Q: What is the purpose of Honeywell Operations Logbook?A: Honeywell Operations Logbook is a software application for operators and others to keep an electronic record of what happens during a shift. Operations Logbook is ideally suited to help with a smooth shift handover, and to enable an operations department to coordinate its own activities.
Q. Is Operations Logbook an effective alternative to manual shift handover procedures used at many plants?A: Yes. Manual approaches can work, but industry experts such as the ASM Consortium say that manual tasks are prone to errors. Ad hoc tools may provide only limited access to daily operating information for the rest of the organization, may be inconsistently applied, may be difficult to keep up to date when the process changes, or may not be suited to following through on problems once identified.
Q. How does the application work?A: Fundamentally, Operations Logbook lets you enter comments, keep a “to do” list for the operations department, and prepare shift summary reports. Operations Logbook allows entering comments (also known as notes) from a variety of places. The system automatically records the name of the user who entered or last edited a comment and the time of the change. Operations Logbook also manages a site-wide task list. All tasks have a status, such as pending, deferred, overdue and complete. Authorized users can view tasks assigned to them and mark the work as complete; otherwise, they can reassign, reschedule, defer and change their duties. Additionally, the application provides a shift summary listing specific events that occurred during a shift.
Q. What are the key benefits to users?A: Operations Logbook helps keep track of everything that is going on in daily operations, and helps ensure that the incoming shift personnel fully understand the state of operations. This, in turn, helps to minimize incidents that rob plants of productivity and increase operating and maintenance costs. Operations Logbook increases asset reliability, improves safety, and helps ensure environmental compliance. Indeed, many plants find benefits from improving how they handle small problems before they grow into large problems.
Q: Can users see historical results?A: Yes. Operations Logbook stores its data in a relational database, and results can be retained online for years. It is possible to look at shift summary reports over a period of years.
Q. Is Operations Logbook integrated with other related Honeywell applications?A: Honeywell Operations Monitoring and Operating Instructions are related applications that provide capabilities such as setting production plans and correlating deviations against events. Results from many other Honeywell applications can be included in shift summary reports. Honeywell offers the most comprehensive set of Operations Management solutions in the industry.