Top 50: Engineering specialties among system integrators

-- Control Engineering, 6/5/2008

The top 50 engineering specialities among control system integrators in the automation integrator guide follow. Control Engineering provides a multi-parameter search tool to find the best system integrator for a job, using seven search criteria to narrow the field, among them is “engineering specialities.”

61.9% programmable logic controllers (PLCs) and remote transmitting units (RTUs)

52.8% human-machine interfaces

50.5% automation and control engineering (including designs and implementation)

49.1% process control and automation

48.6% instrumentation and data acquisition

44.9% systems engineering (including design and integration)

44.8% motors, drives, and motion control (including AC, DC, and variable frequency drives)

43.8% control panels (including fabrication, installation, and UL listing)

39.8% installation and start-up

39.8% networking and communications (including fieldbus, Ethernet, and telemetry)

37.9% factory automation

37.8% computer engineering - software and programming

37.0% batch control (including recipe management)

35.9% distributed control systems (DCS)

35.8% turnkey systems

35.7% supervisory control

34.6% CAD/CAM, drafting, and documentation

33.4% electrical/electronics engineering (including electrical contracting)

32.5% project management

32.4% automated assembly

31.1% project planning and consulting

30.7% designs and specifications (including P&ID development)

30.4% data processing and database management (including SQL programming)

30.2% machine design and controls

29.3% robotics

28.8% SCADA (supervisory control and data acquisition)

28.7% discrete and sequential control

28.3% vision systems (including image processing and OCR)

26.7% water, wastewater, and groundwater systems

25.1% personal computers (PCs)

24.4% training and education

24.1% product tracking and identification (including bar codes and radio frequency tags)

24.0% information systems (including MIS and PIMS)

23.5% field service

21.9% data collection and reporting (including historians)

21.7% process engineering (including analysis, design, and monitoring)

21.0% packaging

20.7% blending

20.7% mechanical engineering

20.5% test and inspection

20.0% PC-based controls

19.8% machine building and retrofitting

19.4% building automation

18.7% Visual Basic programming

18.2% international projects

18.2% automatic test equipment

17.8% hydraulics and pneumatics

17.8% embedded controls

17.7% temperature control

17.5% industrial engineering

Also see:

Automation integrator statistics: Organization membership

Industry statistics: Areas most served by system integrators, more international

– Mark T. Hoske, editor in chief, and Vance VanDoren, consulting editor

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