Rockwell Automation's Chairman & CEO, Blake Moret - Oil and Gas Leaders magazine, Sep2019

C O V E R S T O R Y
Expanding Human Possibility
Connected people, devices
and systems, advanced
analytics and modern network
architectures are optimizing
processes and results in ways
previously inconceivable. The
business and technology of
industrial automation is
advancing at a remarkable
rate and smart, data-driven
manufacturing aided by digital
manufacturing is driving
automation performance to
new heights.
Today, the industrial
automation industry is significantly
influenced by the need
to achieve improved
operational productivity. “To
accomplish this,
manufacturers are looking for
improved equipment
efficiency, more effective
processes and better informed
– and thus better prepared
– workers. While technology
is the key to achieving all of
these, when we combine the
strengths of technology with
an engaged, enthusiastic and
imaginative workforce,
anything is possible,” Moret
enthuses.
“In a manufacturing
environment we are linking
people, machines and data
across an entire business –
that’s how machine builders
and end users become more
effective and productive. For
machine builders, the focus
is on future-proofing an end
user’s investment. For end
users, it’s about leveraging
new smart, connected
capabilities to be better able
to take advantage of the
innovations to remain
competitive in the global
market.”
These manufacturers’ critical
needs are resulting in
innovations in industrial
platforms, cloud-based and
real-time analytics, secure
remote access, virtualization,
wireless technologies, mobile
apps, connected lighting,
workforce safety and
support… and more. These
developments are supporting
a smart manufacturing
strategy that helps optimize
automation and increase
competitiveness, now and into
the future.
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