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Automation systems are striving to close the data gap between enterprise business systems and the factory floor, reports Pamela H. Derringer

Automation isn’t just about robots anymore. State-of-the-art plants today have automated conveyor lines, work cells and inventory systems, self-diagnostic machines, advanced ethernet networking and communications systems, even touchscreens with work...

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