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The classic stereotypes

Description PLC DCS

Released Late 1960s 1970s

Purpose Replace relays Replace single loop controllers

Focus Automation & manufacturing Refining & process

System Type Open Closed proprietary

Cost $$$ $$$$$

Installation Size Small Large
Engineering Methodology Programming Configuration
Approach Flexible Standardised
Graphic capability None Integrated

In fact, they were not designed for the same

type of application
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Technology is evolving

Television 1970s Television 2000s

A TV from the 1970s is not the same as a TV today

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Technology is converging

When is a phone no longer a phone?

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The technology is evolving

DCS controller 1970s

Controller 2000s

PLC 1970s
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The technology is evolving
The increasing availability of vast computing power at
low cost, and the advances in computer science and
engineering, are influencing developments in control
*IEEE Control Systems Society

Discrete PLC
PLC, DCS,
PAC, HCS, PAS
or others ?
Process DCS

1970s 2000s

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 Importantly, able to get the right data, the right
way, on the right time
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Customer challenges

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 *MIT Sloan Management Review Spring 2006

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