One strategic goal of any organization is plant
optimization. This need is driven by global pressure to
increase product quality, plant safety and reliability; and
reduce product costs, plant downtime and time to market. To
achieve plant optimization the number of different networks,
gateways and systems in the plant hierarchy (Fig. 1) must be
reduced while at the same time increasing information
integration between automation and management information
systems (MIS). To be cost-effective the system must be built
on standard, high-volume, low-cost networking technology.
Meeting these requirements is the goal of Foundation
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