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Embrace Disruption: The Supply Chain

Fabricating & Metal Work

In response, metalworkers continue to invest in automation, robotics and machinery to speed up their processes, manufacturing highly precise and accurate components and parts. In the meantime, supply chain challenges persist, hampering best-laid plans. Today, manufacturers must fulfill all three services. Fenton, Mo.)

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3 ways visualization software can align operations across enterprise layers

Control Engineering

Obtain a 360-degree overview for manufacturing, processing companies 360 views: Relevant data takes many forms and originates from an exceptionally wide range of sources and systems across all levels of a business, sometimes even external to the business. Process data is needed to inform analytics efforts.

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Heralding a boundless automation future with Industry 4.0 technologies

Control Engineering

Safety, reliability and increased production are still critical drivers for industrial process manufacturers. Figure 1: In a boundless automation architecture, a single cohesive software platform will unify the edge, the cloud and the intelligent field to better meet the changing needs of process manufacturers.