April 22, 2021

Sam Russem, Director of the Smart Manufacturing Practice at Grantek, was a guest on the Automation World Gets Your Questions Answered Podcast. Automation World Gets Your Questions Answered is produced by Automation World Magazine.

Automation World Gets Your Questions Answered is a podcast series featuring industrial automation subject matter experts answering questions about automation technologies submitted by end users from the discrete and process manufacturing industries.

In this episode Sam answers a reader’s question about whether it’s possible to replace supervisory control and data acquisition systems (SCADA) with manufacturing execution systems (MES) technology? Sam address the overlaps and differences between the two technologies and how their functions can be combined, with an example of a manufacturer that has already done it.

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Renown for editorial excellence, Automation World covers the entire spectrum of industrial automation technologies, software and devices. AW reports on developments in discrete manufacturing, batch/hybrid processing and continuous process operations and also produces the annual Automation World Conference & Expo.

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