You will probably not hear me sing the LEGO® Movie’s “Everything is Awesome” song, I’ll keep that private (and you should be thankful to me for that). However as we just released the LOPAx™ module of the new exSILentia® v4 platform, I have come to…
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Entries tagged with: Process Hazard Analysis
- by Iwan van Beurden, CFSE
- Monday, May 23, 2016
- Software
PRODUCT SPOTLIGHT: exSILentia® – PHA / PHAx™
Each month at exida, we strive to spotlight one of our products that makes the job easier for today's industry professional. In this blog, I wanted to talk about the PHAx module as part of our exSIlentia Safety Lifecycle Suite.
Process Hazards Analysis (PHA)
Process…
- by Iwan van Beurden, CFSE
- Tuesday, June 14, 2016
- Software
The Meaning of Tool Integration
What does tool integration mean? One can argue it is the ability for different tools to talk to each other and exchange data. Though this may be true from a typical software tool integration, a common definition of integrate, i.e. to bring together or incorporate (parts) into a whole…
- by Dr. William Goble, CFSE
- Wednesday, March 05, 2014
- Certification
The Problem with the Expert
I recall the first time I was called an “expert.” I thought that sounded nice. I spotted a magazine article on safety and thought “I do not have to read that as I am an expert.” I quickly recovered. The real problem with being called an expert is that…
- by Todd Stauffer
- Tuesday, May 28, 2013
- Alarm Management
When is an Independent Protection Layer (IPL) Not a Safeguard?
We are going to continue discussing the results from exida’s recently published industry benchmark survey on the practices for the use of alarms as safeguards and IPLs. Over 200 safety practitioners from around the world provided responses. This entry will discuss the relationship between alarms identified as safeguards and…