A quality review system may be used to analyze the operation of manufacturing processes within a plant based on data collected by various data sources in the plant to automatically detect, store and display predetermined conditions within the process effecting the quality of the product produced by the plant. The quality review system includes a configuration application that enables a user to create one or more monitoring rules, a monitoring application that collects data from the process and that uses the monitoring rules during operation of the process to analyze the process data to detect one or more predetermined conditions within the process, and an external receiver that stores and/or uses the messages pertaining to the detected predetermined conditions.

A quality review management system may be used to analyze the operation of manufacturing processes within a plant based on data collected by various data sources in the plant, such as batch executive applications, to automatically detect, store, and display exceptions within those processes for use by a quality review engineer to determine if the process operation meets certain quality standards. The quality review management system includes a configuration application that enables a user to create one or more exception rules, an exception engine that analyses process data using the rules to detect one or more exceptions within the process, and a review application that enables quality review personnel to review each determined exception for resolution purposes.

A quality review management system may be used to analyze the operation of manufacturing processes within a plant based on data collected by various data sources in the plant, such as batch executive applications, to automatically detect, store, and display exceptions within those processes for use by a quality review engineer to determine if the process operation meets certain quality standards. The quality review management system includes a configuration application that enables a user to create one or more exception rules, an exception engine that uses plug-ins in various devices to collect process data and to analyze the process data using the rules to detect one or more exceptions within the process, and a review application that enables quality review personnel to review each determined exception for resolution purposes.

A method includes determining a current situation to be present in a process controlled by an industrial process control and automation system (IPCS) that includes at least one process controller coupled to input output (I/O) modules coupled to field devices including sensors and actuators that are coupled to processing equipment. Responsive to the current situation, displaying a plurality of suggested actions each including at least one step in a selectable panel in a human machine interface (HMI) associated with an operator computing system for an operator that is coupled to the process controller. Responsive to the displaying, the operator selects in the selectable panel at least one of the plurality of suggested actions (selected action). The selecting of the selected action results in the IPCS automatically implementing at least in part the step(s) associated with the selected action.

Recently, there is a desire to accurately share information concerning the presence or absence and content of a change in a setting parameter value. Provided is a change detection apparatus including a parameter acquiring section that acquires a value of at least one setting parameter of a field device, at predetermined time intervals; a change detecting section that detects whether the value of the setting parameter has been changed; and a change information output section that outputs change information, in response to a change in the value of the setting parameter having been detected.

In an automatic machine controlled by a control device of its own having at least one non-volatile memory, in which a program for controlling the automatic machine can be installed, and at least one processing module for executing the control program installed, the control device is programmed with an operating system designed for implementing a method for monitoring the changes of configuration of the control device, in which each event of installation of a new control program in the memory is detected, execution of the control program installed last is enabled, and each new control program that is installed is saved, together with corresponding installation data, in at least one archive memory portion of the memory.

There is provided a field device for downloading a new software through a field bus from a host system and replacing a current software which is currently executed with the new software. The field device includes: a history information generation and management section which generates and stores history information of the current software when the new software is downloaded from the host system.

A log data analysis support system includes a logging device to log control data, a logging device to detect a trigger, and a central processing unit included in a programmable controller and connected to the logging devices. Whether the logging device logs the control data based on the trigger detected by the logging device is determined based on whether the logging device transmits a trigger signal to the logging device, whether the central processing unit transmits the trigger signal based on at least one of trigger sharing information or first trigger information added by the logging device to the trigger signal, or at least one of trigger setting information or second trigger information added to the trigger signal transmitted to the logging device from the central processing unit.

A quality review management system may be used to analyze the operation of manufacturing processes within a plant based on data collected by various data sources in the plant, such as batch executive applications, to automatically detect, store, and display exceptions within those processes for use by a quality review engineer to determine if the process operation meets certain quality standards. The quality review management system includes a configuration application that enables a user to create one or more exception rules, an exception engine that uses plug-ins in various devices to collect process data and to analyze the process data using the rules to detect one or more exceptions within the process, and a review application that enables quality review personnel to review each determined exception for resolution purposes.