S88 for system integrators engineers

S88 for System Integrators

S88 was especially developed for batch processes and for discrete and continuous processes that need a certain amount of flexibility. All the S88 advantages for your customers (S88 for Industries) could be a reason for your company to apply this standard. But there are also a lot of advantages for System Integrators. Some examples:

I’m an engineer. Why should I apply S88?

Are you looking for a guideline to describe functional specifications?

A clear description of functional specifications is the basis for every reliable control system. Without clear specifications the project costs will increase i.e. more money, higher operational costs, inadequate treatment of safety and quality, or just a bad design that does not meet the customer requirements. S88 will help to get a clear picture of the process requirements. Thanks to standard terminology you can be certain that you, your colleagues and the customer are talking about the same thing.

Are you looking for a batch control system that allows manual or semi-automatic control?

S88 can be applied in all levels of automation. Not only fully automated systems, but also semi-automated and manual systems. Some of the advantages mentioned are advantages that are related to automation, but S88 is not always about automated systems. S88 has advantages for the control of your processes, independent of their level of automation.

Do you need to simplify validation of procedures?

S88 makes validation easier. Thanks to the modular approach you will be able to validate procedures independent from equipment control. With well defined equipment phases, adaptations to one phase will not influence other, already validated phases. Changes in the process, or in physical equipment don’t have to imply time consuming validation.

Do you need a guideline for Exception handling?

S88 can be used as a guideline for the control of processes. For good results, it is important that the batch control system is able to react to unexpected events. It is especially important to be able to recover after abnormal events. S88 helps to handle exceptions.

Are you looking for flexibility in design?

How often have you completed a project and found out only later that you could have done it a lot better if you would have known the best method? Maybe you have had to adapt the design in the middle of the project, and throw away all you earlier efforts.

Thanks to the modular approach of S88 you will be able to adapt parts of the design, without affecting the total design. S88 has proved to be an affective design method, and you can take advantage of this.

Do you want to develop batch control systems by combining solutions of different vendors?

Thanks to the common terminology and models of S88 communication between suppliers of software, system integrators and end users will improve. All over the world there are already a lot of suppliers and end users that apply the S88 standard. This is why integration of solutions from different suppliers becomes easier.

Do you want to be able to reuse parts of your design?

Thanks to the modular approach of S88, different parts of the control of a process are independent of each other. It is possible to reuse parts of your programming. Not only in one project, but also in the future, for different clients.

Do you want to know more about S88?

Attend the independent ANSI/ISA-88.01-1995 training course. In three days you will get the whole picture of S88. You will learn to apply the models and terminology of this international ISA standard.

Students will receive the official ISA-S88 certificate.