting results come from aligning all five. We bridge the gap between operations personnel, business stakeholders, technology organizations and executive leadership.
People
Roles, skills and adoption
Process
Work processes and governance
Technology
MOM, plant and business systems
Data
Integrated, trusted operational data
AI
Decision support and SME augmentation
Why clients work with us
At the intersection of process engineering and business systems
We operate where process engineering and operations meet business systems and software. We understand how production is planned, operated, measured, accounted for, optimized, and ultimately translated into business value.
Clients engage us when they need to
- Improve manufacturing business processes
- Develop operations management programs
- Implement manufacturing and operations solutions
- Select or modernize manufacturing software platforms
- Develop production accounting programs
- Determine process yields
- Evaluate AI opportunities within operations
- Increase value from APC and optimization technologies
- Integrate operational data with business decision-making
- Integrate systems and reduce manual entry
- Align people, processes, systems, and information
Our value
We help process manufacturers turn operational knowledge, business processes, and industrial data into measurable business performance.
Contact
Let’s talk about your operation
Tell us what you are trying to improve. We will tell you plainly whether and how we can help.
Email us- mkeaton@piadv.com
- +1 (832) 377-9955
- Houston, Texas