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The vision thing
It's easy to over engineer an automation project, but just kept it simple.
If you want a unified automation strategy, everyone needs to clearly understand the real vision. A brief document can identify the extent of automation when the system is operating in automatic and manual modes and the level of interlocking required across both modes. This vision document is critical because it guides the designers in their automation strategy development.
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Breaking bread habits
Food production facilities see new possibilities by implementing batch, integrating processes
Equipment, don't fail me now
Calculating failure probabilities works better with systematic approach
Robotic specialists
For a car manufacturer, it makes sense to install multi-talented robot types because they can handle so many different tasks
It's the law, now what?
Continuous monitoring of mercury emissions will be necessary for all stationary sources where annual Hg emissions exceed 29 pounds of Hg
MES ownership up in air
IT or engineering? Users need both
