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UNDERSTANDING ISA -18.2: 
ALARM MANAGEMENT
It's a Process, Not a Product 
 
February 17, 2010 WEBINAR
NOON - 1:30 pm EST
 
Registration fee below is for one (1) person.  Call for group discounts.
 
Registration fee includes a FREE copy of the Alarm Management Handbook.  Retail price $89.95
 
Alarm management has become a highly important topic, and the subject of a number of articles, technical symposia, and books. After 6 years of development, the new standard “ANSI/ISA-18.2-2009 Management of Alarm Systems for the Process Industries” is now published at www.isa.org.
 
The issuance of ISA-18.2 is a significant and important event for the chemical, petrochemical, refining, power generation, pipeline, mining and metals, pharmaceutical, and similar industries using modern control systems with alarm functionality. It sets forth the work processes for designing, implementing, operating, and maintaining a modern alarm system presented in a “life cycle” format. It will also have significant regulatory impact.
 
ISA-18.2 is quite different from the “usual” ISA standard. It is about work processes of people. Alarm management isn’t really about hardware or software; it’s about work processes that relate to the alarm system.  
 
In this webinar, we will review the most important aspects about ISA-18.2, in order to understand and apply it. We will also look into some aspects that apply particularly to the pharmaceutical industry. We will cover:
 
  • The ANSI/ISA-18.2 Alarm Management Standard
  • Purpose, Scope, and Application
  • General Regulatory Impact and Grandfathering 
  • Pharmaceutical Industry RegulatoryConsiderations
  • The Alarm Management Life Cycle
  • The 7 Steps of Effective Alarm vs. the ISA-18.2 Life Cycle
  • New Terms:  Alarm Classification and Highly Managed Alarms            
  • Pharmaceutical Industry WorkPractice / Alarm Issues
    • Batch Considerations and State-Based Alarming
    • Alarms and Specific Operator Staffing or Process Type Issues
    • Alarms in non-continuously manned control centers
    •  Alarms in operations with variable staffing levels
    • Alarms in processes with limited equipment diagnostics
    • Equipment Certification
                                                                                                      
 
Instructor:  Bill R. Hollifield, Principal Alarm Management and HMI Consultant
Bill is the Principal Consultant responsible for the PAS work processes, intellectual property and software product directions in the areas of both Alarm Management and High Performance HMI (Human-Machine Interface, i.e. process control graphics).
 
He is a member of the American Petroleum Institute’s API RP-1167 Alarm Management Recommended Practice committee, the  ISA SP-18 Alarm Management committee, the ISA SP101 HMI committee, the, and the Engineering Equipment and Materials Users Association (EEMUA) Industry Review Group.
 
Bill has multi-company, international experience in all aspects of Alarm Management and HMI development. He has 26 years of experience in the petrochemical industry in engineering and operations, and an additional 7 years in alarm management and HMI software and services for the petrochemical, power generation, pipeline, and mining industries.
 
Bill is co-author of :
·      The Alarm Management Handbook, © PAS 2006
·      The High Performance HMI Handbook, © PAS 2008
·      The ISA book: Alarm Management: Seven Effective Methods for Optimum Performance, © ISA 2007
·      The Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) guideline on Alarm Management, released in 2008.
 
Bill has authored several papers on Alarm Management and HMI, and is a regular presenter on such topics in such venues as API, ISA, and Electric Power symposiums. He has a BSME from Louisiana Tech University and an MBA from the University of Houston.
 

 FEE: $375 for one person.
Call for group discounts for multiple participants from your company.
Registration fee includes a FREE copy of the Alarm Management Handbook.  Retail price $89.95
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