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
2021
Florian Güldner and Naresh Kumar Surepelly

European Automation Champions

There is a small group of truly global European Automation Champions, in-cluding Siemens, ABB, Schneider Electric, SAP, Dassault Systèmes, SEW Eurodrive, and Danfoss. What makes the European market so special is the large share of equally innovative subject matter experts (SMEs), which are often leading technology providers in their markets.
Aug
12
2021

PLCnext and Open Automation

PLCnext from Phoenix Contact is an automation and IoT product line combining an open real-time control platform, a Linux software development and execution environment, automation engineering software, and cloud integration. So, where is the connection with PLCnext and Open Automation
Aug
12
2021

APM and Digital Twin Synergies

Consider an APM approach that uses Digital Twin Synergies and synchronizes engineering and asset management functions for faster time to benefit for projects, and higher reliability for assets. Digital twins enable and augment this APM approach.
Aug
05
2021

The Path of Grid Automation for 2050

The Path of Grid Automation for 2050 has the United States with a goal to reach 100 percent carbon pollution-free electricity by 2035.
Jul
29
2021
Mark Sen Gupta

Increasing Alarm Management Effectiveness and Reducing Risk

Honeywell Connected Industrial recently briefed ARC on their new Alarm Performance Optimizer, which is part of the Honeywell Forge Alarm Management suite of applications that increases Alarm Management Effectiveness
Jul
29
2021
Eric Cosman

Understanding Cybersecurity Certification

Virtually any discussion about securing operations and automation systems comes to the question of how to affirm the performance and effectiveness of the cybersecurity program: think Independent cybersecurity certification