Industrial Automation and manufacturing IT design status In a recent IHS survey of over 1000 automation and control engineering professionals of manufacturing and process industries, the following was highlighted: Between 20 and 30% of a project is rework and change implementation .This work happens after detail design requirements have been signed off.Asked if prototyping was […]
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ISA-S88/S95 Software Prototyping 101
Why does prototyping make sense? “Measure twice; cut once.” This old adage is relevant to more than just Carpentry. Automotive companies wouldn’t build a car without first prototyping. Prototyping allows for a ‘hands-on’ feedback opportunity in order to correct errors before going to product manufacture. Almost all industries that produce products routinely use prototyping. One of […]
ExxonMobil challenges Automation software development process
Great blog post this week in Automation World outlining how a major oil producer plans to challenge the automation project engineering life cycle. Some of the more salient points are: Eliminate, simplify or automate steps in the overall automation execution.Minimize custom engineering.Shift the custom engineering to the software and rely on standard, not customized hardware […]