One certainty is that manufacturing processes continue to get better at producing data-primarily due to rapid cost reductions and improvements in data collection, communication, and storage ...

Bill Schmidt (Renson House) explains when a data historian fits plant process data better than SQL Server or Oracle—and where historians hit limits.

Business process management has had a long history helping enterprises with their process engineering efforts and digital transformation initiatives. Now, BPM is getting a big boost from AI. "AI ...

Asset data is crucial in the power generation industry. Without it, utilities are forced to speculate about how long their assets will last, when they will need repair, and which strategies will ...

Data quality can be a paradox. It is both simple in its essentials and tricky in its specifics. A data quality management program ensures processes run smoothly. Data quality refers to the condition ...

Process analytical technology (PAT) describes the FDA-endorsed framework for measuring and controlling pharmaceutical manufacturing processes through real-time data collection and analysis. The FDA's ...

A data filter is a device, algorithm, or process that removes some unwanted components or features from a data signal. The unwanted component may be random noise (perhaps from mixing turbulence or ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about how to drive more value with data and analytics. Most organizations have invested heavily in using data to enhance ...

In addition to production volume information, manufacturing (including import) sites also provide information about industrial processing and/or uses of each chemical, regardless of whether the site ...