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Column
 | March 28, 2012

Advanced Process Control Aids Korean Ethylene Plant

LG Chem learned that it was possible to do such a large scope project in a relatively short period of time (eight months) and within budget.
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Events
 | March 9, 2012

The Offshore Technology Conference (OTC) (April 30-May 3, 2012)

The Offshore Technology Conference (OTC) (www.otcnet.org) comes together in Houston,Tex.
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Diagnostic Intelligence
Blog entry | March 1, 2012

Diagnostic Intelligence

Envision from Beet Analytics Technology creates an automation intelligence system by tracking all diagnostic events related to automated or manufacturing processes.
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Column
 | February 23, 2012

Standard Costs Are Not Dirty Words

Manufacturing and operational metrics are often available in real time; operations management places a high priority on immediate response and preventative actions to avoid failures from diminished pe
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Feature Article
 | February 8, 2012

Why Nuisance Alarms Just Won't Go Away

Good alarm management is an inexpensive and relatively easy process to implement.
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Perspective
 | January 26, 2012

Survey Points to Effective Data Management

If you can't understand it, you can't control it. Big data is ubiquitous in today’s business world and the challenge going forward is how to manage a large number of data points.
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Product
 | January 21, 2012

Product Cost Management Software

aPriori 2011r2 offers new functionality and enhancements that expand the platform’s cost optimization capabilities for companies with high tolerance machining requirements in the automotive, oil &
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Control How-to Videos
Blog entry | January 17, 2012

Temperature Controls Instructional Videos

New England Temperature Solutions produces an online video series providing tutorials for Eurotherm temperature controls technology.
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Video | November 14, 2011

Automation Applied: Operations Workflow

Using workflow software to director operator actions and confirm that management is aware of those actions.
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Video | November 11, 2011

Automation Applied: Refinery Optimization

In this example, we'll see how software can be used to automate the analysis of operations data to optimize setpoints on controllers in a refinery when switching from production of a light crude blend to heavy crude.
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Feature Article
 | November 10, 2011

Connectivity on the Factory Floor

With Ethernet as the enabler, operators—and their machines—are getting better information faster than ever.
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Case Application
 | November 1, 2011

Optimizing Maintenance through Information

Establishing an efficient and effective maintenance team requires sufficient and timely information.
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News
 | October 20, 2011

Re-shoring and The Cloud: Two Supply Chain Strategies

Salvador Dali addressed it in his famous painting "Persistence of Memory," but manufacturers deal with varying perceptions of time as a day-to-day operational fact of life.
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EDDL and WirelessHart unlocking intelligence in Hart devices on proprietary systems.
October 11, 2011

Wireless Device Integration

How Electronic Device Description Language (EDDL) can be used to integrate hardwired and wireless devices into a control system for device diagnostics and device version updates.
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Blog entry | October 3, 2011

Security Simulator

By highlighting PLC and SCADA vulnerabilities, the Tofino SCADA Security Simulator is designed to help industrial companies develop security strategies for their control systems.
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