Siemens User Conference Highlights Connectivity, Visibility
Siemens Automation held its annual Users Conference the end of June at the Boca Raton Resort in Florida. Digitalization comprised the underlying theme, however connectivity technologies highlighted the important announcements and discussions. MindSphere holds the top...
Financing Digitalization Project Aids Customer Adoption
Siemens holds its Automation Summit this week in Boca Raton, FL, and it kicked off its media program with a round table discussion with the Financing group. Siemens Financial Services exists as a sales support group to assist customers who perhaps require assistance...
Leadership Tip: Activate The Switch Between Stimulus and Response
Listening is a vastly underrated leadership skill. We all know people who must fill in every gap with sound. It is as if a lull in the conversation might cause people to lose interest in them. There is a guy who hosts a technology podcast that is a round table...
Emerson Automation Extends Its Wireless Reach
Remember the wireless wars of about 10 years ago? No? Good. But Emerson was the leader of the WirelessHART camp. One or two other companies led the ISA100 camp. The technologies are quite similar with just enough differences to make them incompatible. A movement to...
On Leadership: Collaboration Enhances Design Success
I learned a leadership lesson about collaboration and design this morning. The store where I buy birdseed is on a corner. Think small streets, not like a busy city intersection. The primary street has been dug down to dirt, and the contractor is in the process of...
A Trio of Technologies Enhancing Connections
When I travel to various conferences, there are certain technology themes that are strengthening connections the Internet of Things for manufacturing. We witnessed several of these this week. Here is a quick outline of some important announcements. Why should we...
Honeywell User Group All About Connections
It's all about connections. That's the direction I went four years ago when I renamed my blog and set out on my own. Manufacturing Connection (as general a word as I could buy the domain for--not only factory but also process industries). Honeywell User Group is this...
GE Extends Predix But Where Lies Its Future
GE has a new CEO coming soon. Jeff Imelt led the industrial push that led to Predix and Industrial Internet of Things, services based upon data, predictive maintenance. He spurred development of GE Digital and the transformation into a software company (check out the...
Software Startup Within Rockwell Automation Leverages Chat Bot
This is "TechED" week for Rockwell Automation with "Shelby" the chat bot collaboration tool featured prominently at the opening keynote presentations--a software startup within the organization. TeamONE was one of two new products featured this week. The other an...
10 Skills to Cultivate For Personal Growth
I've been going through a number of notes accumulating over the past few months. Most relate to personal development and growth. This one I picked up from Kevin Roberts--long time leader in the advertising industry. These are all important skills. If you're unsure...
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