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.

Nov
16
2021
Bob Gill

Emerson Expands Flowmeter Calibration Capabilities for Southeast Asia Customers

Emerson customers in the Southeast Asia region can look forward to faster instrument turnarounds with the company’s Southeast Asia Service Center in Singapore now offering flowmeter calibration capabilities for larger size flowmeters. Specifically, catered line sizes are increased from the previous 0.1-4 inches to a much larger 12 inches.
Nov
12
2021

NAMUR 2021 Exchange Forum Focuses on “CoSyMoNoS”

This year’s NAMUR General Assembly, held on November 4th and 5th, was again a virtual event, called “Exchange Forum.” The NAMUR 2021 Exchange Forum had four parallel sessions and drew around three hundred attendees, about half of what a classical General Assembly would bring together.
Nov
05
2021
Eric Cosman

The Need for Cybersecurity Case Studies

It is generally accepted that the protection of industrial control systems (ICS) from various types of malicious software and deliberate attack should be a priority for all asset owners. Standards bodies, suppliers, and asset owners have responded to this with Cybersecurity Case Studies
Oct
28
2021
Thomas Menze

SIMATIC PCS neo: Redefining Cybersecurity

With the introduction of SIMATIC PCS neo, Siemens aims to set new standards in process automation by offering an innovative, web-based process control system and Redefining Cybersecurity
Oct
22
2021

FIWARE and The European Data Spaces Alliance

FIWARE is a platform of open-source components to facilitate building IoT solutions for many verticals. Its key component is a context broker, which can be used to implement data spaces. FIWARE participated in a recent initiative, the European Data Spaces. FIWARE has a strategy for becoming the global enabler for the data economy.
Oct
14
2021
David Humphrey

How 1995 Shaped the Future of Automation

In the world of industrial automation, nothing ever happens fast. We don’t know revolution, only evolution, and 1995 was a special year because it marked the end of an era and the beginning of several new technology paths that Shaped the Future of Automation