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2009 Salary Survey
High Anxiety; Not Much Change. The Numbers In Our Survey Have Changed Little in the Last Year; the One Thing on the Rise Is the Anxiety Level, Making the Process Industries Typical of Manufacturing in General

Automation Project Management – Org Chart Omissions
Project Management Is as Much of an Art as It Is a Science. It Is the Art and Science of Getting Things Done

Certainty of Outcome with Fieldbus
What Are Some of the Key Areas Where Effort and/or Investment Are Needed to Obtain Sufficient Certainty of Outcome for Even the Smallest Project?

Sensible Sensor Speed—Part 2
Greg McMillan and Stan Weiner Continue Their Conversation on Sensor Speeds

Fixed Price or Time–and–Material Pricing?
At First Glance, Fixed-Price Looks Better Than Time-and-Material Because Total Project Costs Are Defined Up Front

Shifting to a Safety Mindset
Profit Isn’t Helped by Meeting Production Targets by Sacrificing People and Equipment Integrity. Accidents Really Are More Costly Than Safety

Another Major Safety Fail
There’s No Way to Tell If the Safety System Would Have Worked, or Did Work, Because Major Parts of It Were Turned Off

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If You Haven’t Checked Our Magazine Exclusive Online Channel, Don’t Waste One More Minute and Hop Online

Use Suppliers’ Pricing Mistakes
Learn the 10 Supplier Errors That Can Put Dollars In Your Pocket

Multivariable Control of Distillation, Part 2
Wherein We Discuss Relative Gain Analysis and the Economic Benefits of Lowering Relative Gain

Serving Up Object Architectures
Standard Services Make IT Underpinnings Irrelevant, Allowing End Users to Focus on the Task at Hand

Working with IS and non–Signals on the Plant Floor
Galvanic Isolators Can Solve Some of Your Intrinsic Safety Problems

PAT Looms over Pharma
Many Pharmaceutical Manufacturers Have Been Dragging Their Heels on Adopting Process Analytical Technology (PAT) Techniques for Years, but Now the Pressure Is On

Piezometers for Flow Measurement; Level Gauges
How Is a Piezometer Ring Used to Measure Flow?

Shoestring Fieldbus a Bad Idea
Rezabek's Risky Proposition in His Article, “Fieldbus on a Shoestring,” Causes Controversy. Read Our Readers' Responses

Automation Loop Controllers | Controlling Loop Controllers | Control Global
Control’s Monthly Resource Guide, This Month We Cover Loop Controls

Brighter, Greener, Less Expensive HMI

Process Automation Hall of Famer Passes
Vernon Trevathan, known as the “father” of the Certified Automation Professional (CAP) progra, passes away.

CSIA Honors Rockwell’s Moriarty
The Control System Integrators Association (CSIA) honored Mark Moriarty

Process Industries Weather the Storm
But we’re still a way from smooth sailing, say ARC analysts.