A best practice is a method or technique that has consistently shown results superior to those achieved with other means, and that is used as a benchmark. ARC has conducted numerous best practice surveys over the past thirty years and has developed best practices for a large number of topics of interest to industry executives.

Aug
31
2023

Manufacturing the Best Products with AI

The fully autonomous factory has always been an elusive vison that represents the culmination of the evolution of production automation. It is a manufacturing environment that is completely unmanned and run by AI systems directing machines and robotic production cells and lines.
Aug
24
2023

Electrify Everything?

Why would we want to electrify everything if we already have working systems for transportation, buildings, and our commercial and industrial infrastructure? Electrification is expensive.
Aug
17
2023

Open Process Automation: From Concept to Field Deployment

The contemporary topic of Open Process Automation (OPA) ignited audience interest at ARC Advisory Group’s 21st India Forum titled Driving Sustainability, Energy Transition, and Performance through Digitalization on July 12th and 13th, 2023.
Aug
03
2023

SUPCON’s Ethernet-APL Solution for Speedy and Secure Connectivity

 J. Thakur, Deputy General Manager-Instrumentation, RAMKY Group, explained how SUPCON's Ethernet-APL (Advanced Physical Layer) solution facilitates field networks to make faster and simpler connections between control systems and field instruments in hazardous areas at lower costs.
Aug
02
2023
Larry O'Brien

Digitalization and Sustainability Transform Building Automation Systems

The building automation systems market is undergoing a renaissance. Suppliers almost universally experienced revenue declines in 2020 as the pandemic resulted in deserted office buildings and college campuses. Investments in new building automation systems completely stalled.
Jul
28
2023

Shifting to a More Visual Way of Working at ExxonMobil

At the recent ARC Industry Forum in Orlando, the session on Building the Industrial Metaverse on Open Digital Twins brought forth interesting perspectives on the potential value of open digital twins and Shifting to a More Visual Way of Working
Jul
19
2023

Six Characteristics of Digital Transformation Leaders

In a world increasingly characterized by digital economies and disruption, every market disturbance exponentially widens the business agility gap between the less digitally evolved and those companies that have demonstrated innovation leadership through digital transformation. For those that are not transforming with urgency, the negative consequences will become compounded to the point of being untenable.