S88 Implementation Guide - Hardcover

To meet competitive pressures, process industries are turning increasingly to open systems for automation and batch control. If you're now investigating or planning implementation of the industry standard S88.01, this expert-authored guide can start you on the right foot and shepherd you safely through every stage of the project. S88 Implementation Guide gives everyone on your team the guidance and tools they need to work together for the best possible project result at all stages of design, implementation, and validation; provides an orderly project flow for development, design, and implementation of a system that is maximally efficient, flexible, environmentally responsible, and easier to work with and use; saves your company money by eliminating false starts, missed cues and opportunities, and less-than-optimal results; unites software, engineering, and management team members in a common understanding of definitions, responsibilities, and objectives; pinpoints and helps you avoid common pitfalls, traps, and lost opportunities; yields a highly competitive system open to continuous improvementÑand a proud, satisfied team. Redesigning and implementing an automated process control system is a complex job requiring the coordination of many talents and the evaluation of numerous priorities. But S88 Implementation Guide gives your team the framework that calls forth their best efforts, deals down issues in a timely and effective mannerÑand provides your firm with the best possible result.

Darrin W. Fleming is director of consulting and engineering services for PID, Inc., a major supplier of batch automation solutions. He has also worked as a widely recognized consultant in batch automation and been responsible for systems validation within a bulk pharmaceutical chemical plant. A licensed professional engineer in control systems engineering, he is a member of the SP88 batch control standards committee of the International Society for Measurement and Control (ISA). Velumani A. Pillai is an automation and control engineer at Pharmacia & Upjohn, Inc., where he conceptualizes, implements, and supports process automation systems and particularly batch process systems. An active member of the SP88 committee, he has worked as a process and control engineer in the petrochemical, pharmaceutical, and the consumer products industries.