| | | In today's manufacturing processes increasing demands forlarger productvariation, supply chain collaboration and bottom-line improvements mean that more information is being required by the operatorto handle increasingly complex tasks. With industrial automation following generic trends in information technology, INDUSTRIAL HMI solutions with more powerful information processing and display capabilities are becoming available on the factory floor. These HMIs are designed primarily to interact with the operator, but are being | | used increasingly as information-processing devices with enhanced communication capabilities to support manufacturing-related decision processes. With its new NS series of HMIs, Omron is well placed to provide controllable and manageable industrial IT solutions. Models range from very simple character industrial displays to touch-screen terminals with advanced communication and information processing capabilities. Programmingeven complex functions is a quick and easy | | |