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Plant Intelligence Platform
Every branch tip is a signal.
Sanzi is BAS's own plant intelligence software platform: it turns the scattered signals already flowing through your SCADA, historian, and PLCs into one operational picture — OEE, KPIs, downtime, and reporting, built by the same engineers who commission your automation.
The idea
Industrial intelligence, without the noise.
Sanzi is the part of a tree that carries what the roots gather to where it's needed. On their own, plant signals are just points: true, but silent about what they mean. Sanzi groups them into branches — metrics with a target, an asset, a shift, a product — until every branch converges into one picture your teams can act on.
A data point tells you what happened. A branch tells you what to do about it.
Points
Thousands of readings a second from your existing PLCs, SCADA, and OPC UA servers — each true on its own and silent about everything else.
Branches
Points are grouped by asset, shift, product, and period, and become metrics with a target.
One picture
Every branch converges. Operators, engineers, and management read the same evidence.
The gap
The problem isn't data. It's context.
Spreadsheets, isolated systems, and disconnected signals make it hard to see the story behind performance — even when the plant is already fully instrumented.
Spreadsheets don't scale
Manual collection and reporting delay decisions.
Context is lost
A value tells you what happened — not necessarily why.
Teams guess
Without shared evidence, improvement priorities become subjective.
Improvement stalls
Disconnected initiatives struggle to sustain measurable impact.
Meet Sanzi
Gather. Contextualise. Act.
Sanzi brings acquisition, contextualisation, analysis, visualisation, and reporting into one scalable industrial data environment — the letters spell GROWTH, because visibility is what lets a plant improve.
Gauges
Configurable KPI formulas and targets, by machine, area, shift, and product.
Reports & Connect
Reporting packs tied into the systems you already run — OPC UA, databases, APIs, ERP, MES, and CMMS.
OEE
Availability, performance, and quality monitoring, with a loss-tree drill-down to where losses really are.
Watch
Operator, supervisor, and executive views, live on the plant floor — andon alerts, kiosk screens, remote access.
Think
Anomaly detection and predictive risk indicators.
Historian
High-performance data acquisition and storage — the foundation everything else builds on.
Intelligence & foresight
From signals to foresight.
Sanzi AI adds anomaly detection, predictive risk indicators, and natural-language assistance — with human oversight and progressive deployment, so teams move from reacting to preventing.
Early warning
Identify abnormal patterns before they become major issues.
Predictive risk
Surface indicators that help teams prioritise attention.
Natural language
Make operational data easier to interrogate and understand.
Root-cause support
Accelerate investigation with contextual evidence.
Real value from real priorities
Where Sanzi creates impact.
| Priority | What Sanzi does | Outcome |
|---|---|---|
| Production visibility | Live count, rate, status, and target tracking | Faster response to underperformance |
| OEE improvement | Loss-tree analysis across availability, performance, and quality | Focus on the constraints that matter |
| Downtime management | Automatic event capture with operator reason | Better evidence for root causes |
| Quality intelligence | Correlate process with good, scrap, and rework | Earlier detection of drift |
| Management reporting | Automated multi-level reporting | Less manual effort, consistent decisions |
| Predictive insight | Anomaly detection and predictive models | Earlier warning of emerging issues |
Deployment
Start with one decision.
Choose one production line, process area, or utility system with clear ownership and measurable potential. BAS proves connectivity, data quality, and value — then scales, using the same four-step process behind every BAS project.
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Survey & Design
On-site assessment of the existing plant, process, and control assets, followed by a design that fits the real constraints of your facility.
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Engineer & Build
PLC/SCADA logic development, panel and MCC build, and factory acceptance testing before anything ships to site.
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Install & Commission
Installation, loop checks, and commissioning carried out by the same engineers who designed the system.
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Train & Support
Operator and maintenance training, followed by ongoing 24/7 breakdown support from BAS.
Pairs with the rest of your plant
One accountable contractor, not a software vendor.
Sanzi isn't sold standalone by a third party — it's configured, connected, and supported by the same BAS team that already builds your control systems.
SCADA & DCS
The control-level system Sanzi reads its data from — BAS builds and supports both.
Energy management
Metering feeds Sanzi's energy-per-unit and cost KPIs directly.
Drives & instrumentation
Every wired point — drive, sensor, meter — is a potential Sanzi signal.
24/7 support
The same team that configures Sanzi answers the breakdown call.
Frequently asked
Common questions about Sanzi.
What is Sanzi?
Sanzi is a plant intelligence platform built by BAS (Big Wave Automation Systems) that turns the OPC UA, SCADA, and historian data already flowing through an industrial plant into a single, shared OEE, KPI, and reporting picture — Historian, OEE, KPI dashboards, live operator/supervisor views, automated reports, and system integration in one product.
Is Sanzi a SCADA system or does it replace my existing SCADA?
No — Sanzi sits on top of your existing SCADA, historian, and PLC infrastructure via OPC UA and other standard connections. It doesn't replace control-level SCADA; it adds the OEE/KPI/reporting layer most plants are still doing in spreadsheets on top of it.
Who builds and supports Sanzi?
Sanzi is developed and supported by BAS (Big Wave Automation Systems), an industrial and process automation system integrator active in 7 African countries since 2002. The same engineers who commission your PLCs, SCADA, and drives configure and support Sanzi — one accountable team, not a separate software vendor.
How is Sanzi deployed at a new plant?
Sanzi is configuration-driven: BAS starts with one production line, process area, or utility system with clear ownership and measurable potential, connects it via OPC UA, configures KPI targets and reporting, proves connectivity and data quality, then scales to the rest of the plant. Typical rollout follows BAS's standard four-step delivery process: Survey & Design, Engineer & Build, Install & Commission, Train & Support.
Does Sanzi include AI / predictive analytics?
Yes — Sanzi AI adds anomaly detection, predictive risk indicators, and natural-language assistance for interrogating plant data, deployed progressively with human oversight rather than as a black box.
What industries is Sanzi suited to?
Sanzi is suited to any metered, PLC/SCADA-controlled industrial plant — cement, sugar and agri-processing, ferrochrome and mining, building materials, food and beverage, and other heavy-industry manufacturing where OEE, downtime, and energy visibility drive real operating cost.
Ready to see Sanzi on your own plant data?
Tell us which line or process area you want visibility on first — BAS will scope a pilot.