Our services includes a complete package for the (re) organization/buying of industrial automation solutions.

“Do we have a business case or not?” is a frequently asked question by our clients as a starting point of a first meeting.

To be able to provide an effective response to this demand, we have developed a product based on a now well-proven approach, called a “Quick Scan Industrial Automation”. This highly focused and cost-effective feasibility study gives insight in technology, economics as well as organization-wise, in the current situation, weaknesses, possible bottle-necks, and provides a clear path how to overcome these challenges. Also opportunities are spotted to further enhance and optimize current systems to maximize operational benefits.

As a result a well based choice can be made in future directions, migration of systems or complete replacement!

The Quick Scan Industrial Automation for Process Control Systems helps organizations in the most cost-effective and risk-reducing means to make a plan of action for the benefit of replacement and / or migration paths of process control and supervision systems. Added value through implementation and possibly suggest improvements in the various business processes, is what we stand for.

At a certain point, your products or systems are at the end of its technical and/or economic life or lack support of the manufacturer or supplier on the (outdated) system components. The reliability and availability of your system hardware is collapsing over time. In such a situation it is fortunately not always a must to replace at once your process control system as a whole. In that case the return on investment in your installation can be maximized by migrating your system in a controlled way.

A migration path fit for purpose, may in some cases have a positive impact on the Total Cost of Ownership, without compromising the reliability of your setup.

The advantages of a Quick Scan:

• Short lead time
• Quick insight into potential bottlenecks
• Expert opinion / plan
• Budget estimate of Costs of Replacement/Migration
• Up-to-date with current situation in the field of process control systems and suppliers
• Independent and objective

Further to a Quick Scan, LC’s Consulting Services consists of, amongst others:

• Feasibility Studies and Business Cases (incl. economical justification)
• System Architecture‑, and Migration Strategies
• Standardization of Process Control Narratives
• Project‑, and Performance Quality Audits of Suppliers
• User Requirements/Functional Design Specifications definition
• Request For Quotations (RFQ) definition
• System Vendor Evaluation and Selection Processes (DCS vendors/System Integrators)
• Bid Clarification Process Management and Procurement Services
• European Tender Processes Management
• Service Level Agreement (SLA) definition and contract reviews
• Project Management

LC provides a full range of engineering services through all project phases ranging from the definition phase through the implementation phase till the operational phase:

• basic engineering
• functional design specifications
• detailed engineering packages
• installation supervision
• resident engineering on-site
• commissioning and site acceptance tests
• operator / system maintenance focused training
• application maintenance