HomeLarry O’BrienResearch DirectorHomeARC: Procedural AutomationProcedures govern the world of process automation, where operations are constantly in flux. Whether you are doing a start-up, shutdown, or are in the middle of a maintenance turnaround, your plant is governed by procedures and transitional states that can either run smoothly, provide superior operations, and a safe and orderly start-up/shutdown, or they can cost you in terms of unplanned shutdowns, incidents, lost production and lost opportunities.