AP Webinar Series - 09 Improving Reliability and Asset Management

Asset Management can be defined as a set of disciplines, methods, procedures and tools to optimize the business impact of costs, performance and risk exposures. Who has the ‘responsibility’ for Asset Management? The Operations and Maintenance groups must work together to identify and implement ways to improve equipment health. Access turbomachinery asset information can provide both groups with information needed to create operating and maintenance strategies for each piece of equipment.

Emerson Process Management has recently taken a ‘Human Centered Design’ approach to deciding what technology enhancements to make. A Human Centered Design approach focuses on how people complete everyday tasks for their job, rather than enhancing technology just for innovation’s sake. Emerson’s Human Centered Design approach eliminates unnecessary work, reduces complexity of technology, and embeds knowledge into the technology.

The tedious tasks for adding turbomachinery information to a process automation system have been eliminated with Integrated Machinery Protection and Prediction from Emerson. Hundreds of man-hours are saved with an easier way to have complete, error-free integration of machinery health information.