Industry Best Practices & Definitions

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.

How AI Helps Organizations Digitize Worker Knowledge and Optimize Operations In Real-Time

At the recent ARC Forum, Jim Frazer, ARC VP, interviewed Leslie Rittenberg, Vice President of Product Management at Beyond Limits AI, where we discussed the role of AI in helping organizations digitize worker knowledge and optimize operations in real-time.

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AI-Driven Leak Detection Best Practice Trends

AI-driven leak detection is part of these work process improvement trends. Its adoption is increasing based on the widening range of benefits associated with its OT-centric approach.

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Distinct Digital Twins Have Emerged for Discrete and Process Industries

A digital twin is a virtual representation of a physical system. With that commonly used short definition, many software categories – old and new - can be called a “digital twin,” but Distinct Digital Twins Have Emerged

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How MES/MOM Is Used to Improve Sustainability and Reduce Energy Usage in Production

Manufacturing Execution Systems/Manufacturing Operations Management (MES/MOM) can reduce energy costs, improve sustainability, energy efficiency and competitiveness.

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Evaluating Industrial Wireless Strategies for Critical Applications

Mission-critical industrial applications are increasingly reliant on wireless communications, and they require Industrial Wireless Strategies

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Moving Phillips 66 Operational Data to the Cloud

Each Phillips 66 refinery had their own operational data (OT) saved locally behind firewalls, and the company wanted to be Moving Operational Data to the Cloud

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Transforming Data into Actionable Insights with Brain Cube

At the recent ARC Forum, ARC's Jim Frazer spoke with Garrett Keegan, Head of Account Executives at Brain Cube, and Becky Brown, Vice President of Marketing, to discuss the impact of Transforming Data into Actionable Insights on Brain Cube's IoT and digital twin solutions on various industries.

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How Vanti AI Uses AI to Help Manufacturers Optimize Processes and Reduce Costs

At the recent ARC Forum, I spoke with Smadar David, CEO of Vanti AI, where we discussed how Vanti AI uses AI to help manufacturers Optimize Processes, Reduce Costs, and accelerate their manufacturing outcomes at scale

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Honeywell Forge Performance+ for Industrials Production Intelligence Optimizes Production Processes

The restructuring of businesses and proliferation of digital data is occurring at an unprecedented rate. Customers on the digital transformation journey must apply Production Intelligence which Optimizes Production

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AI Is Driving Smart Manufacturing

Today’s Smart Manufacturing environment is predicated on factories that use intelligent, connected production equipment and devices

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Hanover Fair 2023: Supplier Highlights

After a 2-year pandemic-induced break and a scaled-down show in 2022, the Hanover Fair opened its gates in April to an enthusiastic public

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Hanover Fair 2023: Trends and Highlights

After a 2-year pandemic-induced break and a scaled-down show in 2022, the Hanover Fair 2023 opened its gates in April to an enthusiastic public thirsty to return to the way things used to be.

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Taking Predictive Maintenance to the Next Level

Organizations across all industries face tremendous pressure to increase shareholder value, and they need to be Taking Predictive Maintenance to the Next Level

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2023 ARC Forum Secure Cloud Edge Workshop

The first day of the 2023 ARC Forum in Orlando, Florida included a variety of cybersecurity workshops and case study presentations. One of the workshops was titled Secure Cloud Edge and Edge OT Architectures.

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ARC Advisory Group Market Update March 2023

To provide our Advisory Service clients with holistic coverage of the various industrial and automation markets we cover, ARC Advisory Group publishes every quarter an Industrial Market Update with indices on automation, machinery and user CapEx markets

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Is the Future on All Fours? Understanding Boston Dynamics' Spot

In today’s installment of ARC’s sustainability podcast, hosts Jim Frazer and Gaven Simon speak to Roger Hebert of Boston Dynamics. Roger is the industrial inspection sales manager for Boston Dynamics and has extensive industrial manufacturing experience.

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Data-Driven Decarbonization: Energy Systems of the Future

The energy transition’s drive toward industrial sustainability goes beyond energy infrastructure itself, and includes cloud-based IT infrastructure and services as it embraces Energy Systems of the Future

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Data Management: A Critical Success Factor in EAM Implementations

For many asset-intensive organizations, one critical and often overlooked area is the master data within the EAM, which drives the key functionalities and is a Critical Success Factor in EAM Implementations

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2023 ARC Forum: MSSP Strategies for OT Cybersecurity

Lack of resources is a global issue that plagues OT cybersecurity programs. It undermines efforts to monitor and sustain security hygiene and ensure proper governance of established security policies.

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The Importance of System Robustness and Stability in Distributed Control Systems

The influence of information technology (IT) on operations technology (OT) has many benefits, but does web-based engineering make sense for a distributed control system

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Machinery Automation from the Edge: Vision or Reality?

The influence of information technology (IT) on operational technology (OT) affects every area of industrial automation, from connected smart sensors to Automation from the Edge

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Collaborative, Web-Based Engineering for Process Automation

The influence of information technology (IT) on operations technology (OT) has many benefits, but does web-based engineering make sense for a distributed control system (DCS)?

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Supplier Financials Quarterly Year-Over-Year Analysis 2022 Q4

In this Insight, ARC Advisory Group includes the most recent quarterly results for major automation suppliers that publicly report their results.

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Maximizing the Impact of ESG

ESG is a frequent topic of conversation in conference rooms big and small, and it covers an immense amount of ground and provides little context to the real impact of ESG on companies.

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Does Deep Sea Mining Have A Role In The Energy Transition?

In today’s episode of the ARC Sustainability Podcast, Gaven Simon, ARC analyst, is joined by Erica Ocampo, Chief Sustainability Officer of the Metals Company. They sit down to discuss deep sea mining, where it originated, and what it looks like today.

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