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~~~ ARC BENCHMARKING SURVEYS ~~~
Manufacturing Security: What Are the Best Practices?
All aspects of security have taken on new importance and urgency over the last couple of years. Is your company among the leaders in applying security? Are you aware of organizations that can help you? Have you allocated sufficient funds? These are some of the issues this survey explores to help us develop a sense of how manufacturing and production facilities around the world are responding to the many aspects of security.
This survey is designed to capture current practices and future plans to help identify best practices in Plant Security. Please answer questions from your vantage point. Manufacturers, their Suppliers, OEMs, and Integrators are welcome to take this survey. Please forward this on to others in your organization, if you feel they might be more qualified to take this survey. You will receive the results for FREE, for taking the survey.
To take the survey, please click here: http://websurveyor.net/wsb.dll/13022/PS.htm
~~~ INDUSTRY TRENDS ~~~
The Road to Success Has Changed for the TMS Market
The Transportation Management Systems (TMS) market grew by almost 7 percent in 2002, a respectable accomplishment considering the weak economy and reduction in IT budgets. But although the future remains bright for this market, the road to success has changed and many vendors will have a difficult time getting back on track.
For the full story, click here:
http://www.arcweb.com/Newsmag/ent/tms051503.htm
Best Practices for Managing Asset Information
Although the effort required to develop and maintain accurate databases of currently deployed assets remains a major barrier to broader Enterprise Asset Management (EAM) adoption, solutions are appearing that address this critical issue, and EAM provides an ideal structure for organizing asset information.
Many of these solutions offer deep visualization tools that enhance stakeholder access to asset information. ARC considers the use of as EAM a Best Practice in Asset Information Management.
In a recent ARC Insight, Vice President Sid Snitkin says, "EAM systems use asset hierarchies to relate assets to component parts, to associated documentation, and to other assets in the same process. They also support enhanced asset visualization tools that facilitate rapid navigation through the information trees to access specific part, work order, and inventory information."
"This greatly extends the ability to use asset information for more effective planning and execution," according to Snitkin. "But even the most powerful EAM solution provides little support for developing a comprehensive and accurate asset information database that enables this functionality."
~~~ PRODUCT NEWS ~~~
Irista Announces Production Logistics Solution
The new capabilities have been added to the iristaWarehouse 8.4 application that specifically address the unique material flow challenges found within a manufacturing environment.
Integrated with iristaTransport, the company’s transportation management system (TMS), these two applications create a Production Logistics solution that manages inbound logistics processes including transportation routing and rating of raw material deliveries, and the management and tracking of material throughout an enterprise's production process.
The iristaTransport TMS enables manufacturers to take control of their inbound transportation process, enabling manufacturers to reduce the landed cost of their raw materials, as well as ensure accurate and timely deliveries from suppliers. Identifying and reducing hidden inbound freight costs is achieved by taking ownership of the routing and rating decisions and dictating how an order will be shipped at the time of generating the purchase order.
Based upon real-time conditions, constraints, and priorities, the iristaWarehouse 8.4 application directs material movement and associated activities within a manufacturing or light assembly operation. The iristaWarehouse, the company’s warehouse management system (WMS), receives work orders from an ERP or production planning system, and provides the necessary tools to schedule and accurately route raw materials at the appropriate time to the correct manufacturing or assembly line.
Robocom Launches New Version of Its WMS Suite
Version 5.0 of Robocom Systems RIMS Warehouse Management System (WMS) supports the goal of reducing the need for the most common customizations by providing tools that allow the user to re-format screens and change field labels and display lengths.
The RIMS Tool Kit, a screen and field configuration utility, permits the user to change field lengths, re-label fields, hide unused fields and take advantage of user defined fields. Not only can RIMS customers get savings and flexibility, they remain on a standard version of the software with the ability to upgrade to new releases.
A new addition is 3PL Billing for companies operating multi-client warehouses. Users also will be able to track multiple storage and transaction activities and easily bill their customers. The new version also provides enhanced Kitting with Bill of Material support and added sophistication to Cartonization algorithms used by customers in fulfillment operations.
New Pitney Bowes Security Solution
Arrival LobbyTrac is an easy-to-use electronic tool for keeping track of visitors as they enter and leave an office or work area. The LobbyTrac database records each visitor’s name and company, logs their arrival and departure times, and generates self-adhesive, barcode-imprinted ID badges for them to wear during their visits.
Support for an optional digital camera or image scanner even allows creation of instant photo-ID badges and enables the LobbyTrac database to archive visitor photos for future reference or re-use.
The visitor database also allows Arrival LobbyTrac administrators to run a variety of reports. An end-of-day report can identify all visitors who didn’t sign out, so their whereabouts can be checked with employee hosts. Visitor logs can also be used to determine, for example, how often people have visited over a given time period.
ARC Research Director Adrian Gonzalez says, "Visitor logging and tracking is certainly a problem for most companies. However, I'm surprised the press release didn't highlight another benefit: it can be viewed as a Homeland Security solution."
"For example," Gonzalez says, "C-TPAT certification requires companies to have access control procedures. It specifically states that 'controls should include positive identification of all employees, visitors, and vendors. Procedures should also include challenging unauthorized/unidentified persons.' Viewing LobbyTrac from this perspective certainly enhances its value proposition."
RedPrairie Adds Functionality to Its WMS
RedPrairie has released DLx Warehouse/P 6.0, which adds a set of enhancements for consumer goods, food & beverage, and retail companies.
The enhancements include support for voice picking, natively embedded event management, new inventory control features, improved wave management, and expanded inbound and outbound distribution services.
The support for voice picking enables piece and case order picking operations. In many operations, voice picking can reduce picking costs and increase picking rates.
The integrated event management provides real-time alerts to exceptions and events as they occur throughout fulfillment processes. Users can easily subscribe to a large number of events, and select the specific media and schedule for how they wish to be notified.
The enhanced wave management functionality enables users to plan and execute waves within specific material handling system constraints, and to synchronize wave release with actual outbound trailer profiles and load diagrams.
Visible Inventory Releases SuppliLink 2.0
This software enables users to automatically manage inventory levels and initiate replenishments instantaneously.
SuppliLink is the core of Visible Inventory's total inventory management solution that optimizes inventory levels, quantity, and reorder information in real time. It also enhances the performance of ERP, SCM and MRO systems.
In the new version, graphical visual indicators have been enhanced, reporting capabilities have been increased, and multiple notification levels have been added. Enhanced notification keeps both operation staff and suppliers updated on inventory status and replenishment activity.
E-mail alerts can now be set at the part, bin, or supplier level and sent to appropriate personnel or suppliers. A new per user licensing model simplifies pricing.
SAP Updates Supplier Relationship Management
Enhanced functionality in the latest version of mySAP SRM includes live auctions, supplier portals, and services procurement designed to help customers gain total control of enterprise-wide sourcing and procurement. The new version will ship in June.
mySAP SRM covers the full cycle of supplier relationship management -- from strategy to execution -- with comprehensive functionality for strategic sourcing, operational procurement, supplier enablement, and content management.
Existing customers will benefit from usability enhancements, such as the adaptive user interface that has the ability to cater to the varying skill levels of different users. It also offers tight integration and shared content between sourcing and procurement processes.
There are entirely new features for sourcing and procurement. For example, customers now have the ability to operate live auctions that can track supplier bids graphically in real-time. The new release also supports services procurement such as temporary labor and consulting, with new processes for service cost containment.
In addition, a new supplier portal will streamline buyer-supplier relationships by facilitating order collaboration and providing optional links to additional SAP modules for design and inventory collaboration.
Glovia Releases New Version of Its ERP Suite
Glovia International, a subsidiary of Fujitsu, has the latest version of the company's extended ERP suite, glovia.com 7, which represents a substantial increase in Glovia's ability to support the business needs of manufacturers with global operations and complex business structures.
It enables companies to improve their supply chain performance by centralizing demand and supply management while decentralizing production optimization. It also includes a powerful collaboration and integration platform, more than 60 enhancements to its core ERP functionality and integrates several existing Web-based applications.
New functionality improves the performance of complex supply chains containing multiple products, production facilities, and even business entities. It also can span multiple countries or regions.
The solution aggregates enterprise-wide demand and intelligently allocates it to production facilities based on strategic business goals, such as cost reduction or customer service, while allowing for the local optimization of production.
It enables manufacturers to increase supply chain visibility and responsiveness, compress planning times, and improve customer satisfaction.
New Vitria Packaged Telecom Framework for BPM
Vitria, a provider of business process integration solutions, has introduced the Vitria Telecom Process Accelerator, a packaged solution tailored for the telecommunications industry that reduces the integration effort for order management, service level management, and other cross application business processes.
Telecom Process Accelerator builds on the capabilities of BusinessWare, Vitria's business process integration platform. It also takes full advantage of the operational "best practices" framework recommended by the TeleManagement Forum (TMF) in its Enhanced Telecommunications Operations Map (eTOM).
The product is transport independent and can be implemented on BusinessWare, any JMS-compliant integration solution, or legacy messaging product such as IBM's MQ Series. It includes pre-built solution components that can be easily tailored and extended to fit each customer's integration needs. This significantly reduces the effort, cost, and time required when a business process is implemented across multiple applications.
~~~ ARC BENCHMARKING SURVEYS ~~~
Manufacturing Security: What Are the Best Practices?
All aspects of security have taken on new importance and urgency over the last couple of years. Is your company among the leaders in applying security? Are you aware of organizations that can help you? Have you allocated sufficient funds? These are some of the issues this survey explores to help us develop a sense of how manufacturing and production facilities around the world are responding to the many aspects of security.
This survey is designed to capture current practices and future plans to help identify best practices in Plant Security. Please answer questions from your vantage point. Manufacturers, their Suppliers, OEMs, and Integrators are welcome to take this survey. Please forward this on to others in your organization, if you feel they might be more qualified to take this survey. You will receive the results for FREE, for taking the survey.
To take the survey, please click here: http://websurveyor.net/wsb.dll/13022/PS.htm
~~~ INDUSTRY TRENDS ~~~
Managing Industrial Ethernet Networks
Monitoring and management of industrial Ethernet networks will only grow in importance as Ethernet penetrates further down the automation hierarchy. Current best practices for enterprise-scale networks show its potential value, but the plant floor presents unique challenges as well due to the distinct requirements of networks which operate production equipment.
For the full story, click here:
http://www.arcweb.com/Newsmag/auto/ethernet-ins6-052203.asp
Trends in Hydraulic Actuator Technologies
Machine builders are continuing to push leading edge technology with each generation of machinery. It is all about creating a competitive advantage in the market. The industry has been forecasting the demise of hydraulic and pneumatic actuators in many machine segments as electronic servo suppliers seek to displace these devices.
In a recent ARC Insight, Senior Analyst Sal Spada says, "Manufacturers continue to spend millions of dollars each year on machinery used in their factories for automated production systems. Whether, it is an injection molding machine, machine tool, or robotic solution, the question is do equipment buyers get what they want or have they been compromised? The choices between electric, hydraulic, or pneumatic actuation are no longer so clear."
Plant Utilities: The Morning After
US electric deregulation and the crisis that followed it in California’s power markets produced a massive boom/bust cycle in the power generation equipment market. Equipment suppliers now face a return to historical business levels, or worse, due to the glut of new generating capacity.
Their response is to ramp up service offerings for the installed base. The dramatically changed business climate will offer upgrade and outsourcing opportunities for manufacturers with large electric utility plants.
ARC Senior Analyst Harry Forbes says, "Typical co-generating manufacturing operations in industries, such as basic chemicals, refining, and pulp and paper will find that power equipment suppliers are no longer too backlogged to pay close attention to their needs. They will also discover that there is a buyer’s market for many types of improvements and services to their utilities plants."
"Equipment suppliers such as GE, Siemens, and Alstom all need to pursue these opportunities to offset the sharp decline in revenues from new power equipment," according to Forbes. "They are creating new service offerings and are willing to take on new types of projects. These new offerings can also be structured so equipment suppliers bear some of the risk that manufacturers now hold as owner-operators of generating plants."
EtherNet/IP: a New Semiconductor Industry Standard
ODVA has announced that Semiconductor Equipment and Materials International (SEMI) accepted EtherNet/IP in its Sensor Bus Network Communications Standard activities. SEMI is the industry organization accountable for all global standards used by semiconductor equipment manufacturers. EtherNet/IP has been designated by SEMI as E54.13.
The SEMI Sensor Bus initiative now consists of eight networks, including EtherNet/IP and its companion technology DeviceNet. The addition of EtherNet/IP into the SEMI Sensor Bus standards arena is another sign that Ethernet interest is advancing within tool-level architecture options for machine control.
The SEMI Sensor Bus initiative allows for the use of more intelligent sensors, actuators and sub-systems, while reducing expensive custom cabling and improving overall equipment effectiveness.
~~~ PRODUCT NEWS ~~~
New Siemen Radar Level Measurement Device
A new 2-wire, loop-powered pulse radar instrument from Siemens Milltronics, SITRANS LR 200, offers a cost-effective level measurement solution for liquid bulk storage or simple process vessels. It is Ideally suited for chemical plants and tank farms.
It features a built-in alpha-numeric display in four languages. Users can program it without opening the lid, even in hazardous areas, using the infra-red, Intrinsically Safe handheld programmer.
It has built-in HART communications, and can be programmed with Siemens SIMATIC Process Device Manager (PDM), the ideal software tool for configuration, parameter setting, record keeping, and diagnostics. PDM offers communications via HART, Profibus, and other protocols.
ARC Senior Analyst Paula Hollywood says, "Siemens Milltronics radar product line has been missing a loop-powered device. This device fills that gap. The ability to program the device with an infra-red handheld programmer should appeal to users because it eliminates the need for a technician to climb the tank. Built-in HART communication is a welcome addition to the standard product."
New Advantech Ethernet Data Gateways
Answering the demand for factory floor connectivity through Ethernet data gateways, Advantech is introducing a cost-effective and comprehensive solution for serial communications over the Ethernet, consisting of new EDG-45+ series transparent gateways, a new EDG-41 series network-enabled embedded module, and new ADAM-45 series universal device networking and Fieldbus gateways.
The new EDG-45 series transparent gateways provide multi-port Ethernet connectivity for RS232, RS422, and RS485 data ranging from 8 or 16 ports. The EDG-4508+ and EDG-4516+ are 8 and 16 port Ethernet-to-serial device data gateways that benefit users by reducing on-site visits and access costs.
These are new additions to Advantech's 1, 2, and 4 port Ethernet-to-serial device gateways, the ADAM-4571 and 4570 series along with the EDG-4504. Target markets include telecommunication, transportation management facilities, power monitoring systems, and other applications for factory automation.
ARC Research Director Craig Resnick says, "These new solutions continue to strengthen Advantech's position in the area of Web-enabled platform Services. Users are looking for suppliers that can deliver products, services, and solutions that enhance their ability to quicken the time-to-market, time-to-revenue, and time-to-service of the products. Suppliers must evolve from being purely solution providers in the industrial automation market to advancing the Web services trend, encompassing Internet connectivity for a wide variety of markets and applications."
Invensys Releases Eurotherm Intelligent I/O system
Eurotherm, a business unit of Invensys, has launched a new version of the Eurotherm model 2500 intelligent I/O system. The Ethernet version of this product functions as remote I/O for PLCs, HMIs, or the Eurotherm model T800 visual control system.
The 2500 can also operate as a stand-alone PID loop controller for up to eight loops. Ethernet communications joins the existing Modbus, DeviceNet and Profibus protocols, extending the product's functionality.
The primary features added in the Ethernet version include up to four simultaneous masters, allowing four devices to communicate to the 2500 at the same time and a 10 baseT field communications ability to obtain IP address from Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol server.
New National Instruments LabVIEW Products
LabVIEW 7 Express is a major upgrade to the entire family of LabVIEW graphical development products. It dramatically simplifies the creation of measurement and automation applications and extends LabVIEW to a wider range of targets, from embedded FPGAs to Palm OS and Microsoft Pocket PC PDAs.
NI LabVIEW FPGA software and PXI-7831R reconfigurable I/O hardware simplify the integration of field-programmable gate arrays (FPGA) into measurement and control applications. This significantly reduces the complexity of developing sophisticated applications in areas, such as hardware-in-the-loop testing, simulation, rapid control prototyping, and custom digital protocol I/O.
The release of LabVIEW 7 Express product family includes the LabVIEW Base, Full and Professional Development Systems. Also released are several add-on modules. They include the New LabVIEW 7 PDA Module for creating portable handheld measurement and control applications on Microsoft Pocket PC or Palm OS PDAs and the Upgraded LabVIEW 7 Real-Time Module for developing deterministic, real-time and embedded control applications.
New Aegis Analytical Platform for Pharmaceuticals
Aegis Analytical has released its Discoverant GlobalVantage, which now offers Aegis data integration platform, Discoverant Nexus, independently from its analytical and statistical software modules. GlobalVantage is the newest version of Aegis manufacturing enterprise software product family.
In a pharmaceutical or biotechnology manufacturing environment, validated software allows manufacturing personnel to improve the bottom line by increasing production and decreasing time to market while adhering to regulatory standards.
Discoverant GlobalVantage enables manufacturers to reap benefits from previously acquired software programs while implementing an enterprise platform system that allows for growth and more flexibility.
With Discoverant Nexus, which will be generally available in June 2003, a company can integrate data collected from disparate applications utilized throughout the manufacturing process, including LIMS, SCADA, ERP and batch records.
New Pitney Bowes Security Solution
Arrival LobbyTrac is an easy-to-use electronic tool for keeping track of visitors as they enter and leave an office or work area. The LobbyTrac database records each visitor’s name and company, logs their arrival and departure times, and generates self-adhesive, barcode-imprinted ID badges for them to wear during their visits.
Support for an optional digital camera or image scanner even allows creation of instant photo-ID badges and enables the LobbyTrac database to archive visitor photos for future reference or re-use.
The visitor database also allows Arrival LobbyTrac administrators to run a variety of reports. An end-of-day report can identify all visitors who didn’t sign out, so their whereabouts can be checked with employee hosts. Visitor logs can also be used to determine, for example, how often people have visited over a given time period.
ARC Research Director Adrian Gonzalez says, "Visitor logging and tracking is certainly a problem for most companies. However, I'm surprised the press release didn't highlight another benefit: it can be viewed as a Homeland Security solution."
"For example," Gonzalez says, "C-TPAT certification requires companies to have access control procedures. It specifically states that 'controls should include positive identification of all employees, visitors, and vendors. Procedures should also include challenging unauthorized/unidentified persons.' Viewing LobbyTrac from this perspective certainly enhances its value proposition."
Two New Siemens Level Measurement Devices
The new Sitrans LC 500 provides reliable continuous level and interface measurement, even in the critical conditions found in the chemical and hydrocarbon processing industries. Featuring Hart communications, this 2-wire instrument from Siemens Automation and Drives (A&D) has been designed for the temperature and pressure extremes.
It targets such applications as high pressure coalescers, fractional distillation columns, glycol regenerators, heater treaters, gas and oil tankers, FPSO (Floating Production Storage Offloading) ships, and LNG (Liquefied Natural Gas) processing plants.
The new Sitrans LC 300 capacitance level measurement instrument has been designed for high accuracy applications such as food processing or pharmaceuticals. It offers accurate, reliable performance in liquids, bulk solids, and slurries.
New International Rectifier Motion Control System
International Rectifier (IR) today has introduced the IRMCS203 development system and the IRMCO203 Intellectual Property library of motion control algorithms.
This development system and object code IP Library support the iMOTION Integrated Design Platform and are especially designed for applications such as high-speed spindle motor control. Development time is drastically shortened from tens of weeks to just days.
The development system comes with proven analog and power stage hardware designs as well as the software needed to achieve a design flow that requires no coding to configure motor control algorithms.
The digital control section uses IR's Accelerator configurable control engine system architecture using parallel processing and customizable peripherals. The analog section uses high-voltage ICs (HVICs) for the gate drive and current sensing functions. The power stage is based on the latest non-punch-through IGBT and PlugNDrive integrated power module technologies.
Opto 22 Introduces OptoGSM I/O Rack
The OptoGSM I/O rack is the latest addition to the company's line of machine-to-machine (M2M) systems for providing wireless connectivity to physical business assets.
The rack accepts industry standard, G4-footprint, plug-in, digital I/O modules and offers three built-in analog inputs. Combined with a Nokia 30 or 31 GSM Connectivity Terminal (available separately), the rack transmits machine or environmental data over any GSM (Global System for Mobile Communications) network.
The resulting system provides everything needed for machine connections, mobile communications, and carrier services to attach to and communicate with systems and equipment, thus facilitating a broad range of enterprise activities involving remote equipment monitoring, diagnostics, control, and data acquisition.
Emerson Releases New AMS Software
Emerson Process Management's version 6.1 of AMS adds Web browser-based access to instrument and valve information, which enables users to easily monitor field devices, view configuration and calibration information, and analyze the history of a plant's field device assets.
The AMS Web option extends access to live and historical AMS data by making it available at any time from any PC in the plant's intranet. Diagnostic data from intelligent field devices is made available for fast maintenance action.
As part of release 6.1, FIELDVUE Performance Diagnostics, Emerson's on-line, in-service predictive valve diagnostics, are now standard in the AMS ValveLink SNAP-ON application. Performance Diagnostics identify faults, list possible causes, and recommend corrective actions.
Rexroth Introduces the IndraDyn A Induction Motor
The IndraDyn A satisfies the 1-to-100 kW power range and offers complete IP65 protection, including an IP65 cooling fan.
Universal, modular construction provides the air-cooled and water-cooled IndraDyn A induction motors with servicing and preventive maintenance advantages. For example, a fan can be replaced in minutes even with the motor running. The motors are also designed for operation under harsh conditions. This offers substantial benefits when used in plastics machine automation.
The IndraDyn A induction motors are available in four shaft heights — 100, 130, 160 and 180 mm — and can be fitted with optional high-resolution, single-turn or multi-turn absolute encoders and a holding brake.
New Eurotherm, Action Instruments WebView
WebView model WV438 is a potentiometer input, isolating signal conditioner with TouchCAL™ technology. This high density, field configurable, DIN rail mount device accepts a potentiometer input and provides a proportional, selectable DC output.
Model WV438 is powered by a flexible 9 to 30 V DC and is field configurable via DIP switches for any three-wire potentiometer input from 100 to 100k. The input default range is 0 to 100 percent of the potentiometer range, but can be adjusted via TouchCAL pushbutton technology to any 20 percent portion of the potentiometer.
TouchCAL technology, a standard feature on the WV438, replaces the mechanical and thermal variability of potentiometers with the electronic stability of a microprocessor. This enables up to 80 percent adjustment of zero and span.
With the addition of the optional WVC16, WebView Communications Interface, the WV438 input signal can be viewed over an Ethernet link. The communications link also provides the ability to calibrate the unit remotely.
New Allen-Bradley CompactLogix1769-L35E Controller
High-performance, cost-effective, networked machine control is now available in a small package with the new Allen-Bradley CompactLogix 1769-L35E controller from Rockwell Automation.
CompactLogix 1769-L35E combines the advanced scalability and modularity of the Logix platform with EtherNet/IP and Compact I/O to offer users a faster, more powerful small controller.
This controller targets such applications as material handling, conveyors, and packaging, where EtherNet/IP system capability can handle control and meet the demand for plant-wide data sharing.
With an expanded I/O memory capacity of up to 1.5 MB, the new product increases module and network options and provides the programming versatility needed to support larger, more demanding control applications.
In addition, the high- performance CPU supports higher-speed applications, providing faster scan times and faster updates to local I/O and communication subsystems.
New N-TRON Family of Fast Ethernet Switches
The 500 Series switches offer the advanced functions required by many PLC and DCS Manufacturers. They the high performance, standardization, and determinism of Fast Ethernet switching technology in a rugged DIN-Rail, panel mount and optional rack mount industrial package.
The 508TX and 5016TX have eight and sixteen port 10/100BaseTX ports respectively. The RJ-45 ports support full or half duplex operation, speed, wire configuration, and flow control are automatically negotiated. In full duplex mode, the switch can support up to 2.6 Gb/s aggregate bandwidth.
The 509FX and 517FX include all the features found on 508TX and 516TX with the addition of an ST or SC multimode fiber optic port. The fiber segment length can be up to 2 km with standard multimode fiber optic cable. 509FXE and 517FXE offer single mode fiber optic cable transducers with 15 km, 40 km, and 80 km versions available.
New SimSci-Esscor Process Simulation Solution
SimSci-Esscor, an operating unit of Invensys, has introduced its Dynsim, a powerful, cost-effective improvement over legacy dynamic simulators for today's process industry plants.
It enables customers to leverage dynamic simulation model equity. Dynsim enables plants to use the same model in multiple applications such as process design studies, control evaluations and checkouts, operator training and operational analysis.
With less time needed by engineers to redevelop models for each application, plants can significantly reduce costs and increase engineering productivity. In addition, by incorporating the same model in each application, users also can avoid discrepancies in their data, thus realizing improvements in technical accuracy and producing reliable results.
ARC Senior Analyst Tom Fiske says, "Dynamic simulation is a powerful method of performing process design, controllability analysis, and operational analysis. Its proper use delivers substantial benefits, such as tighter design, smoother startups, and optimized operations."
"In addition," Fiske says, "the announcement of a major new product release that required significant investment in resources is a signal to the market about SimSci-Esscor's commitment and vitality of their simulation business."
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