Written largely for project managers charged with bringing automation into an existing facility, this comprehensive work takes readers through the countless steps of evaluating whether automation is needed, ways to plan the project, assembling the team, and overseeing the engineering, construction, and testing of equipment.
Chapters include detailed discussions on : choosing an approach to the project, equipment grades, levels, and justification, describing equipment performance and configuration, builder performance and validation criteria, the RFP letter, selecting the builder, managing the project, qualification and shipping, and system acceptance.
In addition, the book contains a valuable CD-ROM with interactive spreadsheets and the text of equipment specifications that will help readers get the most from the book. The CD files can be saved as templates to be re-used for each new automation project. Readers can do their own project justifications by the conventional payback and return-on-investment methods, configure the statistical quality calculations for process validation, then print out the results.
Preface
A Few Words About Ethics
Section 1 : Groundwork for The Acquisition Project
Chapter 1 : Determining the Need for Automation
Chapter 2 : Choosing an Approach to the Project
Chapter 3 : Assembling the Team
Chapter 4 : Equipment Grades and Levels, and Justification
Section 2 : Equipment Specifications
Chapter 5 : Describing Equipment Performance and Configuration
Chapter 6 : Builder Performance and Validation Criteria
Chapter 7 : The Request for Proposal Letter
Section 3 : Project Execution
Chapter 8 : Selecting a Builder and Placing the Order
Chapter 9 : Managing Project Execution
Section 4 : Equipment Validation and Project Closure
Chapter 10 : Qualification and Shipping
Chapter 11 : System Acceptance and Project Closure
Chapter 12 : In Spite of Due Diligence
Appendix A : Glossary of Terms
Appendix B : References and Recommended Reading
Appendix C : CD-ROM File Instructions
Index
