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Automation Process Knowledge Management

Tribal Knowledge - New Tools Are Putting Process Know-How into Online Pools, Letting Newbies Access More Useful Knowledge, and Even Awakening Some On-the-Job Training Efforts
Post Date: 07/11/2011
Author: Jim Montague

Oil Fields Yield Digital Data

Software Tools That Can Extract and Analyze All Kinds of Asset Management Data Are Turning Offshore Oil Fields and Facilities into More Efficient, Factory-Like Operations
Post Date: 03/15/2011
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Wireless Monitoring Delivers Fast Payback

Genentech Checks Steam Traps and Freezers to Find Energy Savings and Improve Uptime
Post Date: 12/06/2010
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Software for Your Every Process Need

Here are Applications for Every Aspect of your Process Automation Environment.
Post Date: 12/03/2010
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Using HART for Asset Management

WirelessHART Extends HART 7 Capabilities for Automation Asset Management
Post Date: 09/17/2010
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Optimizing Asset Management

What's the Best Way to Manage the Maintenance of Resources to Get the Best Out of Them for the Longest Period of Time?
Post Date: 08/30/2010
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Batch to the Future

Pigment Dispersions Manufacturer Plasticolors Uses Predictive-Adaptive Material Transfer Control to Continuously Tighten the Accuracy of Its Filling Batches on the Fly
Post Date: 07/15/2010
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Network Tunnel Links Control and Vision

Swiss Paper Mill Uses OPC DataHub to Integrate Real-Time Data for Better Quality Management
Post Date: 06/02/2010
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The Future of Collaborative Production Management

ABB's New Way to Manage Manufacturing Assets Combines the Input of Suppliers, Universities and End Users
Post Date: 05/18/2010
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Sparking Future Engineers

All the Future Engineers Are Already Out There - Bubbling and Exploding with Ideas and Enthusiasm
Post Date: 04/13/2010
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Operations Management: Choose An Alarm Champion

You may gain impressive benefits in alarm system performance.
Post Date: 04/13/2010
Author: Lothar Lang, LyondellBasell

Drowning in Data, Starving for Information-2

McMillan and Weiner Tacked a Big Question, What Is Data Analytics?
Post Date: 03/10/2010
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Siemens Industry Packages Burner Management Systems

Siemens Releases TR84.00.05 - Guidance on the Identification of Safety Instrumented Functions in Burner Management Systems
Post Date: 03/09/2010
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Blocking and Tackling Are Still Required Skills

It Is Sometimes Easier to Get Classes on Advanced Process Control Than on the Basics of General Instrumentation and Control
Post Date: 02/26/2010
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The Scoop on Data Acquisition

Control's Monthly Resource Guide. This Month We Cover Data Acquisition
Post Date: 02/26/2010
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Alarm Management with 1-ms Precision

Operators Need to Differentiate One Alarm from Another
Post Date: 01/12/2010
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EAM Online

EAM—is there any “there” there? Check out our additional online resources on EAM.
Post Date: 12/15/2009
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Top 10 Procurement Mistakes

Read about the 10 Supplier Pricing Procurement Mistakes Organizations Face
Post Date: 12/14/2009
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ISA: What Is There to Do?

ISA's Executive Board Needs to Hire a Turnaround Specialist, Not Another Association Manager - or Divvy Up the Money and Go Home
Post Date: 12/11/2009
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Of Safety, Sustainability and Integrated Architecture

Machine Builders Say an Integrated Architecture Helps Meet End-Users' Expectations Over the Life of Their Machines
Post Date: 11/12/2009
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