Internet of Things World Forum Event
I just received this press release about a topic important to us in manufacturing. We've been exploring the benefits of the Internet of Things for improving manufacturing effectiveness for years. The momentum keeps building. And I wouldn't mind Barcelona in October,...
Promote Fair Competition, Protect Business Innovation and Manufacturing Jobs
When a nation or society has lived through terrible pollution, intellectual property protections and labor strife and other negative side effects of the industrial revolution, it develops some safeguards to promote healthier environments and labor peace. Not everyone...
Science, Math, Complexity in TED Talks plus Manufacturing Name
For your viewing pleasure, I have culled a few more TED Talks that I found fascinating and relevant. From new ideas on teaching science in high school to a monkey controlling a robot directly from its brain, here are some thoughts to expand your mind. Want to name a...
Emerson Analyst Day: Slow Growth in 2013, Remains Optimistic on Network Power
For you stock market junkies out there, a financial report. Longbow Research analysts Mark Douglass and Eli Lustgarten recently attended Emerson’s Investor Conference and Network Power site visits. Following are highlights from their report. Management confirmed...
New Tools Simplify Machinery Safety-System Design
If there is anything certain concerning the near future of automation, it is that we're facing a drastically changing workforce. Tools that bring new engineers, operators and technicians up to speed quickly will become an essential part of a supplier's portfolio. When...
Team from Early College wins Engineering / Manufacturing Contest
If we keep getting stories such as this, we can stop writing the "woe is me" type of articles about the future of engineering and manufacturing. Here is yet another great example of a company in our industry working with young people. They won a trip to Hannover. I...
Best Practices Articles for Manufacturing Operations Management
Received this notice from my old friend Charlie Gifford. I have not seen it yet, but I know the people and bet it'll be a good read. The ISA95 Best Practices Working Group, chartered by the International Society of Automation (ISA), has released its its third...
Eclipse Foundation Enables Long-Term Industrial Use of Eclipse
OK, I'm so old I remember programming before the IDEs (that's Integrated Development Environment people, not the Ides of March for all you Shakespearian scholars). I thought that those interfaces were almost "cheating" by greatly improving the programming and...
Testing Products With Preconceived Ideas
"I am about to start testing these products, and here is my conclusion." I was product development manager of a consumer products company and a member of an ASHRAE technical committee when this journalist/tester/writer for Consumer Reports visited a committee...
ARC Forum 2013: Yokogawa Tackles Energy Management
Shuzo Kaihori, President and CEO of Yokogawa, led the press conference at the ARC Forum on Feb. 11. Stirring memories of his predecessor's stated goal of making the company the market leader in automationk, Kaihori noted that it is the global number two supplier of...
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