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School or the Engineering
School.
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Business School
Improve plant efficiency by increasing output and reducing costs
You may have already reached a practical limit on the improvements possible with traditional process automation. So what do you do when management and customers demand that you do even more with even less? These courses show how you can go beyond the limited capabilities of traditional automation architectures and use predictive intelligence to increase output and reduce costs - for plant efficiency improvements of 2% or more.
Increase Output 
Quality 101 - Improving quality through improved process control
Availability 101 - Improving availability - Overview
Availability 201 - Improving availability by proper equipment installation
Availability 301 - Improving availability by detection and monitoring
Throughput 101 - Improving throughput with improved process control
Reduce Costs
Operations & Maintenance 101 - Maintenance strategies and work practices to reduce costs
Operations & Maintenance 201 - Online monitoring & predictive diagnostics to reduce costs
SH&E 101 - Reducing Safety, Health and Environmental costs
Utilities 101 - Reducing utilities costs (coming soon)
Waste 101 - Reducing waste and rework costs (coming soon)
Improving profitability through structured metrics
There are several ways you can optimize your process to improve profitability. But it can be difficult to understand the overall effectiveness of a complex operation so you can decide where to make improvements. Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE) can help. Learn how you can use this structured metric to evaluate the health and reliability of your process and equipment.
Overall Equipment Effectiveness
OEE 101 - Introduction to OEE
OEE 102 - Availability
OEE 103 - Productivity
OEE 104 - Quality
OEE 105 - How can PlantWeb impact OEE?
Reduce cost and increase availability with streamlined maintanence
A well-managed maintenance program can improve
the bottom line by increasing plant uptime, throughput, and quality.
But inefficient maintenance practices can eat into profits. See
how to optimize the positive impact of maintenance by viewing it
in terms of both cost reduction and operational improvement.
Maintenance practices and strategies
Maintenance 101 - Understanding maintenance strategies
Maintenance 102 - Reliability based maintenance
Maintenance 103 - Making work process more efficient
Maintenance 104 - Implementing improved work processes
Online monitoring to reduce costs
Maintenance 201 - Monitoring high reliability and high failure equipment
Maintenance 202 - Field Device Asset Management
Streamlining maintenance with PlantWeb
Maintenance 301 - Problem detection
Maintenance 302 - Work order generation and planning
Maintenance 303 - Calibration
Maintenance 304 - Mechanical equipment
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Engineering School
Choosing the right bus
Because different network technologies have
different capabilities, choosing the right bus (or buses) for your
operation can help minimize project cost and maximize operational
benefits. These courses will help you make the right choice for
achieving the higher yield, better quality, and lower operating
costs your plant is capable of.
Networks for process automation
Buses 101 - Field Level Networks
Buses 102 - Understanding Ethernet
HART
Buses 201 - Introduction to HART
Buses 202 - HART Communications
Buses 203 - HART, FOUNDATION
fieldbus or analog for your project?
FOUNDATION fieldbus or Profibus PA
Buses 301 - FOUNDATION fieldbus H1 or Profibus PA?
FOUNDATION fieldbus
FOUNDATION fieldbus offers distinct advantages
over traditional analog and discrete wiring - at lower total installed
cost and lower ongoing costs. It's not any harder to learn or to
use than those traditional technologies - just different. These
courses can help you understand those differences, and how to put
Foundation fieldbus to work for you.
FOUNDATION fieldbus basics
Fieldbus 101 - Introduction to FOUNDATION fieldbus
Fieldbus 102 - Fieldbus communications
Fieldbus 103 - Loop scheduling
Fieldbus 104 - Fieldbus blocks
Fieldbus 105 - Diagnostics with fieldbus
Common technical topics
Fieldbus 201 - Fieldbus interoperability
Fieldbus 202 - Reliability and redundancy
Fieldbus 203 - Intrinsic safety
Network wiring and hardware
Fieldbus 301 - Network wiring fundamentals
Fieldbus 302 - Network wiring options
Fieldbus 303 - Segment hardware
Planning a project
Fieldbus 401 - Project engineering standards
Fieldbus 402 - Choosing a host system
Fieldbus 403 - Control design
Fieldbus 404 - Segment design
Installation and checkout
Fieldbus 501 - Commissioning
Fieldbus 502 - Checkout and troubleshooting
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Safety instrumented systems
Is there a safety instrumented system in your future? The following courses will help you learn what to expect,
what questions to ask, and what to do to get the reliable, affordable, and standards-compliant SIS you need.
Basic safety concepts
SIS 101 - What is risk?
SIS 102 - Reducing risk
SIS 103 - Safety standards
Building your SIS
SIS 201 - Physical design
SIS 202 - Functional design
SIS 203 - Verification & validation
SIS 204 - Installation & commissioning
Using your SIS
SIS 301 - Operations & maintenance
SIS 302 - Modifications
SIS 303 - Decommissioning
The intelligent advantage
SIS 401 - Smart SIS
Wireless
Our new wireless curriculum provides an introduction to wireless technology, describes how it can help you solve common problems and access information that was previously out of economic and technical reach, and delivers practical advice on implementing a wireless solution.
Wireless Basics
Wireless 101 - What is wireless?
Wireless 102 - Why wireless?
Wireless 103 - Common wireless myths
Wireless 104 - Wireless standards
Wireless 105 - Topologies
Understanding Wireless Technology
Wireless 201 - Network components
Wireless 202 - Technology selection
Wireless 203 - Self-organizing networks
Wireless 204 - Wi-Fi networks
Wireless 205 - Cellular networks
Wireless 206 - Security
Wireless 207 - Power management
Understanding Typical Use Cases
Wireless 301 - Wireless Applications
Wireless 302 - Accessing Stranded Diagnostics
Wireless 303 - Near Plant Wireless Applications
Wireless 304 - Reducing Remote Inventory Logistics Costs
Wireless 305 - Automated Chart Recorders
Wireless 306 - Wireless in Oil & Gas Fields
Wireless 308 - Wireless and Control
Implementation Considerations
Wireless 402 - I.T. coordination
Wireless 403 - Planning and installing self-organizing networks
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