Barbara Padgett

Dec 13, 2023 | plantengineering.com | Chris Vavra |Kevin Parker |Keith Mandachit |Barbara Padgett

Details about the class of 2024 System Integrator of the Year winners: Interstates, Polytron and APCO Inc. Many great control system integrators exist, and many are expanding system integration capabilities and talent to help clients remain competitive, relevant and useful in an accelerating world of technology developments and market demands. Congratulations to the applicants who took the time to answer questions and assembled supporting documents to meet requirements to become finalists.

Dec 13, 2023 | plantengineering.com | Kevin Parker |Keith Mandachit |Barbara Padgett |Chris Vavra

The historian Edmund Gibbon in his Decline and Fall, speaks of a field general who “transported his person to the scenes of danger,” or, as in a chess game, to the points of greatest tension. And that’s what systems integrators do. Systems integration brings together for a one-time event a menu of role-defined individuals to execute a project in a constrained environment that requires highly trained individuals to execute detailed, complex protocols.

Dec 13, 2023 | plantengineering.com | Kevin Parker |Keith Mandachit |Barbara Padgett |Chris Vavra

System integration insights Winning system integrators (SIs) emphasize their impact, from setting up water systems to aiding industries like petroleum refining and medical manufacturing. The integration landscape evolves with the industrial Internet of Things (IIoT), cloud, artificial intelligence (AI) and analytics, fostering cross-training between information technology (IT) and operational technology (OT) professionals.

Dec 13, 2023 | plantengineering.com | Kevin Parker |Keith Mandachit |Barbara Padgett |John DeTellem |Chris Vavra

System integration insights Systems integrators offer advanced tech access, aiding productivity through information technology/operational technology (IT/OT) convergence and automation. Current tech advancements, like the industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) and artificial intelligence (AI), rival the impact of programmable logic controllers (PLCs) and enterprise resource planning (ERP) in the 1980s.

Dec 13, 2023 | plantengineering.com | Jose Rivera |Kevin Parker |Keith Mandachit |Barbara Padgett |Chris Vavra

System integration insights Supply chain resilience and labor constraints from COVID-19 shape increased automation demands, pushing system integrators (SIs) to broaden project scopes and face talent shortages. SIs should assess strengths, expand perspectives through collaborations, address talent shortages, and explore newer business models for sustained growth.