Economy of Industrial Analytics

Abstract

The economy or profitability of industrial analytics must be looked at from two points of view. On the one hand, it plays as to its effect a considerable or even decisive and in special cases quantifiable role in the industrial process field; in any case, it contributes to the economy of technical processes. On the other hand, it must orient itself to economic criteria [1] (cf. the dual problem circle: automation with and within analytical chemistry!). The possibilities for analytics to influence the economy of technical production processes and the questions related with quality assurance of products can be directly deduced from the presentation of the process analytical methods serving the various branches of industry and from the demands of quality assurance. The minimization of the costs striven for in every process, seen against the background of progressive technical development and the commercial pressures constantly acting on the production of industrial products, is a permanent demand; however, the fulfillment succeeds only for a limited period.