In this Hydrocarbon Processing article, Romeu Kleinubing, global sales enablement manager for Emerson’s process systems and solutions business, explains how the hydrocarbon industry has shifted dramatically in the last decade, increasing the need for maintenance and reliability in operations to stay competitive. Kleinbubing says the solution is to implement a predictive maintenance technology plan founded on Emerson’s Boundless Automation™ vision of seamlessly moving contextualized data wherever it is needed.