Digital transformation. It’s a buzzword we often hear but may not fully understand. Despite much interest in this concept, many questions remain around exactly what it is, what it means and, perhaps most importantly, where do you start? “The biggest misconception...
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Exploring the Future of the Control System
Control systems have been a stable foundation for operational excellence and reliable, repeatable performance in manufacturing for decades. However, just as needs have changed across those decades, so too have control systems themselves, evolving to meet the...
Focus on Reliability and Performance to Drive Competitive Advantage
A common power industry theme at the 2020 Ovation™ Users’ Group Conference has been the many challenges organizations experience in a shifting environment. The need for maintaining reliability and compliance and avoiding obsolescence remain, yet organizations also...
Ovation Users’ Group – Pandemic Challenges and Shift Toward Renewables Drives Digitalized Control and Centralization
The challenges associated with a shift toward renewables and maintaining business continuity during a global pandemic have resulted in new opportunities that have been a constant topic among attendees at Emerson’s 2020 Ovation™ Users’ Group Conference. Customers are...
Offshore Oil & Gas Control Room–Anywhere and Everywhere
The April 30th through May 3rd Offshore Technology Conference (OTC2018) in Houston, Texas will celebrate its 50th anniversary this year. Energy professionals and suppliers serving the oil & gas industry gather to: …exchange ideas and opinions to advance scientific...
OTC 2016-Integrated Operations Command Centers
The more quickly experts can respond to changing conditions by interpreting the available information and collaborating with other cross-functional experts, the more safely, reliably and efficiently will process manufacturing and production facilities operate. At the...
From Operators to Cross-Functional iOps Teams
Control rooms where operators monitor and control the process have changed over the years as technologies have advanced. Today with advances in communications technologies, this "room" can extend globally. In a Process Engineering article, Remote Controller, Emerson's...
Managing Coalbed Methane Wells Feeding LNG Plant
Liquefied natural gas (LNG) facilities require careful pressure management on their incoming gas pipelines. In a recent LNG Industry article, Turn it Up (and Down), Emerson's Michael Calvert describes the challenges and solutions around the Santos Gladstone LNG (GLNG)...
Technology Helping Miners Lower Costs to Overcome Low Commodity Prices
Author: Juan Carlos Bravo Over the past several months, news of commodity prices being hit hard due the slowdown of China's economy has been a common theme. It was refreshing to read positive news among so much turmoil. The article, Rio saves $200m a year using...
iOps Command Centers for Oil and Gas Producers
A lot of change is occurring for oil and gas producers. Rapid staffing up to meet the demands of heavy project loads followed by heavy cutbacks of experienced people in the large drop in oil prices over the past year. These economic conditions, coupled with the...
Delegation of Control in Integrated Operations
Advancing technologies open up new possibilities to improve manufacturing and production processes. But, one of the great challenges is to revamp the work processes and procedures to best take advantage of these technologies. One example is in integrated operations...
Internet of Things in Process Instrumentation and Automation
If you subscribe or follow many of the process instrumentation and automation publications, web sites, and/or social channels, you know that the Internet of Things (IoT), also known as the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) is a frequent topic of conversation....
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