Distributed Control System

• 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 remains relevant for industrial automation

  SCADA remains relevant for industrial automation Embedded workflow, engineering model support, and auto-discoverable assets are among the technologies keeping SCADA alive. by: Kevin Paker Placing computer power onto “edge devices” as near to production as possible is a goal hotly pursued in today’s industrial automation circles. What’s more, in just the past few years, copious […]

  Read MoreDave Blaida, PE / Distributed Control System  / Edge Devices  / Industrial Automation Engineering  / Oil and Gas Engineering  / PLC  / Process Control System  / ABB  / Rockwell Automation  / SCADA