Business process automation (BPA) is the use of advanced technology to complete business processes with minimal human intervention. A business process is an activity, or set of activities, used to ...

As new open process automation systems are developed and commercialized, there will inevitably be a long transitional period as owner-operators migrate the installed base of DCS equipment to the new ...

Looking at the future of process automation, ExxonMobil’s recent initiative is noteworthy for several reasons: First because it is being done for ExxonMobil, a leading international oil company with a ...

A process automation system at the heart of Industrial Furnace Co.'s (IFCO) industrial furnaces is using sophisticated motor control centers, PACs, networked I/O and reusable software code to ...

Process automation is a broad software category with specific uses within IT departments and the wider enterprise. The technology landscape might be complicated, but the goal for IT managers is ...

Manufacturing productivity has long benefited from automation, with factories regularly incorporating robotics and software-controlled equipment into their production lines. Many argue that factories ...

Globally, businesses tend to opt for innovation and automation. RPA or Robotic Process Automation can serve this objective effectively by automating mundane and repetitive tasks. Software automation ...

Designed with ease of use in mind, the software modernizes the graphical user interface while retaining the rigorous and robust calculation engine from the company's Connoisseur APC (Advanced Process ...

Since about 2015, when Don Bartusiak, the then chief engineer at ExxonMobil Research & Engineering, publicly advocated for the development of a new, standards-based, open—yet secure—process control ...

Safety has always been a concern on the factory floor when it comes to the technology driving automation systems, and more and more automation technology providers are trying to make it easier to ...