This is because automation is ideal for work that is repetitive in nature but requires accuracy and consistency. An automated inspection and Quality Control (QC) solution may be an improvement over human beings. , HMI is used to allow your employees to program and monitor your equipment.

More effective applications, however, allow your employees to “see” inside your automation processes: monitor production rates, identify maintenance opportunities, see where potential failures exist before they shut down your plant, etc. A SCADA system incorporates the HMI but has the added capability to share plant floor information with the “top floor” of your company. That means that folks in purchasing can get information about raw material shortages so that they can place orders before you run out. Accounting can track defect costs in real time. And most importantly, the CEO can have visibility into overall productivity so that he/she has fewer questions about what is going on in the plant.