Despite the recent industry focus on higher-level
solutions, such as integration with supply chains and
deployment of ERP systems, substantive technical challenges
still abound in the control room. One such challenge,
distributed control system (DCS) alarm management, bears
considerably on plant safety1 and yet often fails
to make the shortlist during project funding
cycles.
A familiar complaint from operation superintendents
is that they know there is a problem, as does the entire
control room staff, but they struggle to convince senior
plant management of its seriousness and of the urgency for a
remedy. The reas
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