ISA106 started with the goal of developing standards, recommended practices, and technical reports on the design and implementation of procedures for automating continuous process operations. The ...

Digitalization, Internet of Things (IoT), big data, artificial intelligence, and virtual reality are some examples of rapidly developing areas of technology that will have a big impact on how ...

The goal of every RIA operations professional is to add efficiency and scalability to their organization. Said differently, we want to find a way to serve more and more clients without our level of ...

Innovation is not about creating something entirely new; it’s about transforming existing products into a unique solution to address a real-world problem. Process innovation cannot be achieved unless ...

Operations are all about management. Management is how business works internally. Operations are meant to promote two main things in a business: effectiveness and efficiency. So when the operations ...

All business owners and managers want to be able to increase their company’s efficiency. One of the ways people do so is by seeking ways to streamline a business’s processes, workflows and operations.

Technology progression within advanced process control (APC) continues to evolve; however, it is the relationship among core APC developments, enabling technologies, and management practices that is ...

The strategic administration of production processes and personnel to maximize output, minimize errors and continually enhance product quality come under the general banner of "operations management." ...

If you can fit all employees into one car and go to lunch together, the automation of business processes is a low priority. But if your company needs two cars or more ...

All too often, a stellar marketing team finds itself handicapped by an inefficient tech stack. Without the right platforms in place, B2B teams must wade through dirty data and siloed processes — ...

In Army headquarters, commanders frequently leave a meeting without the knowledge they need to know to make decisions. This is mostly the result of insufficient or incomplete running estimates. Staffs ...

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