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.

Oct
05
2020

Benchmarking Outsourced IT and OT Services

As more and more companies outsource selected IT activities to be able to deal more efficiently with varying workloads and domain areas, they also need to be benchmarking outsourced IT and OT services for performance.
Oct
05
2020
Mark Sen Gupta

Remote Operations Management Unlocks Greater Efficiencies

Traditionally, whether an industrial facility is fully manned, minimally manned, or unmanned, its operations are typically coordinated from a central location in a rigidly hierarchal fashion, but now we need to look at remote operations management
Oct
03
2020

E-commerce in India Is Booming

E-commerce is witnessing a global resurgence, and E-commerce in India is booming based, in part, on increased access to the internet in India and other emerging economies.
Oct
03
2020
Eric Cosman

Automation Professionals and the Need for Safety and Security

Those who contribute to the design, implementation and operation of automation strategies have seen their roles changing with the Automation Professionals and the Need for Safety and Security in the face of new and expanded expectations
Sep
23
2020

Maintenance and IIoT Needed for Complex Equipment

The increasing sophistication of today’s advanced industrial equipment often exceeds the capabilities of on-site, general-purpose technicians to diagnose and repair, so maintenance and IIoT needed for complex equipment. 
Sep
23
2020
Janice Abel

Knowledge Transfer Facilitated by OTS

A new generation of workers, often with different skills and learning habits, must be trained and up to speed quickly.  Enter Operator Training Simulators (OTS), and knowledge transfer facilitated by OTS can be utilized to keep today’s increasingly complex plants operating safely, reliably and efficiently. 
Sep
22
2020

Upstream Oil & Gas Needs IIoT and Automation

The onshore oil & gas industry is facing new and difficult challenges, and upstream Oil & Gas needs IIoT and automation.  In addition to the obvious cost pressures posed by today's depressed oil prices, other hurdles make it difficult to operate a profitable business. 
Sep
22
2020
Janice Abel

Adaptation of Pharma and Biotech to External Pressures

The adaptation of Pharma and Biotech must continue in light of increasing global competition, increasing regulations, public healthcare pressures, volatile economic conditions, new technologies, and mergers and acquisitions.