Blend Management: Frequently Asked Questions

Q: Can Blend Management be integrated with other systems and applications? A: Integration with other systems, such as those for production scheduling, product movements, product specification management and others, is possible within Honeywell’s Uniformance reference model framework. These extensions can present a complete picture of the supply chain around the blending function—from customer order to shipment. Standard interfaces are included in Honeywell’s multi-period planning application, BLEND; Honeywell’s on-line optimizers, Blend Property Control and OpenBPC; and Honeywell’s blending controllers, Blend Ratio Control and Experion Blend Controller. Q: What are the key elements of Blend Management’s architecture? A: Blend Management uses the Uniformance Database System (PHD) architecture: Application Client software (TPI and desktop tools such as the Excel® Companion) Relational data model implemented in Oracle® Data access to the real-time database through the PHD API A mechanism (Application Server) for scheduling the required background processes. Q: How does Honeywell price Blend Management licenses? A: Licensing for Business.FLEX® applications such as Blend Management is based on the number of concurrent Uniformance PHD users. Contact your Honeywell representative for details.