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  • A Best Practice Guide for Implementing Digital Transformation

    Jim Cahill
    Everyone in industry and business uses the term digital transformation, but there are myriad definitions and meanings behind their casual use of the words. This can be confusing for an enterprise just considering or embarking on its digital transformation journey. Recently in InTech magazine, I had the opportunity to share my thoughts and Emerson’s philosophy on what digital transformation is and how to implement it,…

  • FEI Foods Increases Production to Meet Worldwide Demand with Movicon.NExT™︎ Platform

    Jim Cahill
    Hello everyone. I’m Ajay Rana and recently, in an article in Food Manufacturing , I had the opportunity to talk about an interesting case study with FEI Foods, Europe’s largest producer of ready-to-eat rice and grain pouches, based in South Wales, UK. I think it has some good information for any plant. Due to demand, FEI Foods’ existing production facilities had been operating at full capacity for several years, which…

  • This Manufacturing Company Tripled Production with a Modular, Highly Flexible Supervisory Software Platform

    Jim Cahill
    Maxa Air Conditioning, a leading air conditioning and heating equipment manufacturing company in Arcole (VR), Italy, experienced a significant rise in market demand which required the company to build a new facility and production lines to meet that increase. Previously, production was limited due to legacy instrumentation and manual processes in heat pump testing that could not assure quality or deliver the required…

  • This Manufacturing Company Tripled Production with a Modular, Highly Flexible Supervisory Software Platform

    Jim Cahill
    Maxa Air Conditioning, a leading air conditioning and heating equipment manufacturing company in Arcole (VR), Italy, experienced a significant rise in market demand which required the company to build a new facility and production lines to meet that increase. Previously, production was limited due to legacy instrumentation and manual processes in heat pump testing that could not assure quality or deliver the required…

  • Floor-to-Cloud Solution for Compressed Air Monitoring Reduces Energy Costs for Major Manufacturer

    Jim Cahill
    Energy costs are always a major issue for manufacturers in all industries, and reducing energy use is a top priority for plant operators because of both environmental and budgetary concerns. A large global consumer packaged goods manufacturer needed to reduce energy consumption and pursue a net zero carbon target. By implementing an innovative solution that could be used in many different applications, the company reduced…

  • Movicon™︎ SCADA/HMI Reduces Engineering Time and Costs for Italian Packaging Machine Builder

    Jim Cahill
    For machine builders and systems integrators, anything they can do to simplify their engineering, speed their time to market and differentiate themselves to customers is a significant win. Here’s a brief case study from Emerson customer, Kosme s.r.l. that designs and manufactures a broad range of industrial packaging and beverage machines. Kosme R&D had determined to develop a supervisory system to use in its machines…

  • Movicon™︎ SCADA/HMI Reduces Engineering Time and Costs for Italian Packaging Machine Builder

    Jim Cahill
    For machine builders and systems integrators, anything they can do to simplify their engineering, speed their time to market and differentiate themselves to customers is a significant win. Here’s a brief case study from Emerson customer, Kosme s.r.l. that designs and manufactures a broad range of industrial packaging and beverage machines. Kosme R&D had determined to develop a supervisory system to use in its machines…

  • Emerson Augmented Reality – More Benefit at Less Cost in a Short Time

    Jim Cahill
    (Second in a series) Augmented reality is a practical, real-world application that can solve serious problems on the plant floor today, saving a ton of money and creating high ROI. This is a fact that we started exploring in this recent blog, “ Reduce the Skills Gap and Increase Productivity Now with Augmented Reality.” To quote that blog, augmented reality (AR) is suitable for both the manufacturing and process industries…

  • Emerson Augmented Reality – More Benefit at Less Cost in a Short Time

    Jim Cahill
    (Second in a series) Augmented reality is a practical, real-world application that can solve serious problems on the plant floor today, saving a ton of money and creating high ROI. This is a fact that we started exploring in this recent blog, “ Reduce the Skills Gap and Increase Productivity Now with Augmented Reality.” To quote that blog, augmented reality (AR) is suitable for both the manufacturing and process industries…

  • Reduce the Skills Gap and Increase Productivity Now with Augmented Reality

    Jim Cahill
    In industrial plants, probably more than any other enterprise today, the skills gap created by the retirement of old-line experts and the challenge of hiring means that having enough trained and informed people to get the job done is a daily problem. At the same time, the pressure to increase or at least maintain profitability/viability doesn’t decrease, although budgets may. The critical nature of operations makes industry…

  • 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…

  • Operations and Business Management at Emerson Exchange

    Jim Cahill
    With registration now open for the October 24-28, 2022 Emerson Exchange conference in the Dallas, Texas area, I wanted to make sure you were aware that the Session Catalog is available for viewing . I understand more is being added, but you can get a sense of some of the sessions that will be there. For instance, I searched by track and chose Operations & Business Management software. Here is one of the presentations…

  • Operations and Business Management at Emerson Exchange

    Jim Cahill
    With registration now open for the October 24-28, 2022 Emerson Exchange conference in the Dallas, Texas area, I wanted to make sure you were aware that the Session Catalog is available for viewing . I understand more is being added, but you can get a sense of some of the sessions that will be there. For instance, I searched by track and chose Operations & Business Management software. Here is one of the presentations…

  • Ready to Own your Virtualization Infrastructure?

    Jim Cahill
    Over the last decade or so we’ve seen rack after rack of servers disappear as organizations have embraced virtualization technology. Not only does moving to a virtualized backbone reduce equipment footprint, but it also dramatically reduces energy usage to help plants improve their sustainability and efficiency. However, virtualized systems are often complex, making them difficult for operational technology (OT) teams…

  • Ready to Own your Virtualization Infrastructure?

    Jim Cahill
    Over the last decade or so we’ve seen rack after rack of servers disappear as organizations have embraced virtualization technology. Not only does moving to a virtualized backbone reduce equipment footprint, but it also dramatically reduces energy usage to help plants improve their sustainability and efficiency. However, virtualized systems are often complex, making them difficult for operational technology (OT) teams…

  • Industrial Software Enables Performance Gains

    Jim Cahill
    The 18 th edition of Innovations in Process Automation from the Emerson European team is now available. It’s also available in German , Spanish , French and Italian . This edition highlights some prime examples of Emerson’s industrial software capabilities and explains how these capabilities are helping manufacturers and producers to achieve significant performance gains. The articles in this edition include: Emerson…

  • Industrial Software Enables Performance Gains

    Jim Cahill
    The 18 th edition of Innovations in Process Automation from the Emerson European team is now available. It’s also available in German , Spanish , French and Italian . This edition highlights some prime examples of Emerson’s industrial software capabilities and explains how these capabilities are helping manufacturers and producers to achieve significant performance gains. The articles in this edition include: Emerson…

  • Episodio22: Automatización en generación de energía - Ciclos combinados

    Jim Cahill
    Nuestro especialista en Soluciones de automatización para generación de energía, Héctor Bucio, nos detalla ampliamente sobre la tecnología de automatización de nueva generación para Ciclos combinados, el impacto que la automatización tiene en estos procesos y la variedad de soluciones Emerson para ciclos combinados. ¿Te interesan los temas relacionados a tecnologías de automatización? No olvides suscribirte al podcast…

  • OSI monarch and CHRONUS demonstration

    Jim Cahill
    At the Emerson Exchange Americas Virtual Series, Emerson’s Kyle Goerz and Ben Kruse who joined Emerson from the recent Open Systems International (OSI) acquisition, shared an OSI monarch platform and CHRONUS Historian demonstration. Here is their session abstract: This session will feature Open Systems International (OSI)—a recent Emerson acquisition—its industry-leading software platform, monarch, and its data historian…

  • OSI monarch and CHRONUS demonstration

    Jim Cahill
    At the Emerson Exchange Americas Virtual Series, Emerson’s Kyle Goerz and Ben Kruse who joined Emerson from the recent Open Systems International (OSI) acquisition, shared an OSI monarch platform and CHRONUS Historian demonstration. Here is their session abstract: This session will feature Open Systems International (OSI)—a recent Emerson acquisition—its industry-leading software platform, monarch, and its data historian…

  • Building Cross-Cultural Awareness

    Jim Cahill
    At a recent Emerson Exchange Americas virtual presentation session, Emerson’s Michalle Adkins and Alpana Desai presented on communicating with cross-cultural awareness. Michalle and Alpana opened by sharing their backgrounds from Pennsylvania and Zambia & UK respectively. They described culture as a system of behaviors acceptable to a particular grouping of people. These behaviors are influenced by history, religion…

  • Building Cross-Cultural Awareness

    Jim Cahill
    At a recent Emerson Exchange Americas virtual presentation session, Emerson’s Michalle Adkins and Alpana Desai presented on communicating with cross-cultural awareness. Michalle and Alpana opened by sharing their backgrounds from Pennsylvania and Zambia & UK respectively. They described culture as a system of behaviors acceptable to a particular grouping of people. These behaviors are influenced by history, religion…

  • 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.

  • Digital Tools More Quickly Deliver Treatments to Patients

    Jim Cahill
    Imagine driving the wrong direction for hundreds of miles after a wrong turn, simply because you didn’t notice missing the exit. Overlooked deviations can cause a lot of frustration, whether during a drive or while executing a batch of pharmaceuticals. Detecting and recognizing a deviation or other problem while in process is called review by exception (RBE) and it can be done live. This is the main point of my article…

  • Digital Tools More Quickly Deliver Treatments to Patients

    Jim Cahill
    Imagine driving the wrong direction for hundreds of miles after a wrong turn, simply because you didn’t notice missing the exit. Overlooked deviations can cause a lot of frustration, whether during a drive or while executing a batch of pharmaceuticals. Detecting and recognizing a deviation or other problem while in process is called review by exception (RBE) and it can be done live. This is the main point of my article…

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