Industrial Automatic Control Systems and Controllers Annotation << Back Trigger Areas of Industrial Automation Itskovich E.L. The paper discusses the prevailed causes of insuffi cienteffi ciency of various type automation systems operated at chemical plants. It describes the situations where the predicted benefi ts of developed, implemented and operated systems are not attained in full scope. The ways to handle such trigger areas are proposed. Keywords: industrial automation, automation system’seffi ciency, technical installation. E-mail: itskov@ipu.rssi.ru