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Network and Connectivity Complexity

Some final thoughts from the ODVA meetings in March in Florida. I’ve been thinking for some time about complexity. Sometimes we get into the weeds with our technologies, building routine atop routines, solving a multitude of problems through creating others. The...

ODVA Elects Leadership for the 24th Term

ODVA have generated still more news—I have some wrap up from a couple of weeks ago when I attended their meeting plus some news this morning from Hannover Messe. (No, I wish I were in Hannover, but I’m still in Illinois.)  The leadership for ODVA’s 24th term was...

Siemens Makes Employment Adjustments

I have four items from Siemens shortly before Hannover Messe. An acquisition, Copilot, Xcelerator, and this one…to use their euphemism—Siemens to strengthen competitiveness in automation business and in electric vehicle charging business.  These are the...

Sustainability for Dummies

I seldom hear from PTC anymore what with some of the areas interesting to me being devalued. This blog post came to my attention. I know that “sustainability” can be a political phrase, but I view it from the standpoint of Lean—waste avoided. Product Sustainability...

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