| COMPANY: | Huntsman International LLC. |
| HEADQUARTERS: | The Woodlands, TX |
| SIZE OF COMPANY: | 1,000 or more employees; more than $1B in revenue |
| INDUSTRY: | Chemicals |
| PRIMARY PRODUCT LINE: | Advanced materials, performance products, pigments, polyurethanes, textile effects |
| NAME OF PROJECT: | Project Zero |
| PROJECT OBJECTIVE: | To capture and eliminate defects; reduce maintenance costs; eliminate redundant work; improve overall equipment effectiveness; increase production quality and quantity |
| TECHNOLOGIES EMPLOYED: | Motorola MC-9090 mobile computers, Apprion ION System, Industrial Mobility MobilOps field mobility software |
| ACCOMPLISHMENTS/ROI: | Halved number of pumps requiring daily inspection; initiate defect elimination work requests in the field in real time; reduced average “time to closure” for requests; real-time monitoring of SOCs led to process improvements and cost savings in increased uptime and longer equipment lifetime; safety-related incidents reduced from 120 in 2004 to 10 in 2009 |