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Interlock check

Save time and money by using AMS Suite: Intelligent Device Manager during interlock check. The AMS Suite: Intelligent Device Manager Work Processes Guide has more details about how savings were calculated.


Task

Traditional

AMS Device Manager

Locate each associated device (typically 2 to 5 devices). Assumption is based on 5 devices

10

2
Fix the output to the required test value 5 2
Verify the expected process interlock condition 1 1
Adjust each output, one at a time to verify that each one affects the process as defined in the test scheme Performance Monitor Opportunities (Gulf and Latin America) 2 2
Return each device to its normal mode of operation 5 2
Document changes and events 20 automatic
Time spent walking, locating and returning items 15 0
Total minutes 58 9
Cost: $55 burdened hourly rate $53 $8
Savings / interlock check $45
 
 

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Last Updated: January 21, 2008


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