There are many paths toward reducing energy and utility usage at plants—some are obvious, but some are not and require the help of consultants and suppliers.

Automation suppliers can play a role in meeting wastewater challenges.

Many different food manufacturing contexts can benefit from proper alarming procedures.

It is designed to help industrial organizations make quicker, more informed decisions.

A common infrastructure allows sercos telegrams, CIP messages and TCP/IP telegrams to run on a single cable.

The document outlines a Cybersecurity Framework to address new risks.

To get the most out of KPIs, incorporate them into the rest of your operation’s analytics.

Look around you. You probably have operating parameters you’d like to measure and track to satisfy the requirements of regulators, especially with FDA getting serious about implementing parts of the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA).

One improvement would be implementation of better standards for information exchange between security systems.

Operations with real-time visibility of quality metrics outperform those that don’t.

Images from Food Automation & Manufacturing Conference and Expo in Naples, Florida, April 14-17, 2013.

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