In recent years, there has been a lot of talk about digital transformation within the manufacturing industry. Many companies have been hesitant to invest in this type of transformation due to perceived cost and disruption concerns. However, it is recommended to focus on one problem at a time and then worry about scaling up. Doing so will help maintain sustainability goals and optimize energy costs.
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Reduce the Complexity and Cost of Modernization
One of the most difficult challenges many of today’s process manufacturing plants face is modernization. Operations and maintenance teams know that they cannot drive the best possible performance and sustainability using technologies that are 20 or 30 years old;...
Data Defines the Future of Control
We hear so much today about digital transformation, but, as Emerson’s Claudio Fayad explains in his recent article in Processing magazine, digital transformation has been happening for far longer than we all imagine. In fact, “The modern distributed control system...
Let your Personnel Lead you to the Adaptive Plant
On Monday at the Emerson Exchange Users’ Conference, Emerson’s Michalle Adkins and AbbVie’s Jeff Ziolkowski moderated a panel with Fujifilm’s Soren Skerris, Takeda’s Dr. Nina Schwalb, Eli Lilly’s James Weber, and Emerson’s Christian Berg. The experts shared the...
Emerson Exchange Opens with Boundless Automation
After more than two years, the Emerson Exchange Users’ Conference is back in person in Grapevine, Texas. At the keynote, Mike Allen, chairman of the Emerson Exchange board of directors, opened the event to a room of over 1500 people, sharing big news about the future....
Role of Intelligent Electric Valve Actuators in Digital Transformation
In a Process Industry Informer article, Flow Control – The Current State of Industrial Digital Transformation and a Look to the Future, Emerson’s Knut Riegel highlights the challenge of lacking predictive maintenance information.
Software Simplifies Technology Transfer
The life sciences marketplace is changing faster than nearly any other industry. Gone are the days when companies focus on a single treatment to drive their entire business. Today’s life sciences manufacturers are challenged to bring new treatments to the marketplace...
Accelerating the Future of Green Hydrogen
Increasingly, the clean energy sector is turning to green hydrogen as a viable alternative to traditional fossil fuels. Currently, green hydrogen is one of the most popular sources of energy.
Looking Into the Future with Your Digital Twin
Some of the most exciting advancements in automation software and analytics are happening in simulation. As Monil Malhotra recently shared in an interview with Jim Montague at Control magazine, data analytics are everywhere, and the information we pull from that data...
Necessity for Innovation in Economic Downturns
Economic cycles are a reality in business and our world of manufacturing and production. In a Forbes article, Economic Downturns And The Opportunity For Innovation, Emerson’s Peter Zornio shares how the falling part of the cycle enables fresh, innovative thinking.
Achieving Future-Ready Operations Through Digital Transformation
How manufacturers can meet the needs of today while preparing for tomorrow.
Managing Localised Corrosion Using Online Wall Thickness Monitoring
Wireless non-intrusive corrosion monitoring technology can reliably be used to detect localised metal loss, which offers early detection of corrosion or erosion events as well as validation that mitigation strategies are adequately controlling corrosion and erosion.
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