Just over a decade ago, Emerson announced the formation of a Human Centered Design Institute. Its goal was to: …make products that are not only reliable, compatible and cost-effective, but also bring about a significant improvement in ease-of-use and workforce...
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Improving Technology through Your Feedback
I recently upgraded my home's thermostats with the Sensi thermostat, made by the Emerson Climate Technologies business group. I mention this because human centered design (HCD) is the subject of today's post. Sensi thermostats are great examples of the Internet of...
Capturing and Transferring Plant Operator Expertise
As businesses in the West grapple with the demographic challenge of losing experienced employees to retirement, companies are taking various approaches to capturing and transferring this expertise to their incoming personnel. Emerson's Mark Nixon pointed me to a great...
Improving Operator Performance via Human Factors Research
Safe operations are a top priority for process manufacturers and producers. One major area affecting process and personnel safety is the capabilities and performance of plant operators. The Center for Operator Performance (COP) consortium brings together: …a diverse...
Impacting Technology Advancements at Emerson Exchange Conference
Update and bump: If you'll be joining us in Orlando in a couple of weeks, you can now sign up for the Usability Testing to influence the direction of many important technologies. Original Post: The Emerson Global Users Exchange conference is the preeminent conference...
User Testing at Emerson Exchange Stuttgart Conference
In an earlier post, Human-Centered Design [HCD] in Action, we noted that those skilled in HCD are skilled at methods for observing human experience (looking), methods for analyzing challenges and opportunities (understanding), and methods for envisioning future...
Usability and Other Improvements in DeltaV Version 12
I wanted to highlight a series of posts from Emerson's Bruce Greenwald on his Process Control Musings blog. He highlights some additions to the DeltaV version 12 release—DeltaV Version 12 Fun Facts and Features:Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 Part 4 In Part 1, Bruce highlights...
Streamlined Pressure Transmitter Local Operator Interface
In a post, Continuously Diagnosing the Instrumentation Electrical Loop, we shared some new diagnostics available in the Rosemount Enhanced 3051 Pressure Transmitter. Emerson's Alexander Miller shared some additional information with me about the Local Operator...
Why Product Usability Matters
Flow Control magazine interviewed Emerson Process Management president Steve Sonnenberg and chief strategy officer Peter Zornio on product usability. The article, Emerson On Why Product Usability Matters, shares their thoughts on some of the whys behind taking a human...
How We Work-Human Centered Design for the Project
Emerson's Tom Wallace completes his series of posts on the impacts of a human-centered design (HCD) approach. In today's guest post, he explores its impact on automation projects. Field devices cost is a small part of overall project cost, however they are typically...
Human Centered Design Improvements to Temperature Measurement
There is always a swirl of activity before large events. And none is larger than next week's Emerson Exchange conference in Anaheim, California. We're expecting a record turnout and I look forward to reconnecting and meeting as many of you who'll be there as is...
Human Centered Design for the Operating Plant-Part 2
In our continuing series on why and how technologies developed with a human centered design (HCD) approach, Emerson's Tom Wallace looks more closely at guided configuration and setup as well as leveraging productivity across different device types and protocols....
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