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  • Four Huge Potholes on the Road to Manufacturing’s Digital Transformation!

    Four Huge Potholes on the Road to Manufacturing’s Digital Transformation!

    The Road to Digital Transformation isn’t a superhighway; it is rough with unexpected twists and turns. You’ll want to use your old pickup and not your new Tesla.
    By: Real Time Automation, Inc., John S. Rinaldi
    13 November, 2023 | 6 minutes
    Sponsored By Real Time Automation, Inc.
  • 5 Innovative Approaches to Improve Wire Bonding Techniques for High-Reliability Electronics

    5 Innovative Approaches to Improve Wire Bonding Techniques for High-Reliability Electronics

    As the Internet of Things (IoT) grows, high-reliability electronics manufacturing is becoming increasingly important. Customer expectations around device performance and versatility are rising.
    By: Emily Newton
    10 November, 2023 | 4 minutes
  • Ensure Performance Transparency Through OEE

    Ensure Performance Transparency Through OEE

    Performance tracking, OEE and digitalization are necessary for performance transparency.
    By: Jack Smith
    08 November, 2023 | 3 minutes
  • No Code Integration of REST/JSON/Webservices with OPC

    No Code Integration of REST/JSON/Webservices with OPC

    In this article, we will explore the both secure movement of data and bidirectionally transforming data from web services typically used in IT & business applications to the OPC protocols found in OT applications, without writing custom code.
    By: Jessica Dillon and Win Worrall
    07 November, 2023 | 4 minutes
    Sponsored By Software Toolbox
  • How Cybersecurity Automation Helps Navigate Compliance Challenges

    How Cybersecurity Automation Helps Navigate Compliance Challenges

    Compliance standards certify businesses are at peak protection and performing per the law.
    By: Zac Amos
    07 November, 2023 | 3 minutes
  • Designing Solutions Around Workers During Peak Retail Season

    Designing Solutions Around Workers During Peak Retail Season

    By adopting ergonomic and user-friendly technology solutions, retailers can increase productivity, protect workers and insulate themselves from the effects of labor shortages.
    By: Ilhan Kolko
    07 November, 2023 | 3 minutes
  • Securing the ‘Edge Ecosystem’: The Changing Cybersecurity Landscape

    Securing the ‘Edge Ecosystem’: The Changing Cybersecurity Landscape

    AT&T Cybersecurity has released the 2023 AT&T Cybersecurity Insights Report: Focus on Manufacturing, which provides insights into various aspects of edge computing.
    By: Melissa Landon
    03 November, 2023 | 2 minutes
  • PETRONAS Leverages ISA IEC 62443 in Enterprise Risk Management

    PETRONAS Leverages ISA IEC 62443 in Enterprise Risk Management

    PETRONAS seeks energy potential across the globe, optimizing value through an integrated business model.
    By: Michael Ng Chien Han and Sharul A. Rashid
    02 November, 2023 | 2 minutes
  • Understanding Loop Diagrams and Process Loop Sheets

    Understanding Loop Diagrams and Process Loop Sheets

    Detailed drawings conforming to the ANSI/ ISA-5.1-2022, Instrumentation Symbols and Identification, standard show how all devices and equipment are wired to the control system. This feature originally appeared in the October 2023 issue of InTech digital magazine.
    By: John Robert Davis and Graham Nasby
    02 November, 2023 | 13 minutes
    Sponsored By International Society of Automation (ISA)
  • Executive Corner: Reliability Through the Lens of Sustainability

    Executive Corner: Reliability Through the Lens of Sustainability

    It is well known throughout industry that a high degree of reliability is required for process plants to achieve maximum availability and reduce unplanned events. This feature originally appeared in the October 2023 issue of InTech digital magazine.
    By: InTech, International Society of Automation (ISA), Peter Chin
    02 November, 2023 | 2 minutes
    Sponsored By International Society of Automation (ISA)
  • Three Major Challenges Faced by Remote BESS Maintenance

    Three Major Challenges Faced by Remote BESS Maintenance

    In the wake of the global energy revolution, storage technologies like BESS (Battery Energy Storage System) are reshaping our perceptions of power supply.
    By: Moxa Technologies Inc, Alvis Chen
    01 November, 2023 | 2 minutes
  • Transforming Valve Data into Dollars

    Transforming Valve Data into Dollars

    Many applications collect control valve operational data, and with the right software, it can be used to create value by predicting problems and suggesting solutions.
    By: Emerson, Jaime Alvarado Millan
    01 November, 2023 | 5 minutes
  • What Control Engineers Should Know About Industry 4.0

    What Control Engineers Should Know About Industry 4.0

    A steel industry example shows how Industry 4.0 and control engineering intersect. This feature originally appeared in the October 2023 issue of InTech digital magazine.
    By: Charlotta Johnsson, Margret Bauer & Kristian Soltesz
    01 November, 2023 | 11 minutes
    Sponsored By International Society of Automation (ISA)
  • Remote Monitoring for Asset Reliability

    Remote Monitoring for Asset Reliability

    More reliability teams are using remote analysts to improve efficiency. These four key strategies can assist with implementation. This feature originally appeared in the October 2023 issue of InTech digital magazine.
    By: Brian Dubaskas & Navin Rajashekar
    01 November, 2023 | 8 minutes
    Sponsored By International Society of Automation (ISA)
  • Pressure Transmitters: Improving Diaphragm Seal Maintenance

    Pressure Transmitters: Improving Diaphragm Seal Maintenance

    Level measurement systems and other applications benefit from improved flushing ring designs. This feature originally appeared in the October 2023 issue of InTech Digital Magazine.
    By: InTech, International Society of Automation (ISA), Nicole Meidi
    01 November, 2023 | 4 minutes
    Sponsored By International Society of Automation (ISA)
  • Effectively Securing Operational Technology

    Effectively Securing Operational Technology

    By learning from the past, industrial firms can prepare to respond to threats. This feature originally appeared in the AUTOMATION 2023: Cybersecurity & Connectivity ebook published in September.
    By: Fortinet, Richard Springer
    01 November, 2023 | 5 minutes
  • What Is ETHOS, and Why Now?

    What Is ETHOS, and Why Now?

    This feature will explain how an open sharing platform is helping critical infrastructure. This feature originally appeared in the AUTOMATION 2023: Cybersecurity & Connectivity ebook published in September.
    By: Nozomi Networks, Danielle Jablanski
    31 October, 2023 | 3 minutes
  • Enhancing Industrial Drone Operations

    Enhancing Industrial Drone Operations

    Chris Johnson, managing director at SMB Bearings, explains why precision bearings will play a pivotal role in ensuring seamless industrial drone operations.
    By: Chris Johnson
    31 October, 2023 | 4 minutes
  • AI-Driven Enhancements for Optimal Asset Performance

    AI-Driven Enhancements for Optimal Asset Performance

    Many process manufacturing enterprises need help to apply artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning tools to improve asset performance.
    By: Peter Reynolds
    31 October, 2023 | 2 minutes
  • Getting IIoT Networks Ready for the Future

    Getting IIoT Networks Ready for the Future

    Three tips can enhance network preparedness and help secure IIoT networks. This feature originally appeared in the AUTOMATION 2023: Cybersecurity & Connectivity ebook published in September.
    By: Moxa Technologies Inc, Roger Chen
    30 October, 2023 | 3 minutes
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