Just over a decade ago, Emerson announced the formation of a Human Centered Design Institute. Its goal was to: …make products that are not only reliable, compatible and cost-effective, but also bring about a significant improvement in ease-of-use and workforce...
I recently upgraded my home's thermostats with the Sensi thermostat, made by the Emerson Climate Technologies business group. I mention this because human centered design (HCD) is the subject of today's post. Sensi thermostats are great examples of the Internet of...
As businesses in the West grapple with the demographic challenge of losing experienced employees to retirement, companies are taking various approaches to capturing and transferring this expertise to their incoming personnel. Emerson's Mark Nixon pointed me to a great...
Safe operations are a top priority for process manufacturers and producers. One major area affecting process and personnel safety is the capabilities and performance of plant operators. The Center for Operator Performance (COP) consortium brings together: …a diverse...
In an earlier post, Human-Centered Design [HCD] in Action, we noted that those skilled in HCD are skilled at methods for observing human experience (looking), methods for analyzing challenges and opportunities (understanding), and methods for envisioning future...
I wanted to highlight a series of posts from Emerson's Bruce Greenwald on his Process Control Musings blog. He highlights some additions to the DeltaV version 12 release—DeltaV Version 12 Fun Facts and Features:Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 Part 4 In Part 1, Bruce highlights...
Flow Control magazine interviewed Emerson Process Management president Steve Sonnenberg and chief strategy officer Peter Zornio on product usability. The article, Emerson On Why Product Usability Matters, shares their thoughts on some of the whys behind taking a human...
Emerson's Tom Wallace completes his series of posts on the impacts of a human-centered design (HCD) approach. In today's guest post, he explores its impact on automation projects. Field devices cost is a small part of overall project cost, however they are typically...
There is always a swirl of activity before large events. And none is larger than next week's Emerson Exchange conference in Anaheim, California. We're expecting a record turnout and I look forward to reconnecting and meeting as many of you who'll be there as is...
In our continuing series on why and how technologies developed with a human centered design (HCD) approach, Emerson's Tom Wallace looks more closely at guided configuration and setup as well as leveraging productivity across different device types and protocols....
It used to be that developments in industry found their ways into our homes. Today, the reverse is true more often than not. The technologies we touch in our homes impact industrial product developments. In today's guest post, Emerson's Anand Iyer, a control systems...
Emerson's Tom Wallace continues his series on the impact of human centered design on the technologies used by automation professionals. In previous blog posts, I shared some of the science behind Human Centered Design (HCD). In this and the next couple of blog posts,...
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