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Today, more than ever, the water industry faces serious challenges with an extremely outdated infrastructure and a lack of emergency preparedness and future resiliency. To know about the current prevalent challenges the water industry is facing and how automation technology can help solve these, I interviewed Andy Gribbin, Digital Solutions one of our Digital Solutions managers, to learn what he had to say. Andy talks to customers and partners in the water industry every day and knows firsthand what operational challenges they deal with and what they talk to him about. And as it’s always helpful and insightful to see how others do it, I briefly cover three water facilities that used automation technology to upgrade their systems to address their own challenges. The results: improved operational efficiency, improved workflows, and improved resilience to cyber security attacks. 

In part two of this manufacturing efficiency blog series, we move beyond measuring OEE and loss deployment to explore how manufacturers can achieve predictive awareness—the ability to foresee and address inefficiencies before they occur. Using the DIKW (Data, Information, Knowledge, Wisdom) framework, this article outlines how to progress from raw data to actionable insights, and how companies can tap into employee expertise and track ROI before diving into AI and machine learning. You'll also find practical tips for launching your own manufacturing efficiency project, including how to structure your data strategy, phase deployments, and take an agile approach to long-term success.

Conversations about efficiency gains with customers typically center around the customer hoping for manufacturing gains/efficiency. They're not quite sure what it is they need, but they do know they need to improve efficiency, quality, performance, and uptime. These gains can be realized through Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE) to provide a clear understanding of the difference between the quantity of sellable product an asset could make versus the actual amount of product that asset made. OEE is a top-level measurement of efficiency, and it breaks down into three separate buckets: availability, performance, and quality. An additional bucket to be considered in determining OEE is loss deployment. At the end the right team and approach can provide the manufacturing gains companies are looking for. 

As SCADA technology continues to evolve, it is easy to feel overwhelmed by new features and updates. But with the right guidance, users can quickly become confident power users. In this blog, we highlight key takeaways from the “Learn from the SCADA Experts & Become a Power User” webcast—covering high-performance HMI design principles, responsive UI strategies, and practical rules of thumb. Whether you're designing your first interface or optimizing an existing system, this post breaks down what it takes to create user-friendly, effective SCADA applications that enhance performance, not hinder it.

Discover how to protect your industrial systems from modern cyber threats using advanced cybersecurity practices, secure remote connectivity, and Moving Target Defense—especially vital as operations embrace digitalization.

Madison Metropolitan Sewerage District approached Mitsubishi Electric Iconics Digital Solutions in search of a new SCADA system—one that could not only modernize their legacy platform but also offer the flexibility and scalability to meet their growing operational needs and optimize performance.

Mitsubishi Electric, including Mitsubishi Electric Iconics Digital Solutions, along with CLPA and the e-F@ctory Alliance, are proactively building the foundation to provide end users with a total integrated solution for digital transformation. Over the years, I’ve encountered many different types of automation requirements from end users, leading me to ask, “What do end users really want automation to do for them?”

In our industry, two of the most used acronyms are HMI and SCADA. In this post, we define Human Machine Interface and Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition and explain how the two components not only fit into our industrial automation projects but also improve our business and reduce our operating costs.