Alarm Management Services
Your plant’s alarm system is a critical line of defense against potentially costly and/or destructive abnormal situations. Our study shows that many alarm systems routinely perform sub-optimally without any plant awareness. The Emerson suite of Alarm Management Services addresses every aspect of alarm management, from analysis and assessment to performance improvement and ongoing maintenance. The result: improved operator and system performance reduced downtime nuisance alarms and safer, more effective plant operation.
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Improved Operational Excellence. By developing an alarm system philosophy, performing alarm rationalization, and implementing alarm system changes the health of the control system improves resulting in more effective plant operation.
Improved Safety. By actively addressing ineffective alarms, operator performance will improve and their attention can be focused specifically on delivering safe, effective plant operation.
Improved Plant Maintenance. Alarm Management Services enable plant/mill maintenance personnel to effectively track all system events such as bad PV events. Personnel will be better informed of issues and problems. As a result, maintenance departments are better able to take action before disruptive events occur.
Improved Regulatory Compliance. Alarm Management Services enable engineers, operators and plant/mill managers to better document their alarm system issues, and prioritize maintenance and upgrades that help them comply with health, safety, and environmental requirements.
Alarm System Management Assessment - An Emerson Alarm System Specialist will be assigned responsibility for examining all aspects of your existing alarm management systems. The assessment will evaluate exposure to risk as a result of poor alarm management by examining the following key areas:
- Alarm performance during normal operation and upsets, frequency of nuisance alarms, alarm frequency, and susceptibility to alarm floods using performance targets based on EEMUA (Engineering Equipment and Materials User Association) Report 191 best practices.
- The procedures used to define and configure alarms, alarm settings, and priorities.
- Plant operating methods and practices relating to management of alarm settings, change management requirements used.
- Operator training and readiness to respond to alarms.
Alarm System Performance Improvement - Based on the results of the Alarm System Management Assessment the approach for improvement can be a continuous improvement program to ensure performance is maintained and is improved over time or a systematic development of an alarm philosophy, an alarm rationalization process, and implementation of alarm system changes.
Alarm System Maintenance Program - The SureService Alarm System Maintenance Program is a service offering that provides periodic collection of alarm and event data from the customer site for analysis and reporting. Our Alarm Management Specialists will consult with you on the findings of these reports and work out an action plan to address any issues in accordance with your established management of change processes. The Alarm System Maintenance Program will keep your alarm system functioning optimally over the long run, ensuring continued benefits. |
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