From ATM to automated telephone operator to auto-pilot, these are all some form of automation that strives for maximizing efficiency, speed and achieving higher productivity for a specific task and process. In the context of the industrial and electric utility world, it involves a system that enables the operation group to remotely monitor, coordinate and operate devices, in a real-time mode from remote locations
At a more sophisticated level of automation, it uses an integrated approach, which involves collecting data, analyzing information to make control decisions, implementing the appropriate control decisions, and verifying that the desired result is achieved.
There are three main areas of automation:
Supervisory Control And Data Acquisition (SCADA)
Substation Automation
Distribution Automation
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