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Operator Involvement Low in Setting Alarm Management Policy
Unfortunately, this is not the case. After learning how widespread the lack of operator involvement is, we put the following question to our Automation World LinkedIn group (http://bit.ly/automationworld): >> Are operators at your facility engaged in alarm management and system specification? Kevin Patel, project manager and automation engineer...
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