Process automation engineer Parshall and software manager Lamb were charged with implementing a more flexible batch control system at a well know ice cream producer. They focus on the ISA S88.01 standard, and here pass on what they learned as an example of how to understand, justify, and implement the standard in a wide range of process industries. The price for members is $20. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
JIM PARSHALL is a Senior Process Automation Engineer at Eli Lilly and Co. He is currently assigned to the Indianapolis Dry Products site, which serves as a development center for new tablet and capsule products and provides the manufacturing capacity for worldwide distribution. After coordinating the development of an automation and information technology strategy for the site, Jim is now planning strategic automation and information integration projects. He leads the corporate team responsible for overseeing a global supplier alliance with Rockwell Automation and is a member of the company's global process automation strategy team.
Before joining Eli Lilly, Jim worked as an automation engineer at Ben & Jerry's Homemade in St. Albans, Vt. He led the design and delivery of process control systems during the exciting startup of the company's newest and largest plant. As part of his process control and supervisory system responsibilities, Jim led the successful installation of an S88-aware batch control and management system.
He received his BSEE from Kettering University (formerly General Motors Institute), and received his MSEE with an emphasis in manufacturing from Purdue University. Jim is an active participant in the World Batch Forum, and he is a member of the ISA SP95 standard committee on enterprise-control system integration.
LARRY LAMB is the Software Manager at Oakes Electric, a Rockwell Automation distributor in New England and New York. He is responsible for leading the business and technical aspects of providing technology-based solutions to customers.
Before joining Oakes, Larry was a controls engineer at Ben & Jerry's Homemade in St. Albans, Vt. His expertise drove the design of the control architecture at the new plant in St. Albans, and Larry was responsible for writing the process control and operator interface code for the plant production area.
Larry received his BSEE from the University of Massachusetts in Amherst.