How to Best Implement PLC Standards
Standardization has long been considered an industrial automation best practice when programming programmable logic controllers (PLCs, PACs). Implementing and documenting PLC standards is crucial to achieving the most outstanding value from this investment. Nevertheless, why does standardization bring value, and what are the benefits? What are the Benefits of PLC Standards? First, why should we […]
Digital Evolution Demystified: Understanding your Digital Journey
Is “Digital Transformation” just another buzzword phrase? If you said yes, most industry experts are on your side. As expert automation consultants, we push past buzzwords to develop clear, actionable strategies for your organization’s growth and optimization. In executing these plans, your systems undergo multiple phases of value optimization and cost minimization, and as such, we […]
Impacting Life Sciences with EA
The Life Science industry demands nothing less than the highest possible safety and quality standards. Regardless of your specific role within the industry, complying with Good Manufacturing Practice (GMP) guidelines is a central component of conducting business. Fortunately, Enterprise Automation (EA) is here to ease the compliance burden and facilitate process validation when it comes […]
Taking Your Controls System to the Next Level
Digital transformation is a buzzword in the tech and business industry, but it’s become something of an inevitability. As you may or may not realize, your control system is already in this digital transformation journey, but you may need to figure out where to go next. Enterprise Automation has been a trusted resource in providing controls system guidance, design, implementation, and support for 25 years and can help you take your controls system to that next level.
Test Platforms – Evolved
We’re making some changes – here’s what you should know. The heart of quality development methodology As you know, at Enterprise Automation, our tagline has always been “Nothing Leaves Enterprise Untested.” At the core of this quality philosophy is the use of offline development environments or Test Platforms. These systems are securely located on […]
Upgrading Manufacturers’ Existing Assets, Resources, and Infrastructure with Parsec’s MES platform, TrakSYS
By: Enterprise Automation The pressure on manufacturers to increase quality and productivity while reducing costs has never been higher. Finding ways to maximize efficiency and profits is a challenge that most organizations face. That’s why Enterprise Automation has partnered with Parsec, who offers a next-generation Manufacturing Execution System (MES) platform. TrakSYS provides the monitoring, measuring, […]
Exploring IIoT and How it Impacts Your Digital Transformation Journey
Exploring IIoT and How it Impacts Your Digital Transformation Journey By leveraging today’s scalable IIoT to collect asset information and meta data across vast distributed systems for use in advanced analytics, IIoT offers a quick return on investment. Written by: Jeff Runyan The Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) is a buzzword commonly found today […]
What is SCADA?
SCADA, or Supervisory Control And Data Acquisition, is a system of software and hardware elements that allows industrial organizations to control industrial processes locally or at remote locations, monitor, gather, and process real-time data, directly interact with devices such as sensors, valves, pumps, motors, and more through human-machine interface (HMI) software, and record events […]
The Functional Specification: Critical before, during, and after a Project
A functional specification, or functional spec, is a vital document to any project. It ensures that all parties, the integrator, the system designer and the end customer, are all in agreement on how the system is supposed to work. While it may seem that a functional spec is only useful at the beginning of a […]
What’s Included in a Functional Spec?
A functional specification, or operational spec, is a document that outlines all aspects of a project’s programming requirements. It is essentially the guide that directs the programmers on how the system is supposed to function, providing value before, during and after the project. To truly be effective, the functional spec needs to be extremely specific; […]
