Automation Made Easy: Everything You Wanted to Know about Automation-and Need to Ask
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Automation Made Easy: Everything You Wanted to Know about Automation-and Need to Ask

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Automation Made Easy: Everything You Wanted to Know about Automation-and Need to Ask

About this book

After a quick glance at the plant floor, it is very easy to see the industrial automation industry interoperates with other functions within the enterprise. Trying to keep up with changing technologies, however, is never easy and the industrial automation environment is no exception. Whether you are a student just starting out or are a top-level executive or manager well-versed in one domain, but have limited knowledge of the industrial automation industry, it's easy to find yourself adrift in this evolving industry. That is where this easy-to-read book comes in; it provides a basic functional understanding in the field of industrial automation. In an effort to understand this industry, the authors break down the barriers and confusion surrounding the technical details and terminology used in this converging field. They provide an introductory-level approach, covering most of the major industrial automation topics, such as distributed control systems (DCSs), programmable logic controllers (PLCs), manufacturing execution systems (MESs), and so on. You may even learn a recipe or two. This book is ideal for executives, business managers, information technologists, accountants, maintenance professionals, operators, production planners, just to name a few, and provides an in-depth but easy overview for people new to the field who want to quickly educate themselves.

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Table of contents

  1. Half Title
  2. Title Page
  3. Copyright
  4. Dedication
  5. Contents
  6. About the Authors
  7. Acknowledgments
  8. Preface
  9. Chapter 1 Manufacturing and Production Processes: The Raw Facts
  10. Chapter 2 Control of Discrete Processes
  11. Chapter 3 Control of Continuous Processes: Stay In the Loop
  12. Chapter 4 Process Control Systems: A Theory of Evolution
  13. Chapter 5 Control of Batch Processes: Let Them Eat Cake
  14. Chapter 6 Advanced Process Control: Beauty Beats the Beast
  15. Chapter 7 Optimization: Math Gone Wild
  16. Chapter 8 Simulation and Modeling: A Look Before You Leap
  17. Chapter 9 Safety Management Systems: Expect the Unexpected
  18. Chapter 10 Automation System Security: Checkmate
  19. Chapter 11 SCADA Systems: Beyond Four Walls
  20. Chapter 12 Quality Management: A Tale of Two Processes
  21. Chapter 13 Asset Management—Maintenance Management: Coming of Age
  22. Chapter 14 Human-Machine Interfacing—SCADA Software: Breaking Away from a DCS
  23. Chapter 15 Manufacturing Execution Systems: Two Becoming One
  24. Chapter 16 Enterprise Resource Planning: Business Software on Top of Automation
  25. Chapter 17 Automation System Integration: Enabling the Right Solution
  26. Chapter 18 Business Measurement and Intelligence Systems: Real-Time Knowledge
  27. Chapter 19 Operations Business Excellence: A New Frontier
  28. Chapter 20 Enterprise Control Systems: Grabbing the Technology Edge
  29. Chapter 21 The Bottom Line: Automation’s Business Impact
  30. Glossary of Terms
  31. Bibliography
  32. Index