Learn how a North American News Print Mill turned to GE Fanuc and our Premier Solution Provider, STI, to increase plant efficiency and improve their competitiveness.

Study the impact of Overall Equipment Effectiveness in Pharmaceutical manufacturing as these companies deal with the significant forces of change in their marketplaces.

Read an overview of the validation and main documentation requirements pertaining to automation systems in Life Sciences environments.

Look at the need for warranty expense reduction in the Automotive industry and the options available for manufacturers.

No man is an island, said the renowned English poet John Donne. Neither, it appears, is an HMI/SCADA system, if modern technology has any say.

Learn how a North American News Print Mill turned to GE Fanuc and our Premier Solution Provider, STI, to increase plant efficiency and improve their competitiveness.

Uncover the Key Peformance Indicators (KPI) and metrics framework you need to tie operational and financial metrics together for sustainable growth.

Learn about the process and selected applications that can transform data into information as a means to optimizing Operations and Maintenance (O&M).

Find the places where today's plant automation and information systems make sense for capturing availability, performance and quality metrics.

Uncover the benefits of OEE by looking at its history, value proposition and successful industry applications.

As our valued customer, you should be taking advantage of the best and latest technologies we have to offer. Proficy HMI/SCADA – iFIX* 4.5 is our most powerful iFIX application ever, with a wealth of new features and integration opportunities that can take your production operations to the next level of quality and efficiency.

The ISA95/MESA Best Practices Working Group explains how to apply, migrate to and maintain a single data definition across "Level 3" functions and interfaces.

Compare the functional and application differences between plant-wide data historians and relational databases when looking to apply the proper set of tools for your environment.

Discover a new way to look at your plants and find the information you need to make informed decisions quickly and effectively.

The ever increasing demands on today's manufacturers to enable Lean manufacturing, JIT (Just in Time) delivery and reduced WIP (Work in Progress) inventories require more effective solutions for supporting automation and information technologies.

HMI/SCADA software applications have come a long way since their inception in the 1980s as a means of automating and regulating simple plant floor processes.

The medical device market continues to experience double digit growth. The orthopedic device and implant market exceeds 10 billion dollars and is forecasted to grow to 18 billion dollars by the year 2009.

Business-to-manufacturing (B2M) data exchange applications and system life cycle methods are being developed from ANSI/ISA95, Enterprise-Control System Integration Standard, to adapt and optimize manufacturing in the 21st Century "Pull" marketplace. The MESA/ISA95 Best Practices Working Group shall publish an annual ISA Technical Report to document these evolving applications and methods with an explanation of ISA95 business case.

For many years, programmable logic controllers (PLCs) have provided OEMs and end users with a highly reliable method of control. However, engineers working with PLCs must plan for generational upgrades to achieve greater functionality and improve their control system's ability to communicate beyond the plant floor.

A metric that captures availability, performance and quality highlights the many places where today’s automation makes sense

It’s been almost 10 years since 21 CFR Part 11 appeared on the industry stage, and again the pharmaceutical community is buzzing with activity regarding recent guidance issued by the FDA – this time about Process Analytical Technologies or PAT.

GE adopted a Six Sigma Quality program in 1995. Since that time, every business unit (including GE Fanuc) has used Six Sigma to drive cost savings and improved customer service.

Advances in automation technology have provided alternatives to traditional approaches to managing remote sites — and helped users speed implementation, reduce costs, improve data integrity and significantly ease accessibility.

Generally, plant productivity is considered from a macro overview of the process. But this may not reveal improvements to be had from a micro view of individual plant systems and machines.