Organizations in asset-intensive industries are constantly challenged to deliver maximum return on assets (ROA) while working with minimal budgets, data integrity challenges and lack of insight into the factors driving asset performance.
AVEVA announced the continued expansion of its cloud platform, Insight, powered by Wonderware Online. A new insight performance module provides overall equipment effectiveness (OEE) monitoring, asset utilization analysis and downtime tracking in the cloud.
Manufacturing has matured recentlly, with commany panies implementing systems that integrate manufacturing assets and controls. Continue reading to learn how food operations are changing.
Regulatory compliance is an expensive and critical business issue for oil and gas pipeline operators. Any approach that expedites compliance efforts saves time and money and also improves safety. By Tony Collins, Simulation Specialist, Schneider Electric
Power quality and energy consumption are closely linked to overall building performance. Yet building managers often focus more on mechanical equipment operations. However, power problems are responsible for more than half of equipment downtime in most buildings. This paper reviews how adding power management to BMS capabilities can reduce energy costs and improve building performance while also enhancing occupant comfort.
A unique approach to Combustion Optimization that captures more benefits than Neural Networks alone while offering improved control.
With pressure from new regulations and consumers, operating with the highest levels of efficiency, reliability and safety is a top priority for utilities. With the demand for electricity slowing, capital expenditures rising and competition from new market entrants, the utility industry is in the midst of a major financial restructuring. The growth of distributed generation and diversification of power sources bring operational system challenges, including loading issues, less switching flexibility and the potential for reverse power flow, among others. In addition, an aging infrastructure and workforce is also driving the need for asset renewal prioritization and knowledge capture.
The end users of modern industrial systems are constantly searching for methods of improving the availability and maximizing the efficiency of those systems without compromising the quality of their offerings or safety of their operations teams. One of the areas where improvements can have significant impacts in this pursuit is quite literally staring them in the face; the human machine interface used to control and operate these systems. By implementing improvements in the mechanisms used to control and operate industrial systems, operations teams can significantly improve both the business value and the safety of their industrial systems.
The current proliferation of cloud based service offerings and numerous delivery models that have evolved in a relatively short span of time are re-shaping the IT landscape. What this means for Business Process Management is that more and more vendors want to move their BPM software to the cloud as well.
Digitization brings incredible new opportunities, but also brings the distinctive challenge of correctly positioning and scoping business process management (BPM) in organizations.
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