What is the difference between a Distributed Control System (DCS) and a Process Knowledge System (PKS)?
A true Process Knowledge System does two things that a DCS cannot. First, a Process Knowledge System captures the knowledge of people in and around a facility and uses that knowledge to take facility performance to higher levels. Second, a Process Knowledge System is integrated. It not only addresses manufacturing operations but all related operations across the facility. Like a DCS, a Process Knowledge System can drive revolutionary gains in performance and profitability for decades to come. Unlike a DCS, the impact will reach far beyond manufacturing and process control. A Process Knowledge System can make operators more effective, make assets work harder, make businesses more agile, and push performance throughout the facility to the next level.
