ST. LOUIS — Emerson has launched supervisory control systems for large facilities to bring customers more control over their facility operation capabilities. Supervisory controls from Emerson allow ...

Small-format retail facilities face different operational challenges than supermarkets or other large-format retailers. Most convenience stores do not have system controls. In a typical convenience ...

The ISA112 consensus-based technical standard identifies and promotes best practices. When it comes to supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA) systems, oil and gas industry users and vendors ...

Installing a successful management control system in a small business requires planning and the involvement of the managers and affected employees. When managers have the financial, production, sales ...

Brewing beer is a craft that demands a deft touch and deep knowledge of the process. MadTree Brewing Company of Cincinnati, Ohio, wanted software with similar characteristics when it sought a new ...

Automation takes mechanization one step further. While mechanization replaces manual labor with machines, automation replaces human guidance with controls hardware, computers, and programming (PCs, ...

Discrete Event Systems (DES) constitute a class of dynamic systems characterised by state transitions that occur at discrete points in time, triggered by instantaneous events. Supervisory Control ...