Figure 4.

1b
The chart below indicates that local presence is heavily
influenced by human and machine safety.

6% 9%
19%
6% Personal Safety
Verification
10% 42% 19% Risk Management
Equipment Safety
10%
17% Technical Problems
Quality
10%
16% Local Assistance

• Personal Safety: when a remote action places an individual in

harm’s way.

• Verification: a requirement that a remote action has occurred

with an intended response.

• Risk Management: minimizing the risk of production

disturbances.

• Equipment Safety: ensuring that a remote action does not

harm equipment/machinery.
• Technical Problems: making sure that technical or
communications issues can be quickly addressed.

• Quality: to verify changes made do not create quality problems

with the production product.

• Local Assistance: certain machines or processes still require a

local action such as unlocking a PLC for a program change.

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