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Digital Transformation Helps Moderna Safely Deliver COVID-19 Vaccine in Record Time

Jim Cahill

A common theme across the Emerson Exchange Virtual Series has been the way software and digital technologies have helped us all deal with an unexpected and unprecedented pandemic. Wherever there is adversity, there are also innovators who step up to the challenge of delivering solutions to critical problems. In the February keynote address, Speed to Market, Jim Nyquist , chairman of Emerson’s systems and software business…
- 12 Feb 2021
Latest Ovation Release Improves Performance, Simplifies Troubleshooting and Provides Added Protections

Jim Cahill

Emerson’s industry-leading Ovation platform integrates digitally transformative software and technologies into a unified system that helps customers tackle their toughest challenges. Rick Kephart , Emerson’s vice president of technology for the power and water industries, describes how we continue to evolve the Ovation platform by developing and delivering the automation scalability and flexibility sought by our customers…
- 1 Feb 2021
Award-Winning Operational Analytics

Jim Cahill

As all components in an automation system—sensors, analyzers, final control elements, control/safety/asset management/monitoring systems—become smarter, the amount of data they all generate continues to grow. Turning this data into usable and actionable information is the work of analytics software. And, for process manufacturers and producers, operational analytics software is the type of analytics used to help run safer…
- 26 Jan 2021
Personnel Location Awareness for Safer Operations

Jim Cahill

Location awareness technologies helps manufacturers and producers improve personnel safety at their facilities. This short 2:13 YouTube video, Introduction to Location Awareness , shows how Emerson’s Location Awareness solution can keep personnel safe through the digital transformation of safety practices and systems. Key uses for this location awareness solution are safety mustering, geofencing and personnel safety…
- 20 Jan 2021
Welcome to Emerson Automation Experts Podcasts

Jim Cahill

Visit our podcast subscription page to subscribe with your favorite podcast player. The post Welcome to Emerson Automation Experts Podcasts appeared first on the Emerson Automation Experts blog.
- 1 Jan 2021
IIoT for Reliability and Safety Improvements

Jim Cahill

While instrumentation has been monitoring and providing data for process control for decades, the advancement of technologies such as the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) have enabled these sensing devices to help improve safety, reliability and more. In an Intech article, Using IIoT technology to improve reliability and safety , Emerson’s Marcelo Carugo shares ways IIoT helps manufacturers and producers improve…
- 16 Dec 2020
Optimizing Food and Beverage Steam Usage

Jim Cahill

At the Emerson Exchange Americas Virtual Series, Emerson’s Josh Friesz shared ways to monitor steam traps to help assure quality production in Food & Beverage applications. Here is his presentation abstract: Steam is used throughout food and beverage manufacturing facilities for both processing and cleaning. Steam traps are placed on steam lines to collect and remove condensate in order to keep steam readily flowing…
- 10 Dec 2020
Assessing Digital Transformation Maturity versus Peers

Jim Cahill

This pandemic era in which we live has accelerated companies’ plans to implement digital transformation initiatives. Emerson’s Shirley Marquardt-Tynan shared with me that the Emerson Digital Transformation team has developed a Digital Maturity Model Quick Index online tool to help you assess where you are today in your digital transformation (DX) journey in comparison to others in your industry. The intent of this tool…
- 9 Dec 2020
Improving Turnarounds and Flare Gas Recovery with Wireless Flare Monitoring

Jim Cahill

At the Emerson Exchange Americas Virtual Series, a North American refiner’s Transformation Manager teamed up with Emerson’s Scott Baruch to present a case study on how wireless flare monitoring assisted their plant turnaround efforts and improved ongoing flare gas recovery unit (FGRU) operations. Here is the case study’s abstract: This case study focuses on the use of 60 Rosemount 708 Wireless Acoustic Transmitters…
- 3 Dec 2020
Digital Transformation to Fast-Track Vaccine Development

Jim Cahill

Have you wondered how some of the leading pharmaceutical and biopharmaceutical manufacturers have developed and tested their COVID-19 vaccine candidates in record time? In a Pharma Manufacturing article, The new requirement to fast-track vaccines , Emerson group president for the Systems and Software business, Jim Nyquist , shares ways in which these feats were accomplished. A digital transformation was needed to dramatically…
- 18 Nov 2020
Where to Focus to Drive More ROI from a Digital Twin Simulation

Jim Cahill

As manufacturing organizations embark upon their digital transformation journey, an essential starting point is to implement a digital twin. Digital twins deliver value in project execution with easier engineering and testing. When the project is over, the same digital twin enhances daily operations, improving safety and uptime by moving training and process change testing off physical equipment and on to a digital workspace…
- 13 Nov 2020
Is “Lick’s” Vision About to be Fulfilled?

Jim Cahill

I received an interesting email from Dave Harrold with an article he just wrote. You may recall him from years of articles he wrote for Control Engineering magazine and many years before that with Team Emerson. He’s now enjoying retired life in Florida and keeps up with what’s happening in the world of artificial intelligence (AI). I enjoyed Dave’s article and wanted to share it with you. By Dave Harrold Sixty years…
- 9 Nov 2020
Should 5G Be Your Protocol to Handle Backhaul for WirelessHART Networks?

Jim Cahill

In a Control Engineering article, Emerson’s Andrew Cureton looks at several wireless protocols vying for greater adoption with industrial users. There is immense hype around 5G these days. It will change our lives, we hear – but will it be an improved solution for industrial applications? It’s just one of the various wireless protocols trying to gain a foothold with process manufacturers, so how do they all relate,…
- 5 Nov 2020
Building More Defendable Control and Safety Systems

Jim Cahill

A plant’s basic process control system (BPCS) and safety instrumented system (SIS) are critical infrastructure for the facility. Many decisions go into selecting these systems, and one of the most important is selecting the right architecture—a decision that will impact other elements of system selection as well as performance and efficiency across the lifecycle of the equipment. One key decision that will impact automation…
- 27 Oct 2020
Successful Refinery Digital Transformation Journey

Jim Cahill

A Hydrocarbon Processing article, Ergon Refining: A digital transformation story , provides a great illustration of a step-wise, scalable digital transformation journey that continues to drive business improvements. The authors, Ergon Refining’s Steve Elwart and Emerson’s Marcelo Carugo , share this journey and the results achieved. They open describing the importance of Ergon Refining’s culture in this initiative.…
- 27 Oct 2020
Addressing Digital Transformation Myths

Jim Cahill

There’s a lot of myths, hyperbole and hype surrounding digital transformation. In this Flow Control article, 7 digital transformation myths exposed , Emerson’s Brian Joe digs into these to help you uncover some of the true potential for business improvements. Brian opens highlighting the lack of clarity with digital transformation (DX) for many. Specifically, the lack of a clear path for executing DX projects has…
- 26 Oct 2020
Addressing Digital Transformation Myths

Jim Cahill

There’s a lot of myths, hyperbole and hype surrounding digital transformation. In this Flow Control article, 7 digital transformation myths exposed , Emerson’s Brian Joe digs into these to help you uncover some of the true potential for business improvements. Brian opens highlighting the lack of clarity with digital transformation (DX) for many. Specifically, the lack of a clear path for executing DX projects has…
- 26 Oct 2020
Addressing Digital Transformation Myths

Jim Cahill

There’s a lot of myths, hyperbole and hype surrounding digital transformation. In this Flow Control article, 7 digital transformation myths exposed , Emerson’s Brian Joe digs into these to help you uncover some of the true potential for business improvements. Brian opens highlighting the lack of clarity with digital transformation (DX) for many. Specifically, the lack of a clear path for executing DX projects has…
- 26 Oct 2020
Roundtable Discussion on Midstream Industry Corrosion Challenges

Jim Cahill

The Golden Triangle of the northern Texas Gulf Coast is home to a sizable number of midstream and downstream petroleum processing and storage facilities. One of the Golden Triangle cities, Beaumont, is home to Lamar University. In 2019, Emerson and Lamar University established a partnership to: …ensure the College of Engineering prepares its students with the latest digital transformation technologies and advanced process…
- 23 Oct 2020
Roundtable Discussion on Midstream Industry Corrosion Challenges

Jim Cahill

The Golden Triangle of the northern Texas Gulf Coast is home to a sizable number of midstream and downstream petroleum processing and storage facilities. One of the Golden Triangle cities, Beaumont, is home to Lamar University. In 2019, Emerson and Lamar University established a partnership to: …ensure the College of Engineering prepares its students with the latest digital transformation technologies and advanced process…
- 23 Oct 2020
Roundtable Discussion on Midstream Industry Corrosion Challenges

Jim Cahill

The Golden Triangle of the northern Texas Gulf Coast is home to a sizable number of midstream and downstream petroleum processing and storage facilities. One of the Golden Triangle cities, Beaumont, is home to Lamar University. In 2019, Emerson and Lamar University established a partnership to: …ensure the College of Engineering prepares its students with the latest digital transformation technologies and advanced process…
- 23 Oct 2020
Clarifying Operational Analytics

Jim Cahill

Analytics help turn reams of data into useful information. In the manufacturing and production industries, operational analytics work on the steams of continuous, batch, event, operator actions and other data sources to help create useful insights. In a Forbes article, Navigating The Growing World Of Analytics , Emerson’s Peter Zornio clarifies the types of analytics useful for manufacturers and producers. Peter…
- 19 Oct 2020
Digital Transformation Planning and Execution

Jim Cahill

What often holds manufacturers and producers back on their digital transformation journeys is where to begin and how best to proceed. For those in the chemical process industries, Emerson’s Tim Olsen has written a Chemical Engineering Progress (CEP) article, Understanding the Digital Transformation . Tim opens with a great definition of digital transformation: Digital transformation refers to the leveraging of industrial…
- 13 Oct 2020
Demonstrating Steam Trap Monitoring

Jim Cahill

Monitoring steam traps has been the focus of many posts. I was alerted to a new demonstration video that I wanted to share, Steam Trap Product Demo . It shows not only the monitoring technology but also how the steam traps can be monitored remotely by Emerson services personnel to provide effective energy management. Emerson’s Joe Johnson shows how this works. Joe opens noting that steam trap failures are one of the…
- 8 Oct 2020
Demonstrating Steam Trap Monitoring

Jim Cahill

Monitoring steam traps has been the focus of many posts. I was alerted to a new demonstration video that I wanted to share, Steam Trap Product Demo . It shows not only the monitoring technology but also how the steam traps can be monitored remotely by Emerson services personnel to provide effective energy management. Emerson’s Joe Johnson shows how this works. Joe opens noting that steam trap failures are one of the…
- 8 Oct 2020