Shifting Focus
SHIFTING FOCUS
Process control of continuous production is being revolutionized. The energy, oil refining, pulp and paper, steel, car, and computer industries used to concentrate on automated control of complex physical machines. This is now just one layer, and the focus has moved to supporting human activity and organizational memory.
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