Introduction to ASM
Jason Laberge
Operations
Outreach
Seminar
Honeywell
ASM® Consortium Outreach Seminar
June 13th, 2008
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
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Presentation Overview
• What is the ASM Consortium
• The ASM Problem
• ASM History and Program Periods
• Organizational Structure
• ASM Website
• Discussion/Questions
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Abnormal Situation Management®
A Joint Research and Development Consortium
Founded in 1994
Creating a new paradigm
for the operation of
complex industrial plants,
with solution concepts
that improve Operations’
ability to prevent and
respond to abnormal
situations.
Human Centered Solutions
Helping People Perform
www.asmconsortium.org
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What is an Abnormal Situation?
• An industrial process is being disturbed and
the automated control system can not
cope...
• Consequently, the operations team must
intervene to supplement the control system.
• Impacts profitability in multiple ways:
Product Quality
Job Satisfaction
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Loss of Life
Equipment Damage
Product Thruput
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Personal Injury
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Accidents, while rare, add Costs
$10B annually in US alone
Normal
Plant Production Level
Operating Target
Profit
Lost Profit
Break-even
Loss
Incident
(Lost Revenue)
Shutdown
(Lost Capital)
Time
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Fundamental ASM Problem
The Paradox of Automation…
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Better automation leads to more sophisticated processes
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More sophisticated processes leads to more opportunities for error
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We “fix” the increasing errors with still more automation
When things go wrong, people have difficulty
intervening to correct the problem!
Poor User Centered Automation
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Events Cost 3-8% Capacity
ASM Unexpected
> $10B annually in Lost Production
H isto g ra m
30 0
3.2%
25 0
5.8%
20 0
Frequency
Source: ASM Consortium Research
5.8%
15 0
10 0
50
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300
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$ 24 .2 M
24.2M
Frequency
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150
100
50
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590
584
578
572
567
561
555
549
Total Feed
543
538
532
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520
515
509
503
497
492
486
480
474
468
463
457
0
540
Plant Operating Target
620
540
530
610
530
520
600
520
510
590
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570
490
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Total Feed
Ra te
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$33.5 M
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10
5
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560
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460
450
440
430
420
410
400
390
380
370
360
350
340
330
320
310
300
290
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Rate
Operational Constraints
Summarized Production Data
Plant Incidents
Days per Year
280
# Days
460
450
440
430
420
410
400
390
380
370
360
350
340
330
320
310
300
290
$38.5 M
38.5M
280
# Days
Feed Rate
18
16
14
12
10
8
6
4
2
0
Optimization efforts
Plant Capacity Limit
< 60%
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Daily Production Level
95%
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100%
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ASM Solutions Minimize Impacts
$MM Added to the Bottom Line
(Higher) Plant Operating Target
Operational Constraints
Days per Year
ASM Efforts
Recovery of
3-8% of
Capacity
Plant Capacity Limit
< 60%
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Daily Production Level
95%
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ASM Consortium History
• 1990 - Formed an Alarm Management Task Force
• 1992 - Asserted need to go beyond alarm management
• 1993 - Project to understand abnormal situation management
with 4 of Honeywell customers
• 1994 - Generated ASM problem statement and solution
requirements document
• 1994 - Founded the ASM Joint R&D Consortium - 10 companies
• 1995 - Started NIST ASM Collaborative Decision Support
Program
• 1998 - Established ‘Designed for ASM’ products/services
• 1999 - Decided on 3-year short-term research to field concepts
• 2002, 2005 - 3-year programs with emphasis on closing gaps on
effective operations, development, and deployment
• 2008 – New 3-year program with focus on metrics and
communications to increase the Consortium role in industry
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ASM Organizational Structure
Leadership Team
Honeywell
Funds
ASM
Funding
ASM Director
Prog. Mngmt
Peggy Hewitt (HON)
Liana Kiff (HON)
Development
Research
Communications
Doug Metzger (HON)
Jason Laberge (HON)
Peggy Hewitt (HON)
Development
Subcommittee
Research
Subcommittee
Communications
Subcommittee
Incorporating ASM
into Products,
Services
Understanding ASM,
Solution Concepts
Dissemination of
ASM Knowledge
User Member
Reps
Associate
Member Reps
University
Member Reps
Member
Dues
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Discussion/Questions
• Thank You!
• Questions and/or Comments
– How does ASM related to existing improvement
programs like OPI?
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