One of the key ideas in lean manufacturing is that defects should be detected as early as possible. Efforts to control manufacturing processes so that issues can be detected before defects occur ...

Even after 20 years or so, process control continues to be a confusing or misunderstood technology. A short description of process control is an accurate one—It’s a means of controlling manufacturing ...

Before ChatGPT made its market splash, there was steady progress in machine learning applications using plant operating data, vision recognition systems, like facial and object identification, and ...

Just over a decade ago, an article titled, "Advanced Control Strategies Move into the Field" (Control, October 2008), highlighted three evolving trends in the process control world that would "make ...