Many manual and ad hoc processes are used to manage the unstructured information that surrounds key manufacturing processes.
January 31, 2017
Key trends for the industrial distribution sector and recommendations on how distributors can gain a competitive edge in a complicated economic environment were the topics addressed during a recent webinar hosted by Modern Distribution Management.
January 25, 2017
The world may not agree on all the causes of climate change, but most people realize our actions over the last 150 years have directly contributed to greenhouse gas (GHG) buildup, most notably accumulation of carbon dioxide and methane.
January 23, 2017
The words, “maintenance” and “repair” are so common in everyone’s vocabulary that we use them almost daily, and sometimes we’re not exactly happy about it.
January 17, 2017
The recently released Annual Energy Outlook 2017 (AEO2017) from The Energy Information Administration (EIA) provides modeled projections of domestic energy markets through 2050.
January 17, 2017
All on/off isolation valve standards are not created equal and cannot be applied unilaterally to all valves.
January 9, 2017
Q: What are the differences between the results you get from a portable alloy verification device and the results you see on a supplier’s certified materials test report (CMTR)?
January 4, 2017
Valve actuators deliver either linear or rotary force.
December 20, 2016
In business or in life, one of the most valuable skills to master is listening, yet, according to Nikki Bishop and Bruce Smith in a presentation at the 2016 Emerson Global Users Exchange, less than 2% of all professionals have had formal education or learning to understand and improve listening skills and technique.
December 20, 2016
Flares are a common site in petrochemical plants.
December 12, 2016
Welding and valves officially became joined at the hip with the perfection of the arc-welding process in the late 1920s.
December 7, 2016
Consumers don’t often think about the fact that their electric power, clothes and even the semiconductors that go into the chips for computers and cell phones are manufactured using massive amounts of water.
December 6, 2016
