Dennis Brandl

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Tips on determining what is IT, OT

Controls and IT Integration, Control Engineering

DCS, SCADA, Controllers

A new architecture for control systems being developed

Manufacturing operations management maturity starts when drama ends

Figure 6: Smart manufacturing is a convergence of smart business processes. Courtesy: BR&L Consulting

PLM, Control Design

Smart manufacturing is not a thing; it’s a convergence of things

Workforce Development

Manufacturing organizations need a succession plan

System Integrators

Do your projects follow Wright’s Law?

IIoT, Industrie 4.0

Design patterns and anti-patterns

System Integrators

When outsourcing is slow-sourcing

Engineering and IT Insight: A stable physical structure requires at least three main supports. Three “pillars” form the basis for an effective industrial cyber security system: technology, policy and procedures, and people. Courtesy: Dennis Brandl

3 pillars of industrial cyber security

Industrial HMI by Control Engineering, CFE Media

System Integrators

Reduce human errors: Get out of the typing pool

Controls and IT Integration, Control Engineering

Project Management

Project management: All hands on deck may sink the project

Controls and IT Integration, Control Engineering

Project Management

Building your house of software

This UML diagram shows a message sequence between an operator, a process, and a data historian. It shows the messages for the normal equipment operation. Courtesy: Control Engineering

IIoT, Industrie 4.0

UML use cases, sequence diagrams: easily converted into executable code

UML class diagram on a case packer reduces pages of text to a few simple diagrams where it’s easier to recognize patterns. This shows that the case packer contains a PLC program, uses a failure sensor, and has a PLC program with an author and version, alo

Understanding UML is an important part of your toolkit

Controls and IT Integration, Control Engineering

System Integration

What are your manufacturing IT project principles?

Asset Management

Engineering and IT Insight: MES vs. ERP for manufacturing

Controls and IT Integration, Control Engineering

Asset Management

Engineering and IT Insight: Keep your systems from becoming MULES