Edmonton, Alberta, Canada - January 5, 2005: Today Matrikon announced that it will be hosting their 2005 Alarm Management Workshop for the Power Industry on February 8 & 9, 2005 in St. Louis, Missouri.The purpose of this event is to help the power & utilities industry understand how plant control systems can be optimized and to prepare for upcoming standards governing health, safety and the environment. In addition, a focus on process optimization and efficiency is presented. “These workshops have been well received in the past due mainly to the hands-on computer aspect,” says event coordinator Kelly Service of Matrikon.
“This year is particularly exciting because we have been able to expand the event to include an in-depth case-study of AmerenUE, one of the nation’s largest investor-owned electric and gas utilities company. Attendees will get a first hand look at how companies have configured their controllers to optimize operations and maintain compliancy.”Scheduled sessions during the two-day event include:
- Case study of AmerenUE, one of the nation’s largest, investor owned power companies.
- Understanding and building Alarm Management Philosophy Documents
- Best Practice Alarm Management Strategies
- Standards Legislation: Prepare for new safety, procedure and insurance regulations (ISA, EEMUA, OSHA, ISO, Responsible Care™).
- Project Management and Execution
- Analysis Techniques: Eliminate up to 75% of control system alarms through bad actor and alarm flood analysis to reveal true critical alarms.
- Optimize Alarms: Techniques to improve safety, meet production demands and reduce trips.
- Rationalization and Alarm Objective AnalysisFor more information visit www.matrikon.com/PowerManagement2005 About MatrikonMatrikon has earned its reputation as a world-class provider of professional instruction and unsurpassed customer support.
Since 1988, Matrikon’s technology enables plants to achieve operational excellence by transforming production data into knowledge to predict and prevent problems and optimize operations.
Customers achieve agile operations through the combination of external market and plant data to make informed, intelligent decisions in real-time.
With offices in major cities throughout North America, Australia and the Middle East and a global client base including industry leaders in a wide range of manufacturing and process industries, Matrikon’s reach is global.
