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To assess the existence of non-value-added technologies in your operations, look for technologies or systems whose ongoing costs outweigh the benefi ts to the business. For example, if a new high-speed packaging line is always going down for maintenance or unplanned stoppages, the organization needs to evaluate whether the equipment and its automation are still supporting business goals.
David Greenfi eld on determining whether your automation technology is still delivering on expectations.
Git can reduce onboarding and training by 40% and alleviates some of the pain points associated with the development process, including lost or old code, maintaining multiple versions of fi les, working with outdated versions, the inability to share code, tracking who changed what, and scaling teams.
Stephanie Neil on brining modern dev-ops to industrial control.
The goals of digital transformation initiatives are moving from a core focus on improving production e ciency to include the establishment of more resilient and responsive business models. This shift comes in response to external pressures such as material shortages and expectations from governments and customers for businesses to become more environmentally sustainable across their entire supply chain.
David Miller on industry’s digital transformation leaders.
Since the introduction of the term programmable automation controllers (PACs) in the 1990s, technology suppliers have used it to distinguish their advanced controllers from their simpler PLCs, although the boundaries have blurred and the terms are often used interchangeably. PLCs and PACs serve the same approximate purpose, but PLCs are typically specifi ed for basic discrete control, and PACs are used when complex features or infrastructures are required.
Lauren Gibbons Paul on making sense of industrial controller options.
Excellent trainers will guide trainees through exercises while helping them rely on company and group standards to complete problems. One of the most important approaches in this part of training is to not mark something as wrong if the exercise is successful but not completed according to the correct standard. Instead, trainers should show alternate solutions that comply with your standards.
