Managing Change in an Open Process Control Environment

Modern process control strategies are transitioning from closed, proprietary platforms to networks of flexible, distributed databases and open Human-Machine Interfaces (HMIs) where every user has a PC or workstation. However, this trend raises an important question: Who manages increasingly complex, geographically dispersed open systems employing hardware and software from multiple suppliers?

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