The third part on the series on the Need for an
Intelligent Enterprise
By Cronin Almeida, Invensys
What makes an
enterprise intelligent is that now a days, anything can be instrumented. Any parameter that plays even a slight role
can be measured, documented and made visible. This has enabled real time
information to be available across the enterprise. Intelligence
and Workflow
software along with traditional HMI/Historian
software are the solutions available to help enterprises process and act on this
information in real time. The combination of these two products along with an HMI/Historian
enables the stitching of the entire
manufacturing ecosystem. Disparate systems like production planning, production
execution, quality control can be made to react to specification changes,
supply chain availability, environmental regulations and other industry
parameters.
