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  • Wireless Data on Demand Helps Make the Most of Reliability Personnel

    Jim Cahill
    Today’s shortage of experienced plant personnel comes as no surprise to anyone. But the optimal solution to that problem might be a bit less obvious than the problem itself. Those retiring workers aren’t coming back any time soon, but plants still need to find ways to close the expertise gap until they do. The solution— wireless data collection and analysis—has been available for many years. Today’s automation marketplace…

  • Wireless Data on Demand Helps Make the Most of Reliability Personnel

    Jim Cahill
    Today’s shortage of experienced plant personnel comes as no surprise to anyone. But the optimal solution to that problem might be a bit less obvious than the problem itself. Those retiring workers aren’t coming back any time soon, but plants still need to find ways to close the expertise gap until they do. The solution— wireless data collection and analysis—has been available for many years. Today’s automation marketplace…

  • Leaning into “Lean”

    Jim Cahill
    Any company’s success is often linked with its ability to adapt and change in response to market conditions and demands. For this reason, it is important to create a corporate culture that supports continuous improvement and innovation. The idea is to create an environment that encourages people to think freely so they can identify and solve problems while celebrating creativity and innovation. This strategy can benefit…

  • Leaning into “Lean”

    Jim Cahill
    Any company’s success is often linked with its ability to adapt and change in response to market conditions and demands. For this reason, it is important to create a corporate culture that supports continuous improvement and innovation. The idea is to create an environment that encourages people to think freely so they can identify and solve problems while celebrating creativity and innovation. This strategy can benefit…

  • Leaning into “Lean”

    Jim Cahill
    Any company’s success is often linked with its ability to adapt and change in response to market conditions and demands. For this reason, it is important to create a corporate culture that supports continuous improvement and innovation. The idea is to create an environment that encourages people to think freely so they can identify and solve problems while celebrating creativity and innovation. This strategy can benefit…

  • Leaning into “Lean”

    Jim Cahill
    Any company’s success is often linked with its ability to adapt and change in response to market conditions and demands. For this reason, it is important to create a corporate culture that supports continuous improvement and innovation. The idea is to create an environment that encourages people to think freely so they can identify and solve problems while celebrating creativity and innovation. This strategy can benefit…

  • Leaning into “Lean”

    Jim Cahill
    Any company’s success is often linked with its ability to adapt and change in response to market conditions and demands. For this reason, it is important to create a corporate culture that supports continuous improvement and innovation. The idea is to create an environment that encourages people to think freely so they can identify and solve problems while celebrating creativity and innovation. This strategy can benefit…

  • Leaning into “Lean”

    Jim Cahill
    Any company’s success is often linked with its ability to adapt and change in response to market conditions and demands. For this reason, it is important to create a corporate culture that supports continuous improvement and innovation. The idea is to create an environment that encourages people to think freely so they can identify and solve problems while celebrating creativity and innovation. This strategy can benefit…

  • Don’t Overlook Control System Predictive Maintenance

    Jim Cahill
    We hear a lot about reliability these days. Sensors have become more affordable, software has become more powerful, and teams are more reliant on automated monitoring to ensure unexpected failures don’t disrupt production. However, as Nina Golder shared in a recent article in Hydrocarbon Processing , there is an often overlooked area of plant health that needs to receive more attention: the control system . Maintaining…

  • Don’t Overlook Control System Predictive Maintenance

    Jim Cahill
    We hear a lot about reliability these days. Sensors have become more affordable, software has become more powerful, and teams are more reliant on automated monitoring to ensure unexpected failures don’t disrupt production. However, as Nina Golder shared in a recent article in Hydrocarbon Processing , there is an often overlooked area of plant health that needs to receive more attention: the control system . Maintaining…

  • Three Strategies for Optimizing a Condition Monitoring Program

    Jim Cahill
    Here at Emerson, we’ve been talking a lot lately about boundless automation . At first glance, that term can sound somewhat scary. After all, if the solutions are boundless, where does one even begin? However, while a boundless automation future does imply a wide range of choices in technologies, software, equipment, and architectures, it also helps develop the roadmap to help operations teams best apply those solutions…

  • Three Strategies for Optimizing a Condition Monitoring Program

    Jim Cahill
    Here at Emerson, we’ve been talking a lot lately about boundless automation . At first glance, that term can sound somewhat scary. After all, if the solutions are boundless, where does one even begin? However, while a boundless automation future does imply a wide range of choices in technologies, software, equipment, and architectures, it also helps develop the roadmap to help operations teams best apply those solutions…

  • Innovations in Wireless Communications Podcast

    Jim Cahill
    Here is the video version of my podcast interview with Spearix’s Juan Conchas and Emerson’s Laura Schafer about innovations in wireless technology to drive greater robustness, efficiency and scalability. Transcript Jim: Hi, everyone. I’m Jim Cahill with another “Emerson Automation Experts” podcast. Wireless technology has enabled amazing advances for everyone across the globe. While the technology is solid, there…

  • Breaking Free of Control System ‘Lock-In’

    Jim Cahill
    There is no escaping the fact that many of today’s process manufacturing plants need to modernize . As Emerson’s Aaron Crews explains in his recent article in Control Engineering , “Plants are often using technologies that are 20 to 40 years old. In many cases, the control system is reaching end of support, which can lead to many problems.” Between supply chain disruptions making it hard to source new parts for aging…

  • Breaking Free of Control System ‘Lock-In’

    Jim Cahill
    There is no escaping the fact that many of today’s process manufacturing plants need to modernize . As Emerson’s Aaron Crews explains in his recent article in Control Engineering , “Plants are often using technologies that are 20 to 40 years old. In many cases, the control system is reaching end of support, which can lead to many problems.” Between supply chain disruptions making it hard to source new parts for aging…

  • Innovations in Wireless Communications Podcast

    Jim Cahill
    Here is the video version of my podcast interview with Spearix’s Juan Conchas and Emerson’s Laura Schafer about innovations in wireless technology to drive greater robustness, efficiency and scalability. Transcript Jim: Hi, everyone. I’m Jim Cahill with another “Emerson Automation Experts” podcast. Wireless technology has enabled amazing advances for everyone across the globe. While the technology is solid, there…

  • More Efficient, Scalable and Reliable Wireless Communications Podcast

    Jim Cahill
    Laura Schafer (l), Juan Conchas (c), Jim Cahill (r) Work on the WirelessHART standard began in 2004 and culminated in an introduction to the automation and instrumentation marketplace in 2007 . Now nearly fifteen years later, the availability and diversity of wireless measurement and final control devices are impressive. Applications opportunities have expanded beyond process measurements to include HSSE (Health, Safety…

  • More Efficient, Scalable and Reliable Wireless Communications Podcast

    Jim Cahill
    Laura Schafer (l), Juan Conchas (c), Jim Cahill (r) Work on the WirelessHART standard began in 2004 and culminated in an introduction to the automation and instrumentation marketplace in 2007 . Now nearly fifteen years later, the availability and diversity of wireless measurement and final control devices are impressive. Applications opportunities have expanded beyond process measurements to include HSSE (Health, Safety…

  • Debunking Condition Monitoring Misconceptions

    Jim Cahill
    The personnel landscape of processing plants has changed. Yesterday’s deep bench of experienced personnel has given way to leaner, more nimble groups supporting a wide variety of disparate technologies, often across an entire fleet. But while these teams are often smaller, they are also made up of digital natives—highly technical engineers who are used to constant access to critical information. The best plants are…

  • Debunking Condition Monitoring Misconceptions

    Jim Cahill
    The personnel landscape of processing plants has changed. Yesterday’s deep bench of experienced personnel has given way to leaner, more nimble groups supporting a wide variety of disparate technologies, often across an entire fleet. But while these teams are often smaller, they are also made up of digital natives—highly technical engineers who are used to constant access to critical information. The best plants are…

  • Debunking Condition Monitoring Misconceptions

    Jim Cahill
    The personnel landscape of processing plants has changed. Yesterday’s deep bench of experienced personnel has given way to leaner, more nimble groups supporting a wide variety of disparate technologies, often across an entire fleet. But while these teams are often smaller, they are also made up of digital natives—highly technical engineers who are used to constant access to critical information. The best plants are…

  • Debunking Condition Monitoring Misconceptions

    Jim Cahill
    The personnel landscape of processing plants has changed. Yesterday’s deep bench of experienced personnel has given way to leaner, more nimble groups supporting a wide variety of disparate technologies, often across an entire fleet. But while these teams are often smaller, they are also made up of digital natives—highly technical engineers who are used to constant access to critical information. The best plants are…

  • Debunking Condition Monitoring Misconceptions

    Jim Cahill
    The personnel landscape of processing plants has changed. Yesterday’s deep bench of experienced personnel has given way to leaner, more nimble groups supporting a wide variety of disparate technologies, often across an entire fleet. But while these teams are often smaller, they are also made up of digital natives—highly technical engineers who are used to constant access to critical information. The best plants are…

  • Democratizing Data can be Intuitive and Cybersecure

    Jim Cahill
    The need to gather more and more data from plant systems for analytics seems to be growing exponentially, particularly as companies expand their digital transformation initiatives to improve efficiency and sustainability across their entire operations. In fact, Emerson’s boundless automation architecture is centered on this critical need for democratized data —anytime and anywhere. Whether on the plant floor or in the…

  • Democratizing Data can be Intuitive and Cybersecure

    Jim Cahill
    The need to gather more and more data from plant systems for analytics seems to be growing exponentially, particularly as companies expand their digital transformation initiatives to improve efficiency and sustainability across their entire operations. In fact, Emerson’s boundless automation architecture is centered on this critical need for democratized data —anytime and anywhere. Whether on the plant floor or in the…

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