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Want to Know the Facts on Alarm Management and Learn Techniques that Can Help You Comply with Industry's Best Practices?
One of the most common causes of unplanned downtime is a failure to repond effectively during plant disturbances and process upsets.  Modern DCS operators are presented with 10 times more alarms than they can effectively handle. For example, a control room operator in the Petrochemical industry is typically confronted with over 1500 alarms/day. The recommended level as defined in the EEMUA 191 standard (the defacto alarm management standard) is 144 alarms/day.
 
Read on to help you eliminate alarm overload in order to reduce downtime and increase productivity.




Improving Your Knowledge on Alarm Management Benefits Your Plant
Read Feb 2007 Issue of Control Engineering to Learn More on Properly Managing your Alarms

Putting What You Know About Alarm Management to the Test
Read Jan 2007 Issue of Intech to Learn Alarm Management Methods

Want Techniques to Prevent Unplanned Downtime?
Learn More in the PAS Whitepaper

Want More Details on Alarm Management Best Practices and How to Implement them Within PCS 7? 
Join us on Tuesday, June 12, at the 2007 Siemens Automation Summit for our free Pre-Conference Training Courses. 
Pre-Conference Training Courses (Space is Limited)
Learn more information on the Summit

For more information, please contact:
Todd Stauffer
Marketing Manager
Process Automation
215-646-7400, ext. 3160
todd.stauffer@siemens.com

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