MBA thesis presentation 2009 Selection and decision-making criteria for Distributed Control Systems in the process industry

8. Return Received survey documents End users End User industry segment Oil & gas Refining Refining & Hydrocarbon Processing Bulk Chemicals

9. Involved Others PRESS INDUSTRY ORGANIZATION SYSTEM INTEGRATORS & ENGINEERING COMPANIES DCS VENDORS RESEARCH ORGANISATIONS SUPPLIER TO DCS VENDORS

10. Job Title respondent Control engineer

11. Project size Small Large Medium

12. Reason last DCS project Migration Green field Replacement Extension

13. Conceptual selection model Selection Process Short list Selection Process Long list All Process control Vendors list Final process vendor Selection Process Final list People / Power People / Power People / Power Selection criteria/Priority Selection criteria/Priority Selection criteria/Priority

14. Selection criteria in Phase LONG LIST FINAL LIST FINAL LIST

15. LONG LIST PHASE SHORT LIST PHASE FINAL LIST PHASE PREV. VENDOR / EU TRIGGER POINT

16. TRIGGER POINT

17. Business reason Long list selection Knock – out criteria 40,3% Knock – out criteria 12,8% Knock – out criteria 12,0% Knock – out criteria 11,8% Knock – out criteria 13% Knock – out criteria 21% Knock – out criteria 10,1% Knock – out criteria 13,3% Knock – out criteria> 10% shown …………………………… Knock – out criteria 12% Knock – out criteria 13,3% Knock – out criteria 13,7% Knock – out criteria 10,8% Could not maintain old system Replace obsolete system

18. Migration Risk v.s. Benefits

19. Importance of Business case reason Improve Automation Use of advanced control algorithms Could not maintain old system Replace obsolete system

20. LONG LIST PHASE SHORT LIST PHASE FINAL LIST PHASE LONG LIST PHASE SHORT LIST PHASE FINAL LIST PHASE COST Priorities

23. Analytical Hierarchy Process (AHP)

24. DCS Selection main groups DCS Selection Business Case Guarantee Functionality Technology Interoperability Implementation process Service and Support Training Documentation Viability Vision --- Future market focus Initial cost Ongoing Costs Barrier to Exit cost User experience

25. DCS Selection Functionality Technology Interoperability Implementation process Service and Support Training Documentation Viability Vision --- Future market focus Initial cost Ongoing Costs Barrier to Exit cost User experience Use of industry standards Maturity Breadth and depth Scalability Monitoring Automation Configuration Mng. Open - Proprietary platforms Reliability Easy of use Performance Maintainability Wireless Business case Guarantee

26. Capable of serving a purpose well DCS Selection Technology Functionality Interoperability Implementation process Service and Support Training Documentation Viability Vision --- Future market focus Initial cost Ongoing Costs Barrier to Exit cost User experience Remote Support Security Easy of use Maintainability HMI Reports SIL integration Batch control Alarm management Advance control Control I/O Scan rates Business case Guarantee Seamless integration between all control functions

27. Alarm management DCS Selection Technology Functionality Interoperability Implementation process Service and Support Training Documentation Viability Vision --- Future market focus Initial cost Ongoing Costs Barrier to Exit cost User experience Remote Support Security Easy of use Maintainability HMI Reports SIL integration Batch control Alarm management Advance control Control I/O Scan rates Business case Guarantee Rate of change alarm Printed alarm Dynamic alarm system DI alarms Flag alarms Comp. EEMUA 191 Levels of alarm SEQ alarms Nr. Alarms on screen Single window Suppress alarms Scan rate

28. Pairwise comparison 3 times better than bananas 2 times better than apples 6 times better than apples

29. AVG Score main items DCS Selection

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