While automation is definitely part of the goals of artificial intelligence, and in particular automating things that require human cognitive capabilities, simply automating things doesn't make them ...

Almost every enterprise leader I've worked with over the past years has asked a version of the same fundamental question: "How do we maintain operational excellence when our business environment ...

TOKYO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Yokogawa Electric Corporation (TOKYO: 6841) announces that it has been selected by ExxonMobil as the system integrator for the first field trial of an Open Process Automation* ...

Valmet has released Valmet FlexBatch 8, the latest version of its advanced batch automation and recipe management software.

Since about 2015, when Don Bartusiak, the then chief engineer at ExxonMobil Research & Engineering, publicly advocated for the development of a new, standards-based, open—yet secure—process control ...

PECOS, Texas — In Pecos, the city was facing potential staff shortages delays in their financial processing. Then, city manager, Charles Lino was approached with a potential solution: a new technology ...

Version 7 of the Simatic PCS 7 Process Automation System gives plant operators new ways to minimize total cost of ownership, protect automation assets, increase plant availability, minimize downtime, ...

The growth of robotic process automation (RPA) is a part of technological disruption and transformation of tax practices’ and departments’ internal processes, client services, and interactions with ...

The Automation Extended program helps industries modernize distributed control systems without disruption by building on ...

Sponsored by Rockwell Automation. Concept Systems implemented an intuitive modern DCS pilot, easing system design, integration and training. The world’s appetite for French fries is enormous. People ...

A detailed look at O-PAS™ Standard, Version 1.0 Process automation end users and suppliers have expressed interest in a standard that will make the industry much more open and modular. In response, ...

Processes and process automation take many forms. Here’s how to navigate the growing ecosystem of tools for automating everything from simple repetitive tasks to complex custom workflows. In 2015, ...