Leveraging the OT Edge to Navigate a New Era of Process Manufacturing

As plants adjust to meet the realities of a new global marketplace, an evolving control system with secure operational technology (OT) edge technologies will help lead the way. As process manufacturers head into a new era of manufacturing shaped by new pressures from the global marketplace, connectivity is taking center stage. Gone are the days when nearly every plant kept its OT separate from the internet, because it is becoming increasingly difficult to ignore the performance benefits gained from connecting to the cloud. Additionally, the expectation of a new generation of workers to stay mobile with information at their fingertips—in the plant, at company headquarters, and even at home—has broken down many of the barriers between information technology (IT) and OT. Emerson’s Vice President of Technology, Claudio Fayad, shares in an article in Control Engineering magazine how leveraging the OT edge is critical in this new era of process manufacturing.