Control Engineering

• Matrix Technologies Named 2020 System Integrator of the Year

  Matrix Technologies Named 2020 System Integrator of the Year We are proud to announce that Matrix Technologies has been selected as the 2020 System Integrator of the Year by the editors of Control Engineering and Plant Engineering. Matrix is the only company to win this prestigious award four times. In 2008 and 2012, we were winners […]

  Read MoreDave Blaida, PE / Control Engineering  / Control Systems Engineer  / Integrator  / Integrator of the Year  / System Integration  / Automation Integration  / Improvement  / Quality 

• The framework for process intelligence and improvement

  How to bridge the gap between the shop floor and the top floor by integrating process control systems with enterprise resource planning (ERP) and other business systems. by: Alex Marcy, Corso Systems Planning the process control system The first step companies usually take when integrating data from their organization is to use information from the […]

  Read MoreDave Blaida, PE / Automation Pyramid  / Control Engineering  / Enterprise Resource Planning  / ERP  / Integration  / Oil and Gas Engineering  / Process Control System  / Process Information  / Process Intelligence  / Statistical Process Control 

• Tips on determining what is IT, OT

  Tips on determining what is IT, OT Engineering and IT Insight: Companies looking to determine what are information technology (IT) organizations and operations technology (OT) organizations should be focused on what the systems do rather than what they are to solve potential conflicts. by: Dennis Brandl The continuing conflicts between information technology (IT) organizations and […]

  Read MoreDave Blaida, PE / Budgets  / Control Engineering  / Engineering and IT Insight  / Information Technology  / Manufacturing 4.0  / Manufacturing IT  / Operations Technology  / Smart Manufacturing  / Planning 

• The benefits of calculating ROI to measure a facility’s performance objectives

  The benefits of calculating ROI to measure a facility’s performance objectives For automation, return on investment (ROI) is more important than total cost of ownership (TCO). When making a capital investment in automation, companies need to determine value based on the solution’s impact on facility performance and its workforce. Also consider cost of downtime and […]

  Read MoreDave Blaida, PE / Automation  / Control Engineering  / Distributed Control System  / Emerson  / Facility Performance  / Facility Solution  / Manufacturing Automation Solutions  / Mitigating Downtime  / ROI  / TCO  / Improvement  / Upgrade 

• SCADA is not a middleware

  The Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) and supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA) can improve operations. Learn how. by: Arlen Nipper The term “supervisory control and data acquisition” (SCADA) refers to a set of industrial-software applications that can be configured to support management of almost any kind of discrete or process production. SCADA is found […]

  Read MoreDave Blaida, PE / Control Engineering  / IIoT  / Industrial Internet of Things  / Internet for Engineers  / Message-Oriented Middleware  / MQTT  / Plant Engineering  / PLC Programming  / Supervisory Control  / Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition  / SCADA 

• What does time-sensitive networking and real-time Ethernet data mean for the future of industrial systems?

  Avnu Alliance members explain how real-time communications enabled by Time Sensitive Networking (TSN) will strengthen the future of industrial systems by: Todd Walter, Ludwig Leurs, Anil Kumar, Paul Brooks, Bogdan Tenea, Paul Didier The Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) brings the opportunity to create smart systems that share data between devices across the enterprise and […]

  Read MoreDave Blaida, PE / Avnu Alliance  / Big Data  / Control Engineering  / Control Systems  / Data  / Ethernet  / IEEE  / IIoT  / IIoT Infrastructure  / Industrial Internet of Things  / Industrial Network Systems  / Industrial Systems  / Industrie 4.0  / Information Technology  / Internet Engineering Task Force  / Interoperable System  / Networking  / Operational Technology  / Manufacturing 

• Develop safety through security

  Develop safety through security by: Lee Lane, Chief Product Security Officer, Rockwell Automation As organizations implement connected, information-enabled architectures to improve productivity, efficiency and safety that means industrial security cannot be too far behind. Whether it’s remote access to production machinery, wireless access to pumping stations, or connecting plant-floor equipment to the IT infrastructure, greater connectivity can […]

  Read MoreDave Blaida, PE / Control Engineering  / Cybersecurity  / Internet of Things  / IT Infrastructure  / Machine safety  / Manufacturing Growth  / Operational Technology  / Plant Engineering  / Plant Safety