There is no doubting the importance of alarms to the safe operation of countless industrial systems. Alarms, and the subsequent discipline of Alarm Management, have come a long way from the very first analogue alarms wired directly to control rooms to offer warning of impending crisis to managers of big oil and gas plants or nuclear facilities. In the digital age, Alarm Management can offer much more.
This white paper explores how Alarm Management has the potential to play a central role in a continuous improvement philosophy that drives efficiency and profitability, re-framing the way we think about alarms.