Cloud-based ERP and MES Solution Improves Production at Automotive Parts Supplier
I told the publicity person that finding new technologies to write about in this market segment is as rare as a dry day in April here in Illinois. This case study falls a little short of my vision for Automation World when we began 20 years ago. I wanted to make the...
Major Windows Outage Affects Millions
A major cybersecurity failure. I have not written about the “Blue Screen of Death” or BSOD since the late 90s and the PC-based control movement. Waking up this morning, that dreaded phrase returned to my mail reads. By now you've seen photos of lines at airports and...
Survey Reports ChatGPT Users Receive Benefits
• ResumeTemplates.com Survey Finds ChatGPT Helps 4 in 10 Users Get Raises, as Workers’ Fears of AI Fizzle Workers report that ChatGPT helps them save time, complete tasks more efficiently, and increase their productivity Everyone performs surveys these days. This...
Celebrating 25 Years of PLM and Digital Thread Innovation
Aras invited me to their annual customer event this year. Energy and ideas abounded. The next edition will be held in Boston March 31-April 3, 2025. Aras, a leader in product lifecycle management (PLM) and digital thread solutions, today announced today the date for...
Junk Food For The Mind
Cal Newport, computer science professor and author (Slow Productivity), noticed a sign while on book promotion tour in England regarding the noxious effects of overly processed food, aka junk food. The message caused a companion thought—junk food for the mind. He had...
International Society of Automation Named a 2024 Top-Rated Nonprofit by GreatNonprofits
The International Society of Automation (ISA), like all associations, has seen its heyday and then a slump as it found its way in a changed environment. At one time it had great support from corporations until said corporations began pinching pennies. I was a member...
New Words; Old Strategies
The CTO and co-founder of a tech company chanced to have lunch with me at a conference several years ago. After I asked about technologies that would become important, I mentioned the series of conference themes that seemed to chase the latest fads. He told me that...
Foxit Launches New eSignature Subscription Plans to Streamline Document Workflows
A longtime media contact wrote that she had a new gig. Unlike most media people who contact me over the past few years, she actually knows what I cover. But this new company had never been on my radar. In fact, the entire category had not been on my radar. The...
FANUC America Unveils New $110 Million Robotics and Automation Campus
FANUC America has expanded its footprint to over 2 million square feet and has created over 400 jobs since 2019 The amount of news emanating from the traditional robotic companies amazes me. I thought this market was mature. Evidently FANUC doesn’t think so. This news...
Emerson Updates DeltaV Distributed Control System
Just when I realized there had been no news for quite a while from the major automation suppliers this news from Emerson came my way. The news concerns expanding DeltaV Automation Platform with the DeltaV Version 15 Feature Pack 2 update for its distributed control...
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