Would you bet your business on your data? Whether you like it or not you are doing that every day. Application of a coordinated data integration strategy with some data analysis tools will put you on a continuous improvement path to inherent raw data quality.

These types of problems have traditionally been very difficult to isolate and resolve. The plant operator cannot respond to an alarm condition if the router carrying the message has failed.

Maximize the effectiveness of your available resources while reducing variability, improving product quality, and preventing unplanned downtime.

Pace Magazine interviews Matrikon's Mike Brown about how industry can shift its focus from data collection to using data to make intelligent decisions.

The value of maintenance lies in sustaining peak operation while reducing equipment downtime in order to keep both throughput and quality at their highest possible levels. Unfortunately, although the concept of maintenance value is well understood, it is not always well-measured. Failing to monitor key values could cost you money.

Kestrel Coal is an underground mine producing high quality coking coal and thermal coal for export. They were faced with the problem of porting across the large number of alarms from one system to the next, and were well above the guidelines set out by the Engineering Equipment and Materials Users Association (EEMUA).

Industry leaders have developed a four-tier Alarm Management infrastructure to mitigate and avoid alarm floods and direct operations to take timely, effective action.

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Nov 23 - 24, Montmelo, Barcelona Nov 28 - 29, Montreal, QC

Learn the fundamentals of alarm management, about upcoming legislation and standards, how to build effective Alarm Philosophy Documents, and more. Discover how to take control of your alarms ...

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Nov 27 - 28, Calgary, AB Nov 30 - Dec 1, Edmonton, AB

Between complex Windows security using DCOM and interoperability issues, automation professionals are frequently faced with system architecture, configuration and rollout challenges. Work with industry peers and OPC experts ...

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Nov 27 - 29, Mt. Isa, QSD Dec 5 - 6, Portland, OR

Understand the basics of process control, design a control strategy for the different dynamic process types, and learn the use of instrumentation/actuator principles and how they relate to Process Control. Find out more about process control with a practical, hands-on approach ...

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Dec 14, Houston, TX

Learn how to effectively integrate existing business and operations infrastructures into a single, powerful environment. Enable individuals to assess, implement and sustain improved production and decision-making at virtually any operational level ...

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