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Asset Performance Management
Ground-up Strategies for Asset Performance Management
This Aberdeen Group benchmarking report investigates the ways top-performing companies develop corporate cultures of reliability and leverage investments in advanced performance management capabilities to improve operational performance.
System Architecture
The Business Value Proposition for Automation
This ARC Advisory Group white paper demonstrates the economic impact and improved business performance to be obtained by integrating the traditional domain of process control with IT technologies and applications.
Fieldbus
The Challenge of Device Integration
Fieldbus integration can provide many benefits to users, yet, despite compatibility standards, there are risks that a system will not work correctly with a given device. A key goal of open vendor independent fieldbus technologies is to integrate devices from multiple manufacturers into automation systems. Theoretically, the implementation of fieldbus standards allows “plug-and-play” connectivity between a device and its automation system.
Collaborative Production Management
RFID Helps Track Assets, Manage Safety
Complex manufacturing processes together with hazardous materials and sophisticated equipment present a unique combination of safety and asset management concerns. Access must be limited to only those employees fully trained and accredited, and physical location tracking of people and assets is key, especially in emergency conditions. Leading process manufacturers are using RFID technology and advanced location sensing algorithms to achieve these goals.
Evolution
Age is No Issue
Recent investments in state-of-the-art greenfield plants with state-of-the-art technologies have primarily been directed towards facilities located in the developing world. So, to remain competitive the brownfield manufacturing sites of North America and Europe must significantly improve their return on assets. Learn key strategies for achieving better ROA through the extended use of automation.
