Plant Engineering‘s top 5 most read articles from November 5-11 covered process safety, Product of the Year finalists, compressor rental, agile thinking, and Manufacturing 4.0. Links to each article below.

1. Study finds USB drives are a security threat to process control systems

Honeywell research finds exposure through portable USB drives can cause serious disruption to process facilities through unsecure or malicious files.

2. 2018 Product of the Year Finalists

Get connected to manufacturing’s future: The official ballot is open for voting for Plant Engineering North American print and digital edition subscribers, for a limited time. Cast your vote using CFE Media’s New Products for Engineers platform.

3. Compressor rental: 7 myths and facts

A flexible approach to air requires fresh thinking and getting rid of old misconceptions.

4. Agile thinking in a dynamic world

Help employees develop scientific thinking to solve problems and make decisions.

5. Manufacturing 4.0: Just add people

Adding human intellect to technology produces greater results and ingenuity is central to manufacturing, increasing efficiency, inspiring a new generation of skilled workers, and creating bottom line profitability.

This list was developed using CFE Media’s web analytics for stories viewed on www.plantengineering.com, November 5-11, for articles published within the last two months.

Chris Vavra, production editor, CFE Media, cvavra@cfemedia.com.

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