In 2023, a South Carolina poultry processing plant was hit by what authorities believe was an insider attack by a disgruntled former employee. The consequences were substantial with routine chemical ...

How self-tuning can support an adaptive control strategy. How Model Reference Adaptive Control can improve adaptability. The different types of MRAC. A certain amount of flexibility is always good to ...

Over the past few decades, various control disciplines like process, batch, motion and discrete control have been consolidated into a single, common automation architecture. This integration has ...

The main purpose of an automation strategic plan is to improve our ability to manufacture and sell products by a better utilization of people, equipment, raw materials, and facilities. Three key ...

In the past few years, discussion around the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT), Industry 4.0, cloud, edge, and enterprise connectivity has been pervasive. It is exciting to think about the ...

Manufacturing process controls include all systems and software that exert control over production processes. Control systems include process sensors, data processing equipment, actuators, networks to ...

Although digital control systems—distributed control systems, programmable logic controller, and other automation equipment—are present in practically every process safety management (PSM) facility ...

Raj Batra, president of Siemens Digital Industries USA at the Automation Summit 2019 Digital disruption was the theme at the Siemens Automation Summit 2019, the annual user conference that drew over ...

As part of a financial statement audit, auditors are required to obtain an understanding of a company's internal control system. Internal control is an interconnected web of policies, procedures, ...