Alarm Management: Seven Effective Methods for Optimum Performance

Product Details
Paperback: 178 pages
Publisher: isa (February 1, 2007)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1934394009
ISBN-13: 978-1934394007

This comprehensive resource combines more than a decade of research with the experiences of many alarm management professionals to bring you field-proven methodologies that have helped industrial plants around the world improve their alarm management systems. This book describes how properly designed and maintained alarm systems can drastically help improve plant safety, reliability, and profitability. Using seven effective methods, the authors explain how you can improve the performance of your alarm systems, including benchmarking an alarm system performance against industry best practices, developing an alarm philosophy document, rationalizing alarms, and applying real-time alarm management optimization strategies. Whatever the nature of your alarm systems, you will find Alarm Management: Seven Effective Methods for Optimum Performance a necessary part of your operational excellence and other business improvement initiatives.