Inventory management is an important small business function. Inventory is usually the second largest expense for a business, outside of payroll. Business owners create processes for managing their ...

Drawing on practical experience, the authors examine key questions and answers about various aspects relating to the enhanced approach for analytical procedure lifecycle management. In 2010, the ...

This article overviews some of the benefits and methods of state-based control as it applies to the models defined by the ISA106, Procedure Automation for Continuous Process Operations standards ...

Human resource departments function in both a transactional and compliance capacity. The transactional function is concerned with process documentation, records maintenance and security, payroll and ...

With a slight delay, the German Federal Ministry of Economics and Energy (BMWi) published its announced draft bill on 30 January 2020 regarding the amendment of the German Foreign Trade and Payments ...

Owners must manage capital projects well to keep costs under control and ensure a high-quality product is delivered on time. Good communication, sound procedures and processes, and high-tech tools can ...

Discussion of controllers in the continuous process industries typically centers on distributed control systems (DCSs). However, programmable logic controllers (PLCs) play as important a role in the ...

Alarm management is a critical aspect of industrial process control, ensuring plant safety and operational efficiency whilst minimising disruptions due to false or nuisance alarms. Modern alarm ...

It is the policy of Michigan Technological University that all equipment be locked out during servicing and/or maintenance work to protect against accidental or inadvertent activation which could ...