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Cultural Differences
Separating Plant and Office Environments
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IT Systems |
Control |
| Staff Training |
Computer Systems |
Electrical & Mechanical Engineering |
| Heritage |
mrp/MRPII |
Electrical relays |
| Culture |
Business |
Plant floor |
| Processes |
Business, Financial,Transactional |
Machines, Processes |
| Architecture |
De Facto Standards/Open |
Proprietary |
| Programming Tools |
C,C++,Java, Object Technology, COBOL, Fortran,
Assembler, JCL |
Relay Ladder Logic, Sequential Function Chart |
| Data Management Requirements |
High |
Low |
| Networks |
Ethernet, TCP/IP, Open |
Level 0 and 1 fieldbuses, Proprietary |
| Technology Rate of Charge |
Rapid |
Slow |
| Budgeting |
Expensed |
Capital Equipment |
| Data Handling |
Transaction/Batch |
Real Time |
| System Life |
Short to Medium Length |
Long Term |
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