Automation fundamentally impacts the costs and returns on a production process. When evaluating capital investments for instrumentation and automation, many manufacturers and producers look beyond the initial purchase, installation and commissioning costs to assess...
At the Emerson Exchange conference in Austin, Emerson's Sean Sims and Will Goetz teamed up to give an update on the reliability consulting process and the host of lifecycle services to improve operational performance for process manufacturers and producers. Sean...
Author: Jocelyn Sexton Without fail, cybersecurity continues to make headlines. News about data breaches, password protection, identify theft, hacks and viruses are so prevalent, it's easy to feel security fatigue. It can also seem overwhelming to stand vigilant for...
The latest edition of Emerson's Innovations in Process Control magazine is out. The focus is around ways to improve the performance of shutdowns, turnarounds and scheduled outages. Roel Van Doren, president of Emerson Automation Solutions Europe, opens noting that:...
Author: Bob Cruz Guardian Support has long been known as the core element for Emerson's Lifecycle Services for operations management, control and asset management systems. It is a subscription service designed to help improve process manufacturers and producers'...
Author: Jocelyn Sexton When analyzing Best Practices, you want to know if your control system is up to par. Not only do you want to know if you're meeting or exceeding industry standards and benchmarks, but you want to ensure your system is reliable and performing...
Last week I co-presented at the Emerson Exchange Brussels conference on ways to cope with growing responsibilities and shrinking levels of expertise. With retirement and business "right-sizing" to match staff levels with business conditions, this is a challenge in...
Author: Jocelyn Sexton SureService is an old name with a new meaning at Emerson. SureService now refers to a new offering from Emerson's Lifecycle Services for DeltaV systems. It includes four tiers of packaged services that make it easier to fill the gaps between...
In Secure Out of the Box Myth-Part 1 we highlighted some of the challenges and misconceptions around effective cybersecurity efforts. Part 1 explored the myths that a system can be made secure without ongoing actions by the end user in collaboration with their...
The AFPM [American Fuel & Petrochemical Manufacturers] is: …a trade association representing high-tech American manufacturers of virtually the entire U.S. supply of gasoline, diesel, jet fuel, other fuels and home heating oil, as well as the petrochemicals used as...
Last month, a full day was devoted to the issues and practices around cybersecurity at the AFPM (American Fuel & Petrochemical Manufacturers) 2015 Q&A and Technology Forum. Emerson's Neil Peterson was one of the presenters. His presentation, The Myth of...
Effective reliability programs affect safety, availability and efficiency for process manufacturers and producers. Recently, at the Emerson Exchange conference in Denver, Saudi Aramco's Ras Tanura Refinery was awarded Reliability Program of the Year. The Saudi Aramco...
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