PostedNovember 13, 2015

http://info.ecssolutions.com/6-principles-of-total-process-automation-white-pape...

Delivering comprehensive value – across the organization and throughout the manufacturing system lifecycle – is what determines the plant’s success. Total Process Automation (TPA) is a comprehensive approach to the design, deployment and operation of process control systems that automates at all levels of the manufacturing enterprise.

Using a Total Process Automation approach provides the standardization, reliability and agility to adapt to industry changes and help build that success over the long term.

In this white paper we cover:

- The 6 principles to Total Process Automation
- How these principles are applied to deliver value at every point in the manufacturing system lifecycle

PostedNovember 13, 2015

http://info.ecssolutions.com/hubfs/Case_Studies/Pinnacle_Foods_Full_Case_Study_....

Pinnacle Foods’ plan to reinvigorate the iconic Wish-Bone® brand of salad dressings acquired from food giant Unilever included deploying a fully automated, paperless manufacturing process.

Getting a new process up and running in the most efficient, cost-effective way possible presented a great enough challenge. ECS Solutions worked with Pinnacle to raise the bar even further— delivering a highly automated solution agile enough to produce new products Pinnacle could only imagine and agile enough to enable Pinnacle to increase process effectiveness over the long term.

ECS’ approach to total process automation (TPA), with its focus on delivering value at every stage of the process-system lifecycle, made it possible to realize the full vision of a facility that would consistently deliver the highest-quality products at the lowest possible cost.

PostedNovember 13, 2015

http://www.foodengineeringmag.com/articles/94652-ergonomics-creating-a-culture-o...

Machine guarding and other types of safeguards won’t protect plant workers if they circumvent them or place themselves in harm’s way.