Cutting corners in control system updates—such as skipping P&ID revisions or HAZOP documentation—can create long-term safety ...

Only through proper troubleshooting and then solving the underlying problems can control loop performance be improved. Process design certainly plays a role in control loop performance, but ...

APC paradigm now more affordable, agile, scalable, and reliable. By Allan Kern, PE. In this article, as in industry, advanced process control (APC) refers primarily to multi-variable ...

According to process control experts, a detailed and specific set of control valve requirements is more than necessary when it comes to good control loop performance. Control valve selection plays a ...

By Jim Ford, PhD. Just over a decade ago, an article titled, "Advanced Control Strategies Move into the Field" (Control, October 2008), highlighted three evolving trends in the process control world ...

2. INVOLVE USERS EARLY IN THE PROCESS. We call this second step “co-creation”—inviting those affected by the change to play an active role in the adoption planning process.

Industrial control systems can be categorized in two types: open-loop and closed-loop systems. The open-loop control system is a continuous control system that provides no feedback from its output.

Those organizations that adhere to a four-pronged change management structure and related processes are more apt to weather change and thrive in their new environment.

Organizational Change Management as the Key to Co-Creation. ... The OCM team is not alone in its feedback loop efforts. ... She is a Certified Business Process Management Professional, ...

By 2006, 60% of the Global 2000 will deploy first-generation process bundles (e.g., change/production acceptance, customer advocacy, asset management) as virtual centers of excellence, formalizing ...