In this article, as in industry, advanced process control (APC) refers primarily to multi-variable control. Multivariable control means adjusting multiple single-loop controllers in unison, to meet ...

New process device profiles have been added by ODVA to the EtherNet/IP specification to provide end users with another tool to help optimize plant operations. According to ODVA, the new process device ...

Manufacturing process controls include all systems and software that exert control over production processes. Control systems include process sensors, data processing equipment, actuators, networks to ...

Increasingly tight tolerances and rigorous demands for quality are forcing chipmakers and equipment manufacturers to ferret out minor process variances, which can create significant anomalies in ...

According to Jeffery Liker’s book, The Toyota Way, it’s estimated that most business processes are 90% waste and 10% value-added work. Value-added activities in a process are considered those that ...

There has been a lot of recent discussion about the Internet of Things (IoT), big data, data analytics, and cloud. All of these terms may seem new to some audiences in the industrial world. However, a ...

Companies choose manufacturing processes -- such as job order, batch process, assembly line and continuous process -- based in part on the level of product individualization allowed. Manufacturers use ...