The future of process automation and control combines the reliability of traditional DCS with the agility of cloud/IT ...

Expertise from Forbes Councils members, operated under license. Opinions expressed are those of the author. Almost every enterprise leader I've worked with over the past years has asked a version of ...

New process device profiles have been added by ODVA to the EtherNet/IP specification to provide end users with another tool to help optimize plant operations. According to ODVA, the new process device ...

Process Automation is the largest manufacturer, designer and distributor of conveyor belt scales, density gauges, moisture ...

At the ARC Forum 2020, Paul Sereiko and Ted Masters of the FieldComm Group gave a preview of the forthcoming NAMUR Open Architecture Information Model (NOA-IM) and the role FieldComm Group is playing ...

With more amounts of data to manage, organize, and make sense of, robotic processes are becoming increasingly valuable to businesses seeking to save time and be more efficient. Not everything needs to ...

A detailed look at O-PAS™ Standard, Version 1.0 Process automation end users and suppliers have expressed interest in a standard that will make the industry much more open and modular. In response, ...

While automation is definitely part of the goals of artificial intelligence, and in particular automating things that require human cognitive capabilities, simply automating things doesn't make them ...

Processes and process automation take many forms. Here’s how to navigate the growing ecosystem of tools for automating everything from simple repetitive tasks to complex custom workflows. In 2015, ...

Workflow is the completion of tasks. Workflow is also defined as the repeatable actions taken to ensure information, documents, data, and tasks move, or flow, between departments or an entire company.