The German company SEW-EURODRIVE is an established market leader in the design, manufacturing and assembly of gears and geared motors, and they have evolved into a solution provider with a machine automation solution.

The traditional fix-it-when-it-breaks, reactive approach to maintenance of plants and equipment has been so deeply embedded in most industrial companies for such a long time that those plants that do make the move to implement new digital-based methods for transforming to proactive maintenance can gain significant business benefits

The modern distributed control system (DCS) is the operational focus point of the process plant. As such, the DCS is critical for many functional areas, and Siemens has embarked on a Unique Dual DCS Strategy

Quality management systems (QMS) have been in place since the beginning of the Industrial Revolution. Early quality controls systems were used to manage and curtail defects in the products and eventually evolved to become a set of standards that controlled both the product and production processes.

To provide our Advisory Service clients with holistic coverage of the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on various markets, ARC Advisory Group publishes the latest Automation Index - Automation Market Update - September 2021 - as a Special Report in PowerPoint format.

The technologies In PLM solutions of today offer seamless integration of a product’s lifecycle and now enable the complete, digital definition of a product across engineering domains and functional departments.

Supplier Financials Quarterly Year-Over-Year Analysis (Q1+ Q2) 2021

The 2021 ARC Industry Forum Europe focused on “Accelerating Digital Transformation in a Post-COVID World.” The workshop held by the CC-Link Partner Organization CLPA, silver sponsor of the ARC event, summarized the status and benefits of using Time-Sensitive Networking (TSN) in Ethernet based networks

Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) recently presented to ARC their strategy and offering for the Smart Factory implementation. In keeping with the overall theme and context of digital transformation, TCS proposes a comprehensive innovation-led approach within a manufacturing setup.

ARC Advisory Group recently conducted a global survey of scaling asset performance management (APM) best practices. Survey results included 180 respondents from industry practitioners and several one-on-one interviews with industry end users

Industrial companies need stronger OT cybersecurity programs to deal with today’s sophisticated threat environment, and you need to Close Your OT Cybersecurity Gaps Now

Fired assets in the hydrocarbon processing industries use a combustion heat source to heat process fluids in the presence of a catalyst. In the case of a Steam Methane Reformer (SMR), the fluid and catalyst are in tube banks where a reaction takes place converting steam and lighter hydrocarbons into hydrogen and carbon monoxide.

Improving the security of Operations Systems is a large, complex, and open-ended task. Although it shares many characteristics with more general information security responses, there are additional constraints and problems inherent in this domain, including the role of the operator in cybersecurity

ARC recently attended the August 2021 New England Public Power Association (NEPPA) conference, where Gordon Van Welie, President & CEO of grid operator ISO New England (ISO-NE) stated that unless new electric markets are developed, rolling blackouts may come to New England grid customers.

The Open Process Automation (OPA) session flagged off the virtual ARC Industry Forum Asia on July 13, 2021, titled Accelerating Digital Transformation in a Post-COVID World.