Modernization projects are something of a catch-22. As more plants reach two, three, or even four decades of operation, they need to update their automation to increase efficiency and drive the most value out of every second of operation. That efficiency directly...
Modernization
Stop Putting Off Modernization
Modernization. We hear it is happening everywhere, and yet, when we look at our own facilities, a modernization project looks like such a massive task that it is hard to even get started. Even though technologies in the plant may be decades old, some teams continue to...
Breaking Free of Control System ‘Lock-In’
There is no escaping the fact that many of today’s process manufacturing plants need to modernize. As Emerson’s Aaron Crews explains in his recent article in Control Engineering, “Plants are often using technologies that are 20 to 40 years old. In many cases, the...
Today’s Modernization Technologies Eliminate Rip-and-Replace
Modernization projects have become more important than ever as the benefits of updated control technologies such as better HMIs, advanced process control, better integration with asset management systems, improved alarm management, and more have all transitioned from...
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;...
Shorten the Equipment Validation Process to Bring Projects Online Faster
One of the key stages delaying and increasing costs in life sciences projects is equipment validation. In fact, it is one of the elements of project completion that project teams are most eager to compress because the value of every incremental improvement is so...
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