http://www.che.com Chemical Engineering en-us 2013 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 7:33:09 EDT This article reviews key aspects of safety-instrumented systems (SIS) and provides useful guidance to help designers and operators optimize efforts to conduct safety-related measurements. Special attention is provided to smart-transmitter diagnostics and digital protocols... http://www.che.com/software_automation_and_control/information_technology/project_mgmt/10393.html Mon, 1 Apr 2013 0:00:00 EDT 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/8542.html Sat, 1 Oct 2011 0:00:00 EDT 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/6964.html Mon, 28 Mar 2011 0:00:00 EDT 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/7238.html Mon, 28 Mar 2011 0:00:00 EDT 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. The pathway to improving information transfer and decreasing risk begins with a better understanding of what factors cause today’s information-management problems. It continues by applying a model that reduces risk by helping owner/operators take ownership of information early.... http://www.che.com/software_automation_and_control/information_technology/project_mgmt/6449.html Tue, 1 Mar 2011 0:00:00 EST 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... http://www.che.com/software_automation_and_control/information_technology/project_mgmt/5806.html Thu, 1 Jul 2010 0:00:00 EDT 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... http://www.che.com/software_automation_and_control/information_technology/project_mgmt/4994.html Wed, 12 Aug 2009 0:00:00 EDT 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.... http://www.che.com/software_automation_and_control/information_technology/project_mgmt/4771.html Fri, 1 May 2009 0:00:00 EDT 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 represents one of the most significant Skire international customers to date and will provide a comprehensive implementation of the product's capital program management capabilities.... http://www.che.com/software_automation_and_control/information_technology/project_mgmt/4773.html Wed, 29 Apr 2009 0:00:00 EDT 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 project owner usually took the load into a room somewhere in the facility where operations and maintenance staff would later spend countless hours searching for the particular drawing or manual they needed for a repair or other task. In recent years though, both parties have become more sophisticated and made the process a digital one. However... http://www.che.com/software_automation_and_control/information_technology/project_mgmt/4645.html Wed, 1 Apr 2009 0:00:00 EDT