Multi DCS Vendor SWOT

Multi DCS Vendor SWOT Review
Schneider Electric | Siemens | Rockwell Automation | Emerson
Google Drive Sheet Presentation: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1nrVrkHiKEAXv9jKaUT1rmTiLtHYg340UsG2RPlB9JWQ

Parameter/Criteria

1. 3rd Party data – Technical Performance
2. Accessibility (Including Remote Access Facilities and from other Platforms)
3. Application tools
4. Availability – Technical Performance
5. Average Size
6. Communication Media and Protocols
7. Compatibility / Interoperability (with other control systems)
8. DataBases
9. DCS Platform
10. Platform/SCADA
11. Ease of Configuration
12. Historian
13. HMI
14. IDEs Software Packages
15. IOS & Configuration
16. Maintenance – Technical Performance
17. Network and Communication Protocols
18. Platform
19. PLC Hardware
20. Predefined Function Blocks Available
21. Programming Language
22. Programming Tools PLCs, HMI, SCADA
23. Reliability – Technical Performance
24. Safety – Technical Performance
25. Scalability/Redundancy
26. Scripting Languages
27. Security
28. Self Documentation – Technical Performance
29. Supplier’s Ability For Project Execution / Implementation – Quality
30. Supplier’s Guarantee of the Business Case – Quality
31. System Opportunities
32. System Redundancy
33. System Strengths
34. System Threats
35. System Weaknesses
36. Technical Service and Support – Technical Performance
37. Temperature
38. Third Party
39. Training (program and costs) – Technical Performance

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