ISA-S88.01-1995 IMPACT ON DESIGN AND IMPLEMENTATION OF BATCH CONTROL-SYSTEMS

This paper will concentrate on how ISA-S88.01-1995 has impacted the de sign and implementation of actual batch process control projects execu ted for various end users/customers over the last few years. Specifica lly, the paper will examine how guidelines were developed that conform to the models and terminology in the standard, and how these guidelin es have impacted the following: Project implementation quality. Projec t implementation cost. Project implementation schedule. Continuous imp rovement efforts. Impact/relationship to MES implementation efforts. T he paper will examine the above points and attempt to both quantitativ ely and qualitatively examine the impact on actual projects. At least five projects will be included. Design improvements that have occurred from one project to the next will be reviewed. The ability to more ef fectively and more quickly implement a quality solution by capitalizin g on past work and standards development will be discussed. Actual pro ject implementation records will be used to quantify potential cost an d schedule gains. The relationship between established standards and t he ability to continuously improve the application development using e xisting implementations and experiences as a baseline will be describe d. Finally, the relationship between batch control standards and how s uch implementations can complement MES applications will be discussed. (C) 1997 Elsevier Science Ltd.