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More sensors, despite strained supply chain

Control Engineering

Courtesy: Endress+Hauser Sustainability, environment, leadership planning With 76 out of 100 points, Endress+Hauser again occupied a leading position in the 2022 EcoVadis sustainability benchmark and placed in the top percentile of the comparison group.

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Important Smart Factory KPIs

Gary Mintchell

Through Microsoft, I discovered this 59-page IoT Signals Report – Manufacturing Spotlight (August 2022), published by Microsoft and Intel, with research conducted by IoT Analytics. One of the findings from the research tells us 72% of manufacturers have partially or fully implemented a smart factory strategy today. Why it matters.

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Taking a different approach to DCS upgrades

Control Engineering

Today, pharmaceutical production plants must embrace more flexible production and faster process implementation to reduce time to market for new product developments. They also need improved supply chain management to ensure better product quality and more stable/reliable product supply, and they need to reach target yields faster.

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Is Industry 4.0, smart manufacturing working for you?

Control Engineering

These allow companies to benchmark performances against industry standards and best practices, often times including a holistic evaluation of the company. These gains are all publicized and can be used as a benchmark for realistic KPI improvements. such as Acatech’s Industry 4.0 initiatives to measure progress. Industry 4.0

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Taking control of your control system

Control Engineering

Understand the costs and challenges process manufacturing plants face due to running legacy control systems. Today’s process manufacturing plants are under a lot of pressure. Supply chain issues make it harder to find replacement parts for aging control systems, generating long lead times and extended outages.