I agree with Mike and Jesper here.
The key is to get your terminology straight. Different industries and professionals regard "DCS", "PLCs", and "SCADA" as different things. The lines are converging with Internet technologies. Do TCP/IP enabled PLCs on a geographically separated regions constitute a DCS system? What DCS system are you referring to that's "more capable" than what PLC system?
BTW, your list represents software, not hardware, which is what PLCs and DCS are.
The key is to get your terminology straight. Different industries and professionals regard "DCS", "PLCs", and "SCADA" as different things. The lines are converging with Internet technologies. Do TCP/IP enabled PLCs on a geographically separated regions constitute a DCS system? What DCS system are you referring to that's "more capable" than what PLC system?
BTW, your list represents software, not hardware, which is what PLCs and DCS are.
Production Scheduling/ Accounting
üExpert System/Statistical Process Control
üProcess modelling
üAlarm Handling/Rationalisation
üPredictive Maintenance