November 2019
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Process Safety: Process safety in a connected world
Traditionally, conversations around automation and safety have focused largely on logic solvers and instrumentation. However, new disruptive technologies and a rapid expansion in networking and computing resources have broadened the scope of automation’s reach. These transformative technologies and approaches promise to reduce incidents and increase production in ways industry could only imagine in the past; but while the “pieces” are available, organizational silos and entrenched cultures stand in the way.
The Author
Mark Sen Gupta is a Senior Consultant at ARC, leading the coverage of process automation and automation supplier services. He also covers topics in process safety and SCADA. Mr. Gupta has more than 24 yr of expertise in process control, alarm management, SCADA and IT applications. He holds BS and MS degrees in electrical engineering from the Georgia Institute of Technology.
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