Vendor-neutral APC and industrial AI optimization, predictive maintenance, and DCS and SIS lifecycle strategy, backed by more than 25 years across Honeywell, Yokogawa, Emerson, and Rockwell.
Find the throughput and energy your APC is leaving on the table, put your historian data to work, and plan migrations and safety system upgrades with an independent read before you sign. No products to sell, no vendor sales pitch.
*Estimated savings from pre-project benefits assessments Scott led in 2025–26.
You don't need another vendor telling you to rip and replace. You need an honest plan that fits your process, budget, and timeline.
End-of-life controllers, dwindling spares, and rising downtime risk on 20+ year-old systems that still run your plant.
Operators drowning in nuisance alarms, masking the events that actually matter and eroding safe, confident response.
Experienced techs retiring with undocumented logic in their heads, and new hires who've never seen a TDC3000.
Advanced controls switched off, clamped to narrow limits, or running on stale models, while the benefits case that justified them quietly disappears.
Years of plant data that could warn of the next compressor or turboexpander trip, sitting unused because it isn't ready for AI.
Proof tests slipping, long-standing bypasses, and a safety requirements spec that no longer matches the logic as built.
Many APC applications run in manual or on stale models, and every vendor now pitches AI. We quantify, in dollars, what your advanced controls should be earning, recommend the right fix on any platform, and hold the delivery team to the benefits case through commissioning.
Estimates from pre-project assessments Scott led before founding ROI; customer names withheld.
Turnarounds, capital projects, and daily support stretch every automation team thin, and the vendor on the account isn't neutral. For a few weeks a quarter, you get an independent, vendor neutral manager who backs up your team on the DCS, PLC, SIS, and SCADA lifecycle: service agreements, obsolescence and spares, capital planning, and vendor oversight, without adding headcount.
For more than 25 years I designed and sold DCS and PLC service agreements from the vendor side. Now I use that inside knowledge to help plants structure agreements that cost less, cover more, and give you real leverage with the big vendors.
Explore this service →Advisory-led and completely vendor-neutral. We deliver the strategy and detailed instructions, then hold your team or integrator to the result.
APC health checks and AI optimization benefits studies that quantify throughput, energy, and yield gains, with a vendor-neutral recommendation on DMC3, DeltaV, Profit Suite, or AI-based optimizers.
Learn more →Historian-to-AI readiness assessments and predictive maintenance pilots on compressors, turboexpanders, pumps, and data center cooling. Read-only and platform-neutral.
Learn more →IEC 61511 gap assessments, SIS migration planning, and remediation for Honeywell Safety Manager, Yokogawa ProSafe-RS, and Emerson DeltaV SIS.
Learn more →IEC 62402-aligned risk assessments and 5-year roadmaps. Hybrid upgrades, spares strategy, hot-cutover planning, and lifecycle contract negotiation for any legacy DCS or PLC.
Learn more →ISA-18.2 rationalization and nuisance-alarm reduction across Honeywell Experion, Yokogawa, and Emerson — restoring a calm, meaningful alarm environment for operators.
Learn more →Cost-effective, non-vendor-specific simulators and ladder-friendly training roadmaps that keep experienced teams comfortable while onboarding the next generation.
Learn more →Minimal documentation? That's our specialty. We rebuild the functional spec and hand you a phased path to a modern platform.
Also: Emerson DeltaV / Ovation, Rockwell Allen-Bradley PLCs, Yokogawa Centum VP, Aspen Tech — plus ISA-95 and OPC UA integration.
From your current system data to a clear roadmap — handled remotely with full confidentiality and read-only access to your data.
Spares lists, support contracts, failure history, EOL notices. No special tools or system access required from us.
Upload through an encrypted portal. We sign a mutual NDA before any data is reviewed — your information stays protected.
A professional, step-by-step report your internal team or chosen integrator can execute immediately.
Book a 20-minute strategy call or request a proposal. Tell me about your system and I'll come back with a clear, no-obligation next step.
ROI, LLC, doing business as Reliable Operations Intelligence.