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Improve & Modernize Blog: Where to Look for Benefits in DCS Modernization Project Justification

Jim Cahill

We’ll continue with our series on getting your brownfield automation project approved. In part one, Front End Planning for Control System Modernization Projects , we explored how changes in the project become more expensive the later in the schedule that they are made. Today we’ll explore the value of modernizing your distributed control system (DCS). Emerson’s Laurie Ben and John Dolenc highlight the importance of…
- 16 May 2016
Tips for New Process Automation Folks: Sizing up Valve Sizing Opportunities

Gregory K McMillan

This post, Sizing up Valve Sizing Opportunities , first appeared on ControlGlobal.com's Control Talk blog. Specifying the best valve size can reduce loop variability and enable tighter control. A side benefit can be easier PID tuning and a smaller valve. By understanding key principles, you can become a valuable resource for getting the best automation component that directly affects the process, the control valve.…
- 1 May 2016
Improve & Modernize Blog: Operational Excellence at Emerson Exchange Brussels

Jim Cahill

Author: Scott Turner On the week of the 11th of April 2016, the European Emerson Exchange took place at the Square Meeting Centre in the cultural and historic district of Brussels. The theme for the User Exchange was “ New Reality. New Opportunity “. Within the Business and Projects Zone, on the 1 st day, a team of Operational Excellence consultants invited you to talk about your Reality , to discuss what your…
- 20 Apr 2016
Operate & Maintain Blog: Integrated Operations Continue to Deliver Benefits in Today’s Oil Market

Jim Cahill

Authors: Jeff Dymond and Mike Boudreaux The reality of lower oil and gas prices is driving energy companies to operate differently. The lower price per barrel is squeezing profitability and pushing companies to contain costs, increase reliability, and...
- 5 Apr 2016
Operate & Maintain Blog: Integrated Operations Continue to Deliver Benefits in Today’s Oil Market

Jim Cahill

Authors: Jeff Dymond and Mike Boudreaux The reality of lower oil and gas prices is driving energy companies to operate differently. The lower price per barrel is squeezing profitability and pushing companies to contain costs, increase reliability,...
- 5 Apr 2016
Operate & Maintain Blog: Integrated Operations Continue to Deliver Benefits in Today’s Oil Market

Jim Cahill

Authors: Jeff Dymond and Mike Boudreaux The reality of lower oil and gas prices is driving energy companies to operate differently. The lower price per barrel is squeezing profitability and pushing companies to contain costs, increase reliability, an...
- 5 Apr 2016
Plan & Design Blog: Fundamentally Transforming Capital Project Planning and Execution

Jim Cahill

Executing capital projects grows increasingly difficult as their size and scope continues to expand. I caught up with Emerson’s Kevin Jackson who has witnessed this growth over time. Kevin notes that today 65% of projects over a billion dollars...
- 31 Mar 2016
Plan & Design Blog: Fundamentally Transforming Capital Project Planning and Execution

Jim Cahill

Executing capital projects grows increasingly difficult as their size and scope continues to expand. I caught up with Emerson’s Kevin Jackson who has witnessed this growth over time. Kevin notes that today 65% of projects over a billion dollar...
- 31 Mar 2016
Plan & Design Blog: Fundamentally Transforming Capital Project Planning and Execution

Jim Cahill

Executing capital projects grows increasingly difficult as their size and scope continues to expand. I caught up with Emerson’s Kevin Jackson who has witnessed this growth over time. Kevin notes that today 65% of projects over a billion dollars...
- 31 Mar 2016
Implement & Build Blog: Fundamentally Transforming Capital Project Planning and Execution

Jim Cahill

Executing capital projects grows increasingly difficult as their size and scope continues to expand. I caught up with Emerson’s Kevin Jackson who has witnessed this growth over time. Kevin notes that today 65% of projects over a billion dollars fail . Likewise, 35% of projects under $500 million have failed as well. By ‘failing’ he means that they are at least 25% over budget or late by at least 50% from the planned…
- 31 Mar 2016
Implement & Build Blog: Fundamentally Transforming Capital Project Planning and Execution

Jim Cahill

Executing capital projects grows increasingly difficult as their size and scope continues to expand. I caught up with Emerson’s Kevin Jackson who has witnessed this growth over time. Kevin notes that today 65% of projects over a billion dollars fail . Likewise, 35% of projects under $500 million have failed as well. By ‘failing’ he means that they are at least 25% over budget or late by at least 50% from the planned…
- 31 Mar 2016
Implement & Build Blog: Fundamentally Transforming Capital Project Planning and Execution

Jim Cahill

Executing capital projects grows increasingly difficult as their size and scope continues to expand. I caught up with Emerson’s Kevin Jackson who has witnessed this growth over time. Kevin notes that today 65% of projects over a billion dollars fail . Likewise, 35% of projects under $500 million have failed as well. By ‘failing’ he means that they are at least 25% over budget or late by at least 50% from the planned…
- 31 Mar 2016
Implement & Build Blog: Fundamentally Transforming Capital Project Planning and Execution

Jim Cahill

Executing capital projects grows increasingly difficult as their size and scope continues to expand. I caught up with Emerson’s Kevin Jackson who has witnessed this growth over time. Kevin notes that today 65% of projects over a billion dollars fail . Likewise, 35% of projects under $500 million have failed as well. By ‘failing’ he means that they are at least 25% over budget or late by at least 50% from the planned…
- 31 Mar 2016
Improve & Modernize Blog: What is Operational Excellence?

Jim Cahill

Author: Scott Turner A lot of businesses benchmark themselves against other companies in the same industry and against themselves over time using various metrics and key performance indicators (KPI’s). One example of this is Solomon Associates Benchmarking which is widely used, especially in the refining and petrochemicals industry. This benchmarking process is often used to identify your competitive position, optimize…
- 29 Mar 2016
Tips for New Process Automation Folks: How to be a World Traveler in Process Control

Gregory K McMillan

The post, How to be a World Traveler in Process Control first appeared on ControlGlobal.com's Control Talk blog. There are many different worlds of process control. Here you can learn to understand and appreciate the differences enabling you to extend your expertise in process control. You can benefit from the experiences in other worlds, expanding your capability and marketability helping to make the profession stronger…
- 29 Mar 2016
Plan & Design Blog: Industrial Internet of Things and Changing Automation Architectures

Jim Cahill

The Purdue Enterprise Reference Architecture has been a defining architecture for instrumentation, automation, manufacturing operations and business planning and logistics systems since its introduction in the 1990s. In a Plant Services article, What...
- 21 Mar 2016
Plan & Design Blog: Industrial Internet of Things and Changing Automation Architectures

Jim Cahill

The Purdue Enterprise Reference Architecture has been a defining architecture for instrumentation, automation, manufacturing operations and business planning and logistics systems since its introduction in the 1990s. In a Plant Services article, Wha...
- 21 Mar 2016
Plan & Design Blog: Industrial Internet of Things and Changing Automation Architectures

Jim Cahill

The Purdue Enterprise Reference Architecture has been a defining architecture for instrumentation, automation, manufacturing operations and business planning and logistics systems since its introduction in the 1990s. In a Plant Services article, What...
- 21 Mar 2016
Implement & Build Blog: What is Operational Excellence?

Jim Cahill

Author: Scott Turner A lot of businesses benchmark themselves against other companies in the same industry and against themselves over time using various metrics and key performance indicators (KPI’s). One example of this is Solomon Associates Benchmarking which is widely used, especially in the refining and petrochemicals industry. This benchmarking process is often used to identify your competitive position, optimize…
- 17 Mar 2016
Operate & Maintain Blog: From Operators to Cross-Functional iOps Teams

Jim Cahill

Control rooms where operators monitor and control the process have changed over the years as technologies have advanced. Today with advances in communications technologies, this “room” can extend globally. In a Process Engineering article...
- 8 Mar 2016
Operate & Maintain Blog: From Operators to Cross-Functional iOps Teams

Jim Cahill

Control rooms where operators monitor and control the process have changed over the years as technologies have advanced. Today with advances in communications technologies, this “room” can extend globally. In a Process Engineering articl...
- 8 Mar 2016
Operate & Maintain Blog: From Operators to Cross-Functional iOps Teams

Jim Cahill

Control rooms where operators monitor and control the process have changed over the years as technologies have advanced. Today with advances in communications technologies, this “room” can extend globally. In a Process Engineering article...
- 8 Mar 2016
Implement & Build Blog: Innovations in Increasing Project Successes

Jim Cahill

Emerson’s innovations in process control magazine provides insights into many of the latest technology and service innovations occurring. The latest edition opens with an operating training simulator (OTS) successful implementation at Iberian Lube Base Oils Company (ILBOC) in Cartagena, Spain. The article highlights some of the key benefits: Emerson’s OTS provided ILBOC with a number of benefits including reduced operating…
- 1 Mar 2016
Tips for New Process Automation Folks: The Most Disturbing Disturbances are Self-Inflicted

Gregory K McMillan

The post, The Most Disturbing Disturbances are Self-Inflicted , first appeared on ControlGlobal.com's Control Talk blog. The most disturbing disturbances, the ones that are frequent, fast and furious (FFF), are self-inflicted either in the design, installation, maintenance or operation of the process control system. The good news is that through better application of advances in technologies and the better education…
- 29 Feb 2016
Operate & Maintain Blog: Monitoring Control Valves with Remote Expertise

Jim Cahill

An ARC Advisory group study highlighted that “The global process industry loses $20 billion, or five percent of annual production, due to unscheduled downtime and poor quality. ARC estimates that almost 80 percent of these losses are preventable…” ...
- 2 Feb 2016