ABB The four pillars of operator effectiveness

The four pillars of operator effectiveness

ABB is at the forefront of operator effectiveness. To help customers reach the

optimal goal we have brought together the necessary technology and business

practices as four essential pillars:

Integrated operations and embedded functionality

Raw data and other input must be transformed

into actionable information in context with plant

equipment to promote better decision making.

The challenge is to provide seamless access

to multiple sources of information while being

careful not to overload the operator with irrele vant data.

High performance HMI

The user interface must be intuitive and allow

operators to manage views dynamically and effi

ciently. A high-performance interface supports

situation awareness with how the information is

displayed. It supports abnormal situation han

dling through efficient navigation and the appli

cation of best practices in alarm management.

Attention to human factors

Just as manufacturing processes are designed

to be carefully controlled and manipulated to

achieve desired outcomes, high-performance

control rooms and operator stations must be

designed with operator performance in mind.

Operator competence and confidence

Operator training simulators ensure process

operator competence and confidence when deal

ing with normal production as well as unplanned

events. In today‘s business climate simulators

make even more sense due to the lack of experi

enced resources to instruct new, inexperienced

operators.

S+ Operations puts ABB’s four pillar approach

into action to improve the operator’s visibility

to plant performance while filtering out the

“noise” to lead operators to greater awareness,

faster response and better decisions.