A distributed control system (DCS) centralizes plant operations to provide flexibility and simplicity by allowing central control, monitoring and reporting of individual components and processes.

However, Control Design highlights a critical consideration for automation engineers: While IPCs offer significant flexibility and advanced features, they are fundamentally PCs with operating systems ...

Inventory control systems are generally categorized as push or pull models. Knowing the definitions, advantages and disadvantages of each system will help a company establish which inventory ...

The Advantages of Monitoring Employees. Monitoring employees may sound like something a company that doesn't trust its workforce would do, but installing monitoring equipment in your business has ...

Pharma manufacturing spends up to $40M per year on QC, there are clear advantaged of automating biopharma quality control, including cost and quality.

Remote monitoring can be an effective part of follow-up care for patients with implantable electronic cardiovascular devices, according to a small study recently published in the journal ...