The principal benefit of HALCO applications and services is that they help companies to understand their operations better and to improve their profits. They enable management to take advantage of computer technology to make operations more efficient, flexible, responsive and therefore profitable.

A HALCO model can show what results are possible if the equipment is working properly, and quantify the gap between actual and possible results. Management can then work on eliminating these differences and thus improve profitability. In the process of setting up HALCO models, serious hidden operating problems are often uncovered and corrected.