So asks one of the liveliest conversations going on the Process Automation Usability Project site. The thread begins with an observation by the Putman Media staff: Many recent accidents have clearly identified the contribution of bad alarm management practices as a...
Today is the first of two guest blog posts this week. Aaron Crews graciously agreed to write this while I'm goofing off this week on vacation. Thanks Aaron! Jim is a brave soul to hand over the keys to the blog while he's on vacation this week. Hopefully I don't do...
I received an email from the Center for Operator Performance (COP) about a newly completed study, Color Usage in Graphic Displays for Process Control. Emerson is one of the founding members along with members from process manufacturing, academia, EPCs, and automation...
I've known Emerson's Cindy Scott a long time in our days building the DeltaV brand, and even earlier. I've not known Cindy to be versed in the use of the Queen's English by spelling words such as color, colour. I can only assume the article I read, Don't let colours...
I just read a great article, How to Achieve Competent Workforce for Safety, in the May edition of Automation World magazine. Written by editor-in-chief, Gary Mintchell (also of Feed Forward blog, Automation Gear blog and Twitter fame), this article looks at the people...
Earlier this month my DeltaV News RSS feed announced the availability of an alarm management whitepaper written by the ARC Advisory Group. The paper, Emerson Strategies for Abnormal Situation Avoidance & Alarm Management, describes an issue many process...
I just received my November copy of Automation World magazine. In it is an article, Improving Human Effectiveness. Given the fact that I'm human and always seeking to improve my effectiveness, I had to give it a read. The article is about the work of the Center for...
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