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15 pieces of automation advice from ROKLive 2022

Control Engineering

Digital transformation is crucial for sustainability in water operations, according to Kelvin Hurdle and Ali Rose, in the session, “Water Wastewater Peer Exchange: Water Sustainability Initiatives Drive Smart Water Adoption for Industrial Users and Water Utilities.”. Drive higher margin with operational rigor and data visualization.

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7 ways SCADA software can advance IIoT implementations, if you do it right

Control Engineering

Supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA) software was initially designed to aggregate information from distributed sources and provide operators with the information needed to best control processes. SCADA connections to MES and other areas 3. smart manufacturing and digital transformation.

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AI in manufacturing: Where it’s been and where it’s going

Control Engineering

Rather than relying on clipboards, handwritten notes or word of mouth, factory employees could codify knowledge into software systems, such as computerized maintenance management systems (CMMS) and manufacturing execution systems (MES).