Top 5 Control Engineering content: October 30-November 6 2023

The top 5 pieces of content from the past week include SCADA software, digital transformation and Honeywell Connect.

Control Engineering’s top 5 pieces of content over the past week include SCADA software, digital transformation and Honeywell Connect

1. 7 ways SCADA software can advance IIoT implementations, if you do it right

Latest trends in supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA) software are helping industrial internet of things (IIoT) implementation, including with more integration (north, south and with databases), infrastructure monitoring and three other critical areas.

2. How digital transformation can help your company become more flexible and consistent

Control theory and control principles can be applied to human systems. Learn from an application that matches “Laplace Transforms” with the Toyota Production System – and uses Industry 4.0 (low-cost feedback loops) to do it.

3. Honeywell Connect Recap: Digital transformation, AI powering changes in manufacturing

Digital transformation remained a major theme at the second Honeywell Connect, but AI’s potential and use in manufacturing loomed large.

4. Automation mergers, acquisitions, capital markets analysis: October 2023

The Bundy Group reported 21 automation transactions in the month of October. Analysis on the acquisitions and reports are highlighted below.

5. How Industry 4.0 is evolving and fostering innovation, growth

Industry 4.0 is bringing technology, people and processes closer together and is continuing to bring power to the worker as the next generation of manufacturing begins. See video.