July 21, 2026 – MES Engineer

Fixing Your Scrap-Reason Codes Before You Fix Your Traceability Data Model

July 21, 2026 R2D2

Operator selecting a reason code on a shop-floor HMI touchscreen

Most scrap-code lists fail because they were designed for a report, not a thumb on a touchscreen. Here’s a practical method for rebuilding one operators will actually use.

Historians in the AI Era: Rethinking Canary and Seeq Against AVEVA and GE Proficy

July 21, 2026 R2D2

Server racks and control room displays representing an industrial data historian environment

As historian vendors reposition around AI and analytics, plant teams face a real architectural choice between tag-based enterprise stacks and usage-priced, analytics-first platforms. Here’s how to actually compare them.