Control Engineering

APRIL 4, 2023

If you switch on your printer, you don’t have to do anything else,” Altendorf said, suggesting industrial automation and process control communications also need to be interoperable and easy to use. The post More sensors, despite strained supply chain appeared first on Control Engineering.

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Gary Mintchell

JUNE 22, 2023

CLOUD-BASED DIGITAL TWIN Honeywell Digital Prime solution —a cloud-based digital twin for tracking, managing, and testing process control changes and system modifications. Supreme is a standard solution with process enhancement that adds a control and safety system, advance process control, and asset performance monitoring.

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Process control Discrete manufacturing Supply Chain Automation 130

ATS

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

High-tech manufacturing considerations Process and technology mastery is just the price of admission to the high-tech manufacturing world. Sustained success demands competency in maintenance, procurement, supply chain management, quality assurance and every other manufacturing support function.

Manufacturing 59

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Control Engineering

OCTOBER 4, 2023

Hot topics in Control Engineering, for September 2023, for stories posted in the last three months included PID Control, Control Engineering’s 2023 Leaders under 40, model predictive control and more. When that’s the case, six strategies can simplify the process. Links to each article below.

Artificial Intelligence 52

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Fabricating & Metal Work

OCTOBER 19, 2022

As the world continues adapting to environmental concerns, supply chain shortages, rising prices and lean business practices, it is important to work smarter, harder and more efficiently. Saving money while optimizing process control is a key aspect of success in manufacturing, especially when it comes to solvents and vapor degreasing.

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E&T

SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

The nature of the factory floor and supply chains continues to evolve, hailing a new era of efficiency and agility driven by automation, data analytics, and interconnected systems. Innovative technologies have the potential to revolutionise every aspect of the value chain.

Manufacturing 69

Manufacturing Supply Chain 3D printing Smart manufacturing 69

Control Engineering

JULY 29, 2022

Build an effective cyber resilience strategy : With cyberattacks causing unplanned downtime, contributing to supply chain shortages, and leading to ransomware attacks, manufacturers need to build a cyber-resilience program, according to Brian Deken in the session, “Cybersecurity Peer Exchange: Building an Effective Cyber Resilience Strategy.”

Automation 98

Automation Supply Chain Smart manufacturing Manufacturing Execution System (MES) 98

Control Engineering

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

Hall, discusses gold mine SCADA modernization and COVID-19 vaccination process controls. In addition, a COVID-19 vaccine manufacturer sought to quickly develop the process controls for automating its production system. Pharmaceutical manufacturing: COVID-19 vaccine process controls. Learning Objectives.

Supply Chain 52

Supply Chain Process control Pharmaceutical Automation 52

Gary Mintchell

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

. • ABB helps businesses of all sizes embrace the flexibility afforded by robotics to efficiently adapt production to satisfy their customer’s most pressing needs, especially as reshoring becomes a prominent means to address ongoing supply chain backlogs. For more information. For more information.

Manufacturing Execution System (MES) 130

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Manufacturer's Monthly

MAY 16, 2023

This is notwithstanding broad challenges facing the industry, with 75 per cent expecting increases in operating costs and 92 per cent saying lingering supply chain issues are holding back capacity or growth. Most are navigating rising costs, inflationary pressures and supply chain issues, which often combine to constrain cash flows.

Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) 52

Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) Manufacturing Supply Chain 3D printing 52

Control Engineering

DECEMBER 1, 2022

A plastic manufacturer wanted to overhaul their legacy control system to reduce inefficiencies and waste. The system integrator chosen for the project improved process control and information flow to provide real-time data through the enterprise resource planning (ERP) system. Learning Objectives. MORE ANSWERS. CONSIDER THIS.

Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) 52

Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) Process control Supply Chain Manufacturing 52

Gary Mintchell

DECEMBER 1, 2022

Honeywell announced that Imperial Brands, a British multinational tobacco company, has chosen Honeywell to provide the Honeywell Track & Trace solution (“Honeywell Track & Trace”) to digitalize and transform the monitoring and tracking of their supply chain operations.

Supply Chain 130

Supply Chain Compliance Fit Automation 130

ATS

MARCH 26, 2024

Production optimization: Advanced sensors and continuous monitoring allow tighter process control, leading to less variability and waste. By reducing breakdowns, they improve schedule adherence and simplify production planning and control. This improves inventory record accuracy and helps meet traceability requirements.

Pharmaceutical 52

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Frost & Sullivan Manufacturing

MARCH 22, 2023

For example, Rockwell Automation offers Plex, a multi-tenant SaaS, cloud-native smart manufacturing offering that includes fully integrated, easy-to-deploy solutions for advanced manufacturing execution systems (MES), quality management systems (QMS), supply chain management (SCM), asset performance management (APM), and production monitoring.

Manufacturing Execution System (MES) 52

Manufacturing Execution System (MES) Supply Chain Smart manufacturing Compliance 52

Fabricating & Metal Work

JUNE 6, 2023

These magnetoelectronic signals can also monitor process information related to vibration peaks, hours of operation, distance traveled, and more. Designed with industry in mind, the TWIIST offers substantial benefits across the supply chain. gefran.com Subscribe to learn the latest in manufacturing.

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Automation Mag

DECEMBER 4, 2023

emerged with process control systems, robotics and enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems in the 1970s through the 1990s. For example, quantum computing could positively impact industrial performance by helping to solve heady problems like optimizing logistics in a larger-scale network or supply chain. Industry 3.0

Computer-Aided Design (CAD) 69

Computer-Aided Design (CAD) Computer-Aided Manufacturing (CAM) Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) Automation 69

Control Engineering

MARCH 10, 2023

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.

Pharmaceutical 98

Pharmaceutical Smart manufacturing Artificial Intelligence Benchmarking 98

Control Engineering

NOVEMBER 5, 2022

Networks, people, supply chain and cyber-physical systems (CPS) are among the ways the cyber attack surface is growing and an intrusion can happen from any one of them because many vulnerable devices were created before the internet. Supply chain. OT security insights.

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Supply Chain Manufacturing Compliance Process control 52

Cisco Smart Manufacturing

JUNE 21, 2018

Supply chain relationships. Some of the challenges that have arisen out of increased completion include more pressure on supply chains, customer consolidation and the potential impacts of tariffs on pricing. Advanced process control. Changing product/service mix. Technology on the factory floor.

Supply Chain 52

Supply Chain Manufacturing Rapid prototyping Smart manufacturing 52

Mold Making Technology

DECEMBER 26, 2023

Photo Credit: iStock The certification of a company’s quality management system (QMS) to a recognized international standard proclaims the achievement of an effectively implemented management system whose process controls are adequately robust. Well-controlled design processes can mitigate costly re-engineering activities.

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Control Engineering

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

6-9, featuring discussions about digitalization helps optimize operations, helps with energy efficiency, workforce shortages, supply chain, climate change and cybersecurity. Investing in controls upgrades and sustainability helps reduce Shell’s carbon footprint and increases its ability to attract younger engineers.

Automation 52

Automation Supply Chain Process control Industry 4.0 52

iBASEt

AUGUST 4, 2022

While all manufacturers are straining in the current environment due to COVID pandemic-driven supply chain and labor scarcity issues and the growing impact of inflation on the economy, small and mid-sized business (SMB) manufacturers are being hit particularly hard. The primary beneficiary then was the ERP system.

Manufacturing Execution System (MES) 71

Manufacturing Execution System (MES) Manufacturing Supply Chain Function 71

Control Engineering

NOVEMBER 6, 2022

Visibility of control and optimization data in real-time. Personnel shortages, supply chain pains, sustainability initiatives and a cloud-connected world have all acted as catalysts for change in process manufacturing. The DCS is evolving, empowering worker skillsets.

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Process manufacturing Manufacturing Function Supply Chain 98

Control Engineering

OCTOBER 12, 2023

System integration insights When kicking off a project with a key process control scope, the state of the art of the process technology should be as well known by the team as possible. New process valves and instruments were selected to support potential developments in process control and monitoring.

Automation 52

Automation Manufacturing Execution System (MES) Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE) Process control 52

ATS

MARCH 26, 2024

Achieving this requires excellent process control, especially over variables such as heating and cooling. Using predictive maintenance to improve food & beverage supply chain For food and beverage manufacturers , the opportunity to anticipate potential points of failure goes beyond the production machinery.

Beverage 59

Beverage Pharmaceutical Warehousing Function 59

Control Engineering

JULY 24, 2022

Sverica , a private equity investment firm, acquired a majority position in ACC, a systems integrator specializing in process control, manufacturing intelligence and cyber security & industrial networking. Learn more. Learn more.

Automation 52

Automation Process control Supply Chain Robotics 52

i4.0 today

JUNE 6, 2023

During market launch, speed is a crucial competitive advantage and is especially important for our products,” said Hajo Neumann, Head of Integrated Supply Chain within the Electronics business sector of Merck. “We We also expect that the boundaries between R&D and production will become increasingly blurred in the future.

Pharmaceutical 52

Pharmaceutical Electronics Beverage Function 52

Canadian Manufacturing

JUNE 27, 2023

These include all levels of operation including product safety and quality management, product and process control, site standards, personnel hygiene, and dedicated commitment from senior management. Polykar’s accreditation underscores our commitment to meeting the highest quality and safety standards every day.

Compliance 52

Compliance Process control Manufacturing Supply Chain 52

Dinesh Mishra

AUGUST 30, 2023

15 technology sectors across nine exhibition halls cover the entire supply chain in the manufacturing of sheet metal prototypes, industrial components, and consumer parts. The provisional exhibitor line-up features leading international brands as well as promising start-ups from 32 countries.

Form 52

Form Supply Chain Sourcing Prototype  52

Manufacturing & Logistics IT

DECEMBER 5, 2019

The latest demand and supply chain planning software features a new intuitive web planning experience, collaborative planning process controls and is powered by artificial intelligence and advanced supply chain analytics

Artificial Intelligence 11

Artificial Intelligence Supply Chain Process control 11

Control Engineering

MAY 22, 2023

It can become the cornerstone for the implementation of more digital solutions to support predictive maintenance, spare part inventory, advanced process control and supply chain optimization. In addition, 5D visibility with front-end digital twins have helped organizations select the design concepts 87% faster.

Process control 52

Process control Artificial Intelligence Sourcing Supply Chain 52

Control Engineering

MAY 24, 2023

Information is a major asset for any company trying to maintain their supply chains and improve operations. The cameras and computing power behind them also can go learn from past incidents and be able to better identify them for the future.

Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE) 52

Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE) Automation Supply Chain Function 52

Control Engineering

JUNE 7, 2023

It can become the cornerstone for the implementation of more digital solutions to support predictive maintenance, spare part inventory, advanced process control and supply chain optimization. In addition, 5D visibility with front-end digital twins have helped organizations select the design concepts 87% faster.

Process control 52

Process control Artificial Intelligence Supply Chain Sourcing 52

Control Engineering

JULY 17, 2023

It can help manufacturers improve nearly any aspect of operations and supply chain in a way that’s unique to their needs. The operations are entirely powered by renewable energy sources and use adaptive process control and digital twin technology to optimize manufacturing and other energy-intensive operations.

Industry 4.0 52

Industry 4.0 Industry 4.0 Pharmaceutical 3D printing 52

Canadian Manufacturing

MARCH 29, 2023

a provider of process control and instrumentation products, announces the opening of a new Eastern Canadian regional head office in London, ON located at 639 Sovereign Road, Unit #1 in London, ON. LONDON — Westech Industrial Ltd.,

Process control 40

Process control Manufacturing Supply Chain 40

Canadian Manufacturing

JULY 25, 2023

The team will develop EU-GMP compliant processes to minimize human involvement and enhance process control. BTAB Solutions will play a vital role in the collaboration by providing the necessary financing for the construction and operational management of the processing hubs.

Quality Management System 40

Quality Management System Compliance Process control Supply Chain 40

Automation Mag

JANUARY 10, 2023

However, the one that it has reinforced is the importance of being able to control the entire manufacturing process. Without complete process control, manufacturers are vulnerable to ever-changing buyer demand, unpredictability in supplier delivery, threats of substitutions and the rise of new competitors.

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