Monday, November 25, 2013

How Industrial Automation Products Influence Business Activities?

Yes, there are noticeable ways of enhancing profit margins by keeping costs to the minimum and enhancing productivity. How? Irrespective of how small or big your business venture is and irrespective of the business sector, you can exploit a number of areas to improve efficiency. Think of any office space, malls, trade buildings, factories, institutes, hospitals – operational efficiency is achieved via automation and control.

Almost all business processes are supported by automation and control systems like PLC, RFID, SCADA, what is in a phrase termed as ‘industrial automation’. When it comes to staying ahead in competition and generating bottom-line savings, it is all about investing wisely in industrial automation technology. Automating electromechanical processes, managing and controlling power consumption to the optimum, tracking and monitoring inventory and assets, and more are facilitated by PLC, RFID, SCADA, and other automation and control systems.

“Few of the key resources of any business are energy and water. Cost effective management of these resources via use of industrial automation technology can pave the way in driving cost savings and enhancement of productivity. Huge saving of energy bills every month can leave a positive impact on your overall profits. In the process, carbon emissions are reduced thus enhancing environmental credentials,” says Mr. C P Singh, Founder and Chief Mentor of Smart Automation (a leading service provider of home automation solutions and energy saving products).

RFID or radio-frequency identification addresses an assortment of business applications today. It is a tracking and monitoring system that uses intelligent tags or bar codes to track movement of goods, assets, animals, and people. Few of the business segments that exploit RFID include military supply chain, retail supply chain, automated payment solutions, asset tracking, document tracking, container / baggage tracking and management, vehicle, paper and aircraft assembly, pharmaceutical management and tracking, reusable pallet and container management, hotels, hospitals, and the list goes on.

PLC or programmable logic controllers are sophisticated digital computers that effectively serve the purpose of automation and control. Programming languages the PLC follows include function block diagram, structured text, IEC 61131-3 standard, ladder logic, mnemonic instruction, and more. Performing multiple inputs as well as output arrangements happens with the PLC.
SCADA or supervisory control and data acquisition, as the abbreviation suggests, is an advanced digital computer that monitors and controls industrial processes on a large scale. Today, small and big business houses use increased number of connections between SCADA systems integrating the same with the Internet and office networks.

Let industrial automation steer your profit improvement program, well aligned with your business goals.

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