Another interesting article on AutomationWorld (http://www.automationworld.com/mes-and-competitiveness) highlights the loss of key factory process insight when older generations retire. One way to prevent this loss is to map out the ‘as is’ business process workflow before the resources leave. Easier said than done of course. The attempt to extricate a lifetime of process knowledge from an impending […]
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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 […]