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Digital transformation shift for process manufacturers

Control Engineering

A people-centered approach to digital transformation can help process manufacturers enhance knowledge transfer and empower workers at all levels of the organization. The knowledge transfer problem in process manufacturing. Preparing process plants for tomorrow’s labor market. August 13, 2019. In the U.S.,

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Digital manufacturing, smart manufacturing, enable sustainability efforts

Control Engineering

The effort began in 2019 with seven teams, working on moving from digital transformation to an IIoT ecosystem by pushing digitalization to cloud. “In He was among the keynote speakers at the ARC Advisory Group’s 2023 ARC Industry Forum, Feb. 6-9, in Orlando, and online Feb. 27-March 27. In DMP, we are one team.

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How to integrate process, digital technologies to increase petrochemical factory output

Control Engineering

Explore more digital technology application possibilities As early as 2019 in the refining industry, Honeywell presented a forward-looking “future refinery” concept.

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Using smart glasses for remote testing and inspections

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decline in 2020 as compared to 2019 in “pre-pandemic times.” The company used remote inspection (RI), with smart glasses playing a key role. According to an analysis by Fortune Business Insights , the global inspection, repair, and maintenance (IRM) market size has shown a 7.2%

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Smart instrumentation helps with green hydrogen production, sustainability

Control Engineering

Courtesy: ABB Instrumentation 3 methods to optimize electrolyzer performance with controls, instrumentation As a multi-stage process, green hydrogen production requires accurate measurements to ensure safe and efficient operation.

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Driving agile digital transformation in a complex world

Control Engineering

The Trojan Mouse concept has since been picked up by others, including Alex Blanes in a 2019 paper “Why trojan mice are the best-kept secret of successful teams.” For process manufacturers, embracing an advanced analytics platform is critical for providing staff with the right tools to contextualize, analyze and make the right data decisions.

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Modular automation standard benefits FPSO operations

Control Engineering

The implementation of a standard like MTP is by no means an overnight process – various industry leaders, including Rockwell Automation and Sensia, have been working since 2019 to build out and test the standard. What are the benefits? But the effort is undoubtedly worth it. The MTP standard’s adoption will benefit FPSO operators.