I've been giving thought to everything I heard this week at the 2019 ARC Industry Forum now that I'm back in Austin. I think what stands out the most is how to prioritize steps on a digital transformation journey. I captured it in this tweet: Advice for...
Operator Training by Doing was a session at the 2019 ARC Industry Forum. Here was the session's abstract: Operator training continues to be very important as the millennial generation assumes operational responsibility for industrial manufacturing. Industry has...
Panelists at a session at the 2019 ARC Industry Forum, Safety Systems: Integrated versus Not? Does It Really Matter?, set out to discuss the pros and cons of the approaches and how they accommodate different risk factors. ARC Advisory Group's Mark Sen Gupta moderated...
One year ago, Emerson and AspenTech announced an alliance, "to help customers tackle complex problems, optimize operations, and achieve Top Quartile performance." At the 2019 ARC Industry Forum in Orlando I attended an AspenTech session, Digital Acceleration –...
At the 2019 ARC Industry Forum, Praxair's Larry Megan shared their digital transformation journey. Based on all the hype, he jokingly wanted to call his presentation: Larry opened sharing how unique it is to everyone. It starts with what you're trying to...
I'm in Orlando, Florida the next several days at the 2019 ARC Industry Forum. It's a great opportunity to hear what's on the minds of IT and OT (Operational Technology) executives as they take advantage of the digital technologies to drive improved performance. Key...
At the 2018 ARC Industry Forum, ARC Advisory Groups' Craig Resnick led a panel session, Strategies to Reduce Downtime and Increase Plant KPIs. The description for this session was: This session will discuss manufacturers' biggest nemesis - unscheduled downtime - and...
ARC Advisory Group's Janice Abel led a session, Digitizing Intelligence: From Analytics to Bots, at the 2018 ARC Industry Forum. The description for this session was: Smart, connected real-time data that is synchronized throughout the plant and global enterprise is...
At the 2018 ARC Industry Forum, ARC Advisory Group's Ralph Rio led a session, How OEMs improve Customer Satisfaction and Revenue with IIoT. The description for the session was: Using IIoT to monitor the equipment allows the OEM to identify an issue at their customer's...
ARC Advisory Group's Paula Hollywood moderated a session, IT/OT/ET Convergence at the 2018 ARC Industry Forum. Here's the description from this session: The convergence of IT (Information Technology at the enterprise level) and OT (Operations Technology, the...
At the 2018 ARC Industry Forum, cybersecurity was the focus of the Monday sessions. In a session, IIoT Cybersecurity Frameworks & Standards, Emerson's Eric Braun joined a panel with other industry participants. Here was the session description: The Industrial...
One of the key ways to improve operational performance is to reduce unplanned downtime. An ARC Advisory Group blog post, Technology Trends to Watch for in 2017, noted: One of the biggest end user challenges remains unscheduled downtime. IIoT-enabled solutions, such as...
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