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...
Author: Scott Turner This is the third part of the five part series on how to write an effective User Requirement Specification. The topic of this part is 'Scope'. If you missed the earlier two, see Considerations for Your User Requirement Specification and Process...
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...
Update: Thank you to CHS' Eric Wheatcroft and the Emerson Exchange Board for the OK to share this presentation with everyone. You'll find much more to the story, such as all the controlled, manipulated, constraint and disturbance variables that were included in the...
Author: Scott Turner This is the second part of the five part series on how to write an effective User Requirement Specification. If you missed the first on, see Considerations for Your User Requirement Specification. The topic of this post is 'Process Overview'. We...
I've always seen the promise of participation in online communities and LinkedIn groups as a way for process automation and instrumentation folks to share knowledge, but leave it available for others with similar questions at a later time. While email is a...
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...
It was great having the weekend to rest and recover from a breathless pace at last week's Emerson Exchange conference. There were so many workshops to see, but with more than 350 from which to choose, I couldn't make them all. Over the next several weeks, I'll recap...
We had several great questions come in from Emerson Exchange 365 community members for the Experts session on Process Control and Optimization. You can see the answers in the Emerson Exchange 365 community in the Virtual Q&A: Process Control >> REPLY to THIS...
Emerson's Ronnie Bains presented A path to Operational Excellence: Multi-Purpose Dynamic Simulation with 3D Immersive Technology at the Emerson Exchange conference in Denver. His abstract: Dynamic Simulation has evolved over recent years. This has enabled simulation...
Emerson's Ken Planchard and Will Goetz presented Business Justification for Maintenance & Reliability Readiness at the Emerson Exchange conference in Denver. Here is their presentation's abstract: Many organizations today do not think of Reliability as a business...
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