Collaborative Case Study in Practical Alarm Rationalization
Wednesday, May 24, 2006
11:30 AM - 12:30 PM (GMT -06:00) Mountain (USA, Canada)
Language: English
Webcast Information
Is your plant productivity and safety being compromised by the quantity and quality of your process alarms?
Co-presented by Matrikon and Automation.com, this one hour webcast will:
- Give you a step-by-step account of how a major North American company implemented a successful Alarm Rationalization strategy
- Teach you the 5 Best Practices for effective Alarm Rationalization
- Show you how to avoid the common mistakes that result in project failure
- Teach you how to reduce the quantity and increase the quality of your alarms
- Help you to understand the benefits of Alarm Rationalization and the consequence of failure to do so

Automation.com is an online resource for industrial automation, process control and instrumentation professionals. The site publishes daily industry news, product showcase, articles and white papers, application stories, job opportunities and other resources. The site also hosts directories of automation product suppliers, systems integrators and machine and equipment manufacturers.
Co-presented by Matrikon and
Automation.com, this webcast discusses how an alarm rationalization project undertaken by one of the largest independent petroleum refiners and marketers in the Western United States resulted in increased plant profitability.
Instructor Information
Michael Marvan
B.Sc Eng
Mik is the product manager of Matrikon™ Alarm Manager. He is a voting member of ISA’s Alarm Management standard, S18.02 and has been working on this standard for approximately two years. Mik began his alarm management experience with NOVA Chemicals in 1998 prior to joining Matrikon in 2002. He has a strong background in HMI design, Distributive Control Systems, Advanced Process Control, and executing alarm management solutions.
Contact Information
Email:
michael.marvan@matrikon.com
Phone: (780) 448 1010 - ext 4934