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by Stephanie Neil, MA Editorial Staff   | Abstract: | Human beings, by design, invent things, produce them, and then maintain what they have built. Therefore, humans, by default, are the root cause of accidents and failures. Is there a way to keep people from making mistakes? |
| Keywords: | the human side of wireless, changing the way people work |
John Prows has pondered that question for 20-plus years, in his former role at DuPont and now as vice president of manufacturing excellence for specialty chemical manufacturer Huntsman LLC.
Humans, Prows has concluded, make mistakes generally because of a lack of information. "There are lots of tools focused on the plant and equipment, but the key to making plants run better is giving people tools [to obtain] better information," Prows says.
And the key tool for getting that information to a person, regardless of where that person is located in the plant, is wireless technology, be it RFID, sensor-based networks, or WiFi.
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