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by David R. Brousell, MA Editorial Staff, Stephanie Neil, MA Editorial Staff
Posted on Thursday, December 01, 2005 12:00:00 AM Sign Up to receive Daily News Alerts in your E-mail Inbox    | Abstract: | Emphasis in coming year will be on improving efficiency by collecting information generated by intelligent field devices and seamlessly integrating it with business applications to deliver a comprehensive, up-to-the minute view of the business. |
At the plant floor level, say leading automation technology vendors, much of the focus for 2006 will be on improving efficiency by collecting information generated by intelligent field devices and seamlessly integrating it with business applications to deliver a comprehensive, up-to-the minute view of the business. Interestingly, according to these same vendors, much of the technology needed to enable this bottom-up approach to operations is already in place. "All of the automation companies will be talking about a bottom-up approach, and I personally believe it is important," said Dick Hill, vice president of manufacturing services at ARC Advisory Group (Dedham, MA). "If you look at it from a manufacturing point of view, this is where you can really measure what you are doing. It can't be measured from an ERP system. It has to be done from the plant floor." [Click to continue] |
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