The world has faced many geopolitical, environmental, economic, and technological changes over the past several years, and with these have come new learnings and opportunities to refine our practices ...

Introduction: Why Older PLCs Are Still Everywhere. The hidden backbone of modern manufacturing Many plants today are ...

Operational leaders must recognize the invisible tipping point where legacy systems eventually cost more to maintain than to replace. Failing to identify this threshold can silently erode profit ...

When it comes to controllers, manufacturers and industrial companies are often inclined to leave something that works well enough alone. After all, with the right maintenance, programmable logic ...

Industrial automation technologies have made manufacturing processes increasingly more efficient. Programmable logic controllers (PLCs) are commonly used in industrial automation, and many of these ...

Learn what factors distinguish modern industrial controllers from earlier versions. Find out the impact of open architectures and interoperability on the flexibility of industrial controllers. Get ...