Take the pain out of compliance with automated tracking of batch data with Exaquantum/Batch

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Take the pain out of compliance with automated tracking of batch data with Exaquantum/Batch

Organizations demand a flawless manufacturing process that can operate across multiple function areas to enable business evolution and provide enhanced control and greater flexibility. The challenge for many businesses is how to improve production and increase the quantity of goods produced. In his latest blog, Nick Cross examines a batch solution which improves production efficiencies and complies with industry regulations.

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Virtual Event: Y NOW 2021 - Realizing Autonomous Operations

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Virtual Event: Y NOW 2021 - Realizing Autonomous Operations

Y NOW 2021 will showcase how to transform from industrial automation to industrial autonomy (IA2IA). Over three days, leading industry experts will share their vast expertise in accelerating digital transformations to create highly agile operations. Attendees will learn how to reimagine, scale and accelerate their digital transformations to achieve autonomous operations for a sustainable future.

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Plant Historian: Core of your Digital Transformation

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Plant Historian: Core of your Digital Transformation

The pace of digital transformation is accelerating, delivering benefits from increased profitability, reduced costs, and higher productivity. In his latest blog, Nick Cross examines how Exaquantum Plant Historian is enabling companies to generate growth from plant data and is at the forefront of digital transformation.

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The Lean and Mean Trap

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The Lean and Mean Trap

In recent times, there has been a shift to transforming manufacturing and production facilities into lean and mean organizations, leading to a relatively small team responsible for production. In the manufacturing world, to achieve optimal outcomes, it is necessary to expand capacity, avoid downtime, and find ways to save money while maintaining safety. But is there such a thing as becoming too lean?

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Optimizing Supply Chain Management

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Optimizing Supply Chain Management

So how does a company turn its supply chain into something far more responsive to benefit the entire company?

To answer that, let’s first consider what truly optimized, digitally transformed supply chain management can accomplish. In the most basic terms, it ensures sufficient feedstocks, fuels, and other necessities are available to support normal production, but this is only the beginning.

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Energy Management: From Conservation to Optimization and Sustainability

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Energy Management: From Conservation to Optimization and Sustainability

Reliable supplies of reasonably priced and environmentally friendly energy are essential for all manufacturing enterprises, as well as commercial and residential consumers. Yokogawa helps further these efforts by promoting efficient generation and use of energy worldwide. Our goal is to make meaningful contributions towards the realization of a society where everyone can easily access stable energy supplies at a reasonable price.

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Production Optimization: Improving Upon Traditional Regulatory Control

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Production Optimization: Improving Upon Traditional Regulatory Control

There are situations where maximizing output or some other variable is not as important as optimization. Running at maximum output may reduce efficiency, causing the additional output to shift the cost picture unfavorably. In these types of situations, reducing output may be more profitable overall. But let’s apply this concept to a larger picture.

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Asset Performance Management: Focus, Direction, and Optimization for Reliability and Maintenance

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Asset Performance Management: Focus, Direction, and Optimization for Reliability and Maintenance

Trying to manage too many assets with too few people and resources will result in outages and lost production. Asset performance management (APM) tools collect and sort data to prioritize maintenance activities. When deployed properly, asset management solutions within larger DX and IIoT programs save money, reduce risk and improve plant performance.

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The Digital Roadmap to New Business Processes

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The Digital Roadmap to New Business Processes

What is the future of model-based optimization and how can value chain optimization be transformed digitally? Let’s explore what industry leaders think about value chain optimization and alignment of asset and supply chain activities to reflect market demand and pricing. What is the future of model-based optimization and how can value chain optimization be transformed digitally?

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Visual MESA-EM saves money and protects environment

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Visual MESA-EM saves money and protects environment

Visual MESA-EM (Energy Monitor) is a digital twin that can capture heat losses and emissions using sensors, analyzers, and estimators. These data can be used to determine energy cost impacts and environmental loads. Users can then take corrective actions for saving energy and reducing emissions from a cost viewpoint. Visual MESA-EM also facilitates users in maintaining optimal conditions by visualizing opportunities and then prioritizing and validating them.

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Can you Rationalize Risk?

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Can you Rationalize Risk?

In his latest blog, Marcel evaluates ‘The Commodity Trap’, and its relevance to the Digital Transformation journey. When faced with the understanding and application of Digital Transformation, most customers have never encountered such a complex and technical changes before. Can you rationalise risk?

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