October 2020
Trends and Resources
Business Trends: Autonomous operations in process manufacturing—Part 2
The purpose of this article is to demonstrate an autonomous operations (AO) vision, along with its feasibility, by conceptualizing a roadmap where meaningful progress can be achieved in a horizon of 3 yr–20 yr.
The Author
Dr. Raj Agnihotri is a thought leader at IBM for chemicals, oil and gas, and LNG. He uses his extensive business and technical experience to visualize the future of process industries and their usefulness to society. His expertise covers program management, smart manufacturing, Industry 4.0, plant operations, modeling, optimization, controls, capital projects, supply chain management, IT and entrepreneurship. He has worked for Texaco (Chevron), Honeywell and ABB, and has held C-level positions at Reliance and Yokogawa. For Chevron, Dr. Agnihotri was an advisor for the company’s “Refinery of the Future” project.
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