It could be that your current process control equipment is obsolete, or replacement parts are hard to find or too expensive. Perhaps you do not see a good upgrade path with what you have now. Maybe your in-house support just isn’t there the way it used to be. Then, too, there could be other factors, like an ownership change or new regulations, which provide an impetus to change.

Whatever is prompting the examination, this white paper presents some things to keep in mind when the pain of keeping the status quo exceeds the potential pain of modernizing. It then looks at specific areas of concern in more detail, including Honeywell’s approach, and finally considers some criteria you can use in choosing a modernization partner.