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April 1, 2013
Safety-Instrumented Systems: Focus on Measurement Diagnostics
This article provides guidance to the designer and operator of a safety-instrumented system (SIS), with an emphasis on conducting measurements. The use of best practices to ensure the strength of the overall system design, and the use of instrument diversity to combat common causes of failure, are covered briefly. Greater detail are provided on the use of new technologies — in particular, new...
http://www.che.com/software_automation_and_control/information_technology/project_mgmt/Safety-Instrumented-Systems-Focus-on-Measurement-Diagnostics_10393.html
October 1, 2011
Piping specifications are now part of this database
Released in August, the newest version of Standard Database for SmartPlant Reference Data is a preconfigured, best practice solution to enable rapid implementation of SmartPlant 3D and materials management. The Standard Database...
http://www.che.com/software_automation_and_control/information_technology/project_mgmt/Piping-specifications-are-now-part-of-this-database_8542.html
March 28, 2011
Seamless integration of design and planning data
With Comos PDMS Integration, this firm (formerly innotec GmbH) offers a tool for seamless integration of Comos planning in the PDMS model for the planning of chemical, petrochemical, pharmaceutical and other complex plants in the process industries. The PDMS...
http://www.che.com/software_automation_and_control/information_technology/project_mgmt/Seamless-integration-of-design-and-planning-data_6964.html
March 28, 2011
Improve communication between production and management
With the introduction of the manufacturing execution system (MES) InfoCarrier, this firm has bridged the gap between management and production, even for complex, continuous production processes...
http://www.che.com/software_automation_and_control/information_technology/project_mgmt/Improve-communication-between-production-and-management_7238.html
March 1, 2011
Improving Information Management
Maximizing quality, minimizing cost and meeting schedule milestones are ever-present challenges in large projects. While significant progress has been made in certain areas of facility construction, the management of project-related information continues to struggle. Information received by operators tends to be incomplete and inaccurate, while the cost of producing it remains high. Common reasons for...
http://www.che.com/software_automation_and_control/information_technology/project_mgmt/Improving-Information-Management_6449.html
July 1, 2010
Optimize Shift Scheduling Using Pinch Analysis
Pinch analysis emerged as a systematic design tool during the energy crisis of the late 1970s, particularly for the optimization of heat-exchanger networks and other heat-recovery systems [ 1 ]. Since then, ongoing breakthroughs in the use of pinch analysis have helped to establish mass- and property-integration techniques to assist with waste-minimization efforts [ 2, 3 ]. More recently, pinch analysis...
http://www.che.com/software_automation_and_control/information_technology/project_mgmt/Optimize-Shift-Scheduling-Using-Pinch-Analysis_5806.html
August 12, 2009
Fluor extends contract for AVEVA Plant
AVEVA Group plc (Houston),  a leading provider of plant design and engineering lifecycle solutions, today announced that Fluor Corp. (Irving, Tex.), one of the world's largest publicly owned engineering, procurement, construction, maintenance (EPCM), and project management companies, has extended its contract with AVEVA.   Under the new global agreement...
http://www.che.com/software_automation_and_control/information_technology/project_mgmt/Fluor-extends-contract-for-AVEVA-Plant_4994.html
May 1, 2009
EPC Contractors Selecting an ERP Package
In recent years, a growing number of projects throughout the chemical process industries (CPI) have been carried out using Engineer-Procure-Construct (EPC) contracts. Because such contracts typically involve the work of numerous subcontractor parties, they tend to be complex. As such, specialized tools are required to manage their information- and project-management needs. In general, operating companies...
http://www.che.com/software_automation_and_control/information_technology/project_mgmt/EPC-Contractors-Selecting-an-ERP-Package_4771.html
April 29, 2009
SABIC chooses Skire Unifier for enterprise project management solution
Skire, Inc. (Menlo Park, Calif.), a provider of capital program, facilities, real estate and project portfolio management software has announced that Saudi Basic Industries Corporation (SABIC) has selected Skire Unifier as its strategic enterprise project management system for supporting global project management across the company's internal users and project partner organizations. The agreement...
http://www.che.com/software_automation_and_control/information_technology/project_mgmt/SABIC-chooses-Skire-Unifier-for-enterprise-project-management-solution_4773.html
April 1, 2009
Project Management: Digital Handover Headaches
Project management can be a messy, complex issue for all involved parties and, likely, the most hair-raising aspect of all is project handover from the EPC (engineering, procurement, construction) contractor to the chemical processor. In the past, this literally involved a truck pulling up with cartons and boxes chock full of engineering documents, drawings, operations manuals and catalogs. From there, the...
http://www.che.com/software_automation_and_control/information_technology/project_mgmt/Project-Management-Digital-Handover-Headaches_4645.html
July 15, 2008
Editor’s Page: Surviving the Surge
Exactly three years ago, in the July 2005 issue, this page began with a reference to a perfect storm, whereby then-record-high oil prices of $60/bbl and a relief in capital costs were expected to get the chemical process industries (CPI) back on the building track. I doubt that anyone envisioned, however, the magnitude in the capital-project surge that would indeed ensue or that those "record" oil prices...
http://www.che.com/software_automation_and_control/information_technology/project_mgmt/Editors-Page-Surviving-the-Surge_3998.html
May 15, 2008
Benchmarking for Success
  Effective use of capital in the ownership and management of manufacturing assets is critical to the financial performance of companies in the chemical process industries (CPI). Many of these companies use benchmarking in compliance with applicable laws and antitrust regulations to compare, identify, and adopt industry best practices that drive the capital effectiveness of their project development...
http://www.che.com/software_automation_and_control/information_technology/project_mgmt/Benchmarking-for-Success_3865.html
April 25, 2008
Rockwell Automation acquires Incuity
Incuity Software, a supplier of Enterprise Manufacturing Intelligence (EMI) software, has been acquired by Rockwell Automation (Milton Keynes, U.K.; www.rockwellautomation.co.uk). Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Rockwell Automation said that the acquisition will help it expand its FactoryTalk software suite. Incuity's products are used to monitor production operations and enterprise systems...
http://www.che.com/software_automation_and_control/information_technology/project_mgmt/Rockwell-Automation-acquires-Incuity_3830.html
March 1, 2007
Reduce the risk of project document delays
Despite successful completion of major engineering objectives, the deadlines of project milestones are often missed by weeks or even months while the supporting, official-document packages are being assembled. These costly delays can be avoided with Sword Inc.'s (edlinks.che.com/6893-535) C2Share, launched at daratech Plant 2007 Conference (both Houston). An add-on application to SharePoint...
http://www.che.com/software_automation_and_control/information_technology/project_mgmt/Reduce-the-risk-of-project-document-delays_3216.html
August 1, 2006
OPC-UA released
At ARC's 14th annual forum (June 26-28; Boston, Mass.), OPC Foundation (Scottsdale, Ariz.; edlinks.che.com/6515-549) released its latest interoperability solution, OLE for Process Control Unified Architecture (OPC-UA)...
http://www.che.com/software_automation_and_control/information_technology/project_mgmt/OPC-UA-released_2989.html
March 1, 2006
A powerful algorithm enables end-to-end supply chain optimization
Axxom Software AG (Munich, Germany; edlinks.che.com/5827-541) has introduced a new technological approach that, for the first time, allows an end-to-end supply chain optimization of very large, multi-stage networks. Based on the so-called cost-scaling algorithms (CS-A), production companies can now plan very complex...
http://www.che.com/software_automation_and_control/information_technology/project_mgmt/A-powerful-algorithm-enables-end-to-end-supply-chain-optimization_2915.html

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