Tailor-made solutions for maximum plant profitability Service Solutions Instrumentation, Controls & Electrical Preventive Maintenance Life Time Support Product support for lifetime security guarantees long-term plant availability. Perfectly planned partial modernization and migration strategies here ensure the highest possible profitability over the entire lifecycle. Your Benefits ■ Reduction of lifecycle costs thanks to tailor-made, scalable partial modernization and migration concepts ■ Maximum safeguarding of plant availability ■ Long-term cost security bye means of plan able system and component availability The Task In light of growing competition, the ability to make long-term plans for assets plays a decisive role. The expected useful life of major mechanical plants is generally greater than that of I&C technology, with its ever shorter innovation cycles. In order to make optimum use of the assets, targeted modernization measures for the instrumentation and control technology are essential. Our Solution Only Siemens, as the system manufacturer, offers the tailor-made solution with which you can sustainably maximize the profitability of your I&C technology – always individually oriented towards the particular market situation, and the specific remaining operating life of your plant. Thus for current generations of I&C technology, our Life Time Support System Support agreements include Update Information Service, Software Updates and Malware Protection – because perfect software requires regular updates. This safeguards plant availability on a permanent basis. Our scalable partial modernization and migration concepts prolong the lifetime of discontinued I&C equipment, thus cutting lifecycle costs – enabling continued economic use of your tried-and-tested systems. For full modernization projects, we ensure optimum timing, so that you benefit from a perfect cost-benefit ratio over the entire lifecycle of your power plant. Life Time Support reduces your maintenance outlay, sparing you unnecessary costs. Plant availability is also safeguarded, providing longterm security of planning. This offers additional security for your investments. With our scalable concepts, designed to extend useful life, you can use the potential of your plant throughout the whole of its remaining lifecycle. Answers for energy. Published by and copyright © 2012: Siemens AG, Energy Sector Freyeslebenstrasse 1 91058 Erlangen, Germany For more information contact service4plants.energy@siemens.com www.siemens.com/energy/service4plants Siemens Energy, Inc. Instrumentation, Controls, & Electrical 1345 Ridgeland Parkway, Suite 116 Alpharetta, GA 30004, USA SVPM_FS_LT-SupSol_e_V3-0 Order no. E50001-G230-A149-X-4A00 Printed in Germany Dispo 05401, c4bs-Nr. 7820 Printed on elementary chlorine-free bleached paper. All rights reserved. Trademarks mentioned in this document are the property of Siemens AG, its affiliates, or their respective owners. Subject to change without prior notice. The information in this document contains general descriptions of the technical options available, which may not apply in all cases. The required technical options should therefore be specified in the contract.