Mike Lennon

How to Justify a Control System Modernization

Running an outdated or obsolete control system can pose many risks to your business including increased downtime, limited or no ability to expand your system, and slow maintenance response due to lack of familiarity or spare parts. Yet, it is often challenging to quantify and succinctly express the risks inherent in an outdated control system and the benefits of modernization in a way that resonates with the management team who needs to justify the capital expenditure.

Five Improvements You Can Make by Incorporating Situational Awareness Concepts in Your HMI

In your plant, there are likely a variety of efforts and systems in place to increase process...

Optimizing Plant Operations with Situationally Aware HMIs

Since PCs were first used to display operator interfaces on the plant floor in the early 1990s,...

Five Ways to Get the Most Out of Your Control System Modernization Plan

Alarm alerts are flashing across you operator’s screen as the production line comes to a halt for...

Saying Goodbye To Your Favorite Control System

If you are like me, you loved your first car. Nothing since has felt so solid. So reliable. You...