CAUSE & EFFECT MATRIX BUILDER

An interactive Excel tool for building and maintaining C&E matrices for process safety and control systems. Define initiating causes and resulting effects — the matrix auto-populates in the standard trip/alarm format used across EPC projects.

Key Features

1. Cause (rows) vs. Effect (columns) auto-mapping
2. Color coding: Trip (red), Alarm (amber), Permissive (green)
3. SIL reference column with IEC 61511 tagging
4. Printable landscape format
5. Auto-count of trips per effect for SIS review