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245 10 a| Bottom-Line Automationh| [electronic resource];

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520 8 a| Annotationb| This newly revised edition helps todayÃ's manufacturing companies face the challenges of a global marketplace where every part of the operation must become more efficient to enhance the bottom line. Based on the results and conclusions of an applied research project of process manufacturing operations directed by the author,Bottom-Line Automationpresents an overview of more than 30 years of industry trends, pointing out the strengths and pitfalls of each. The book also explains how manufacturers selected automation technology suppliers for state-of-the-art technological features in their systems rather than for the improvements the technology could offer the manufacturing operation. New topics in the book discuss the economic optimization of industrial assets. Key findings include the fact that returns on automation investments were rarely, if ever, calculated. In fact, accounting systems were not even capable of measuring the performance offered by process automation systems. The author explains a strategy for measuring and improving automation system performance for the ultimate goalÃ--the bottom line, and provides case studies of how such a strategy was implemented in three process manufacturing organizations. The author brings more than 30 years of industry experience, education, and research together in this unprecedented work.;

538 a| Mode of access: World Wide Web;

650 4 a| Manufacturing Processes;

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Bottom-Line Automation

Author/creator	Martin, Peter, 1952- Author
Format	Electronic
Edition	2nd ed.
Publication Info	Research Triangle Park : ISA
Description	211 p. ill 10.000 x 07.000 in.
Supplemental Content	Full text available from Knovel, Academic, General Engineering & Project Administration
Subjects	Manufacturing Processes Process Control Automation

Summary	Annotation This newly revised edition helps todayÃ's manufacturing companies face the challenges of a global marketplace where every part of the operation must become more efficient to enhance the bottom line. Based on the results and conclusions of an applied research project of process manufacturing operations directed by the author,<i>Bottom-Line Automation</i>presents an overview of more than 30 years of industry trends, pointing out the strengths and pitfalls of each. The book also explains how manufacturers selected automation technology suppliers for state-of-the-art technological features in their systems rather than for the improvements the technology could offer the manufacturing operation. New topics in the book discuss the economic optimization of industrial assets.<br /><br /><br /><br /><p>Key findings include the fact that returns on automation investments were rarely, if ever, calculated. In fact, accounting systems were not even capable of measuring the performance offered by process automation systems. The author explains a strategy for measuring and improving automation system performance for the ultimate goalÃ--the bottom line, and provides case studies of how such a strategy was implemented in three process manufacturing organizations. The author brings more than 30 years of industry experience, education, and research together in this unprecedented work.</p>
Access restriction	Available only to authorized users.
Technical details	Mode of access: World Wide Web
Genre/form	Electronic books.
LCCN	2005023370
ISBN	9781556179624
ISBN	1556179626 (Trade Cloth) Active Record
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Stock number	00013142

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