Apparatus and method for identifying, visualizing, and triggering workflows from auto-suggested actions to reclaim lost benefits of model-based industrial process controllers

A non-transitory computer readable medium containing instructions that when executed cause at least one processing device to:

• receive operational data from one or more components of an industrial process;
• process the received operational data, the processing identifying over time a loss of effectiveness of a model-based process controller in controlling the industrial process;
• identify one or more causes of the identified loss of effectiveness of the model-based process controller;
• identify and quantify one or more impacts of the loss of effectiveness of the model-based process controller in controlling the industrial process, and to rank the quantified one or more impacts on a graphical display;
• generate one or more recommended actions to reduce or eliminate at least one of the one or more causes of the loss of effectiveness of the model-based process controller;
• and
• trigger at least one of the one or more recommended actions.

An apparatus comprising:

• at least one interface configured to receive operational data regarding an industrial process;
• and
• at least one processor configured to:
• identify a loss of effectiveness over time of a model-based process controller in controlling the industrial process;
• identify one or more causes of the identified loss of effectiveness of the model-based process controller;
• identify and quantify one or more impacts of the loss of effectiveness of the model-based process controller in controlling the industrial process, and to rank the quantified one or more impacts on a graphical display;
• generate one or more recommended actions to reduce or eliminate at least one of the one or more causes of the loss of effectiveness of the model-based process controller;
• and
• trigger at least one of the one or more recommended actions to reclaim at least some of the lost effectiveness of the model-based process controller in controlling the industrial process.