Internet-driven technologies have transformed the way manufacturers and processors consume information. PCs, tablets and smartphones have led to multiple options for visualization while democratising the dissemination of information.
Smart devices and automation embedded close to the process, including edge devices, gather and analyse data and convert it into meaningful information.
HMI/SCADA systems and other process management applications aid interpretation and control of the processes and assets they oversee.
However, over time the quantity of data from both process and associated systems has increased and new data consumers at the enterprise have emerged introducing the requirement to converge different types of information to generate new insights.
The challenge is how to structure and contextualise information to get only what is needed to the right person at the right time, regardless of where they are located.
One way to accomplish this is to employ advanced data visualization technologies that span from HMI/SCADA solutions for the plant or field assets to enterprise solutions for monitoring and managing operations globally.
This has led to a new category of solutions that ARC refers to as Enterprise Visualization Interface (EVI) solutions. Industrial software providers, such as AVEVA, offer a full range of EVI solutions designed to not only ensure that the required information is disseminated to the right person at the right time regardless of location, but that the information provides everyone throughout the Enterprise with a single version of the truth.
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