I am an Electrical Engineer pursuing MSEE in PHM and controls, and I work in the chemical processing sector. As a member of our Process Controls group, I am involved in all of our DCS programming, instrumentation, maintenance activities, etc. I see a great benefit to implementing PHM in our plant, but am slow to start. I have been contacting companies who have modular packages which can be purchased and implemented in a flexible manner. Can any of you assist me in how you have gone about getting “management buy-in” for PHM and what steps you took to bring it to your plant or industry?

I am an Electrical Engineer pursuing MSEE in PHM and controls, and I work in the chemical processing sector. As a member of our Process Controls group, I am involved in all of our DCS programming, instrumentation, maintenance activities, etc. I see a great benefit to implementing PHM in our plant, but am slow to start. I have been contacting companies who have modular packages which can be purchased and implemented in a flexible manner. Can any of you assist me in how you have gone about getting “management buy-in” for PHM and what steps you took to bring it to your plant or industry?