Establishing Change Management to Reduce Total Cost of Ownership

White Paper: Establishing Change Management to Reduce Total Cost of Ownership of Your HMI/SCADA System

As companies seek to lower the overall costs of their HMI/SCADA systems, change management technologies afford the opportunity not only to save costs upfront but also to reduce ongoing costs throughout the life cycle of the system.

Abstract

The increasing complexity of manufacturing operations, coupled with an expanding regulatory environment, is raising awareness and pointing toward the need for change management capabilities. This white paper describes how change management offers an automated way to help you assess, monitor, manage, control—and lower—project costs as well as ongoing maintenance costs.

The primary capabilities of a change management system include:

  • Version control
  • Security (access control)
  • Audit trails and reports
  • Automated scheduling, notification and reporting