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Modernization and Migrations LiveStream Recording

Posted in Emerson Exchange, Modernization on Tuesday, September 28th, 2010. No comments yet
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We’re trying a few new things this week at the Emerson Exchange. I’ve got my mobile webcam gear and we’re livestreaming a handful of the presentations throughout the week. Emerson’s Laurie Ben and John Dolenc were gracious enough to agree to be first with their Modernization and Migrations – Lesson’s Learned presentation. I previewed their [...]

Considerations in Control System Modernization Projects

Posted in Emerson Exchange, Modernization on Thursday, September 9th, 2010. No comments yet
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Emerson’s Laurie Ben and John Dolenc will be teaming up at the year’s Emerson Exchange to present Modernizations & Migrations: Lessons Learned. The workshop is in two parts because of the vast ground they cover with respect to control system modernization and migration. Part 1 addresses an overview of modernization and migration projects, choosing the [...]

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Analysis of Automation System Modernization Alternatives

Posted in Modernization, Project Services on Friday, August 27th, 2010. No comments yet
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Emerson’s Gordon Lawther, an automation system modernization specialist, will be presenting at this year’s Emerson Exchange. His presentation, Total Installed and Commissioned Cost Savings using Electronic Marshalling in Brownfield Modernization Projects pretty much sums up its focus. Gordon cites a recent ARC Advisory Group study that estimates $53 billion USD in installed control systems that [...]

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Your Thoughts on Lifecycle Management Sought

Posted in Miscellaneous, Modernization on Monday, February 22nd, 2010. No comments yet
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An activity that benefits process manufacturers and process automation suppliers is the research conducted by the trade analysts and trade press. These groups have a broad base of people across many industries and geographies to which they can reach out to uncover unmet needs and open issues. I’ve been closely following the blog of ARC [...]

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Modular, Interactive Operator Training

Posted in Modernization, Operator Training, Screencast on Monday, December 7th, 2009. No comments yet
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Helen Chen, a project engineer and member of Emerson’s TAG business, shared a recent project with me where she developed modular, interactive operator training screencasts for a DCS modernization project. TAG provides specialized services for process manufacturers on control system projects–from studies and system documentation to turnkey installations and follow-on support for DCSs, PLCs, SISs, [...]

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Modernization Project Operator Training

Posted in Modernization, Operator Training on Tuesday, August 18th, 2009. No comments yet
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A great question came into the Process Automation Usability Project site, in the Implementation forum section. The post, Is training sufficient asks: How many companies institute a formal training procedure — not only when controls systems are changed, but for smaller changes as well? Have reduced budgets cut too much into training? Emerson’s Gordon Lawther, [...]

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Hot Cutovers Help Provide Operator Learning Curve Time

Posted in Modernization, Operator Performance on Tuesday, July 21st, 2009. No comments yet
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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 too much damage while [...]

Look Beyond Control System when Modernizing

Posted in Modernization, Project Services on Tuesday, May 12th, 2009. No comments yet
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The EngineerLive website has an article, System migration: make sure you improve control, not just replicate, which shares many of the thoughts we’ve expressed in recent modernization posts. I turned once again to Emerson principal modernization consultant, John Dolenc, for his thoughts and additions to this article. I’ll include them in their entirety: You can [...]

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Thoughts on Control System Migration Projects

Posted in Modernization, Project Services on Thursday, April 23rd, 2009. No comments yet
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Control magazine had a great article a few months back entitled, Control System Migration. It did a great job covering the selection and planning process when modernizing your automation system. Recently, I featured Emerson’s John Dolenc and his perspectives on justifying your automation modernization investment. Taken together, there are many ideas to help plan a [...]

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Don’t Corner Yourself with an Automation Obsolescence Justification

Posted in Modernization, Project Services on Thursday, April 2nd, 2009. 2 comments so far
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Recently, when Emerson’s John Dolenc was in Austin, we had one of those hallway conversations about automation modernization projects. He shared a paper he’d written a few years back that contained many of his thoughts on modernization project justification. The paper had many pearls of wisdom that I’ll share over the coming months. John had [...]

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