Digital Transformation Viewpoints

Marianne D'Aquila, Director of Research at ARC Advisory Group and Bryan Saunders, Global Director and head of IoT Industry Consulting at SAS discuss Industrial Analytics in this podcast. They explore key initiatives at driving operational efficiencies, new technology approaches, and the challenges companies encounter. Georgia Pacific, a SAS customer, is highlighted as an example of a successful journey implementing SAS IoT solutions.

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In this podcast, ARC’s Mark Sen Gupta discusses challenges users face with regards to remote operations and approaches to counter act those changes with James Redmond (Global Offer Manager for Remote Operations at Schneider Electric).  They discuss overall trends, challenges, regulations, applicable technologies, and Schneiders latest SCADAPack Offerings:  SCADAPack 470i and 474i.

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In this podcast ARC’s Harry Forbes discusses a new generation of MV switchgear with Michael Lotfy (Senior VP Power Products and Systems at Schneider Electric).  They talk about how this new MV equipment brings smart sensing to non-rotating equipment, transforms operating and maintenance practices, and brings new levels of safety, reliability, and sustainability to energy infrastructure.

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Virtually every manufacturing and processing company worldwide is going through a digital transformation process. However, there are substantial differences in the progress each company has made in their digital transformation journey as well as the rate of that journey. Often, the companies that have made the most digital transformation progress at the fastest rate utilize a Digital Transformation Consultancy.  But what exactly is a Digital Transformation Consultancy? How does the consultancy help companies start their digital transformation journey? What does the consultancy do to help companies realize the value of the Digital Transformation strategy that the consultancy helped them identify and craft? How does the consultancy help companies to quantify Digital Transformation business value? And how does the consultancy help companies transform culture, which is often a bigger challenge than transforming technology?  Please join Rik De Smet, Digital Transformation Consulting Senior Partner, APAC, at Schneider Electric; and Christian Horn, Digital Solutions Engineering Director, APAC, at Schneider Electric; as they discuss these questions and much more in this podcast moderated by Craig Resnick, Vice President of ARC Advisory Group.

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Global Leader in Digital Transformation and Industrial Automation. That is how Rockwell Automation, with its solid legacy of operational technology (OT) offerings such as control systems, variable speed drives, sensors and switches, now describes itself.

During her visit to Singapore from her base in San Francisco, Claudia Chandra, Chief Product Officer ‒ Industrial Data, AI, Edge, and Analytics, talked with ARC’s Bob Gill about the rising importance of IT and software as clients look to digitally transform their operations and as evidenced by Rockwell acquisitions like Plex Systems (MES) and Fiix (CMMS), growing investments in the increasingly cloud-based FactoryTalk software suite, and new personnel hires that increasingly come with deep IT experience. Ms Chandra herself joined Rockwell Automation after senior executive roles at companies including Oracle and Informatica.

Among the topics discussed in this podcast: industrial digital transformation opportunities and successes; client readiness for cloud solutions; the value of the PTC partnership; and future directions for the Rockwell Automation software portfolio.

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Sustainability and ESG are front and center for nearly every industrial organization. While decarbonization continues to impact all industries, there are emerging circular business models for those who make chemicals. Yasmine McColl, Global Business Development and Ramki Sethuraman, Global Solutions Architect, Chemicals Segment with Schneider Electric, join ARC to discuss the impact of circularity in the Chemicals industry and the essential digital solutions.

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The process of value chain optimization remains a journey, not a destination, for manufacturers and processors worldwide. Examples of value chain optimization includes supervisory visualization, where centralized control rooms in single plants are optimized into integrated operations centers that provide an integrated management system for control of entire value chains. Another example includes enterprise visualization, where centers of excellence designed to solve specific problems are optimized into unified operations centers converging IT and OT across the business value chain, aiding in business decision support. But how does value chain optimization occur? What are some of the technical and cultural challenges that need to be overcome? What are some of the sustainability benefits and cybersecurity concerns? And can you achieve even greater value chain optimization by integrating integrated operations centers into unified operations centers? Please join Elias Panasuik, Senior Global Program Director, EcoStruxure Power and Process, Schneider Electric; and Yong The, Global Sales Lead, AVEVA Unified Operations Center; as they discuss  these questions and much more in a podcast moderated by Craig Resnick, Vice President of ARC Advisory Group.

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This podcast focuses on how Yokogawa is helping companies use newer technologies to become more autonomous. We’ll explore what specific technologies Yokogawa is providing that is driving autonomy, reducing human error, and  improving operational efficiencies across a wide variety of industry sectors.

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As the pace of digital transformation accelerates, it’s now more important than ever to prepare your entire operations for the future—and it begins with a foundation of asset digitization. Digital transformation is difficult if you don’t have a basic digitalized operation.  From there, you can take full advantage of continuous innovation, artificial intelligence, and machine learning, allowing your company the ability to compete on a whole new level. Modernization of older assets is the key to managing the lifecycle of your plant, and in the process, increasing productivity, revenue, and profitability, now and in the future. 

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Recently, several global oil and chemical leaders created a groundswell of support around the need for sustainable and open digital twins. Sustainable digital twins are needed after handover for the long operate and maintain portion of a plant’s lifecycle. Open digital twins are needed to accommodate the variety of applications and business processes to operate and maintain. The implications for this new initiative are far-reaching into the operating and business systems of energy and chemicals producers and their technology suppliers.

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