In the manufacturing world, the word “retrofit” many times is feared to mean “lost production.” In other words, plants—or at least parts of plants—must be shut down for equipment to be upgraded. And ...

If you think your process automation system has run its course, you’re not alone. It was recently forecast that $65 billion worth of process automation systems are nearing the end of their useful life ...

ANSI/ISA-106.00.01, Procedure Automation for Continuous Process Operations, has been published by ISA. The standard sets forth mod­els, styles, strategies, philosophies, and life cycle for the ...

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 ...

At its core business process management is the administrative activities aimed at (1) defining a process, (2) establishing responsibilities, (3) evaluating process performance and (4) identifying ...

In a 2018 survey of global supply chain executives, 21.8% stated that lack of visibility was the worst challenge they faced. The proportion for data management was the lowest, coming in at 1.3%, while ...

Markov decision processes (MDPs) and stochastic control constitute pivotal frameworks for modelling decision-making in systems subject to uncertainty. At their core, MDPs provide a structured means to ...

Flowable 2025.2 expands enterprise control over agentic automation by strengthening governed AI, multi-agent orchestration, ...