• GE Fanuc announces miView machine data capture software
• Longwatch introduces Operator’s Console Recorder
• myDIALS puts business intelligence software in the clouds
• PAS announces Integrity Automation Genome software
• Oco announces Supply Chain Analytics Solutions Suite
• As One Technologies releases Catalyst xM exception management system
• Transpara Visual KPI optimized for Palm Pre phone
• Objectivity updates database for the Cloud Computing environment
• Apriso adds virtualization to FlexNet

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Key Corporate IT Capabilities for Manufacturing Operations
By Yves Dufort and Claus Abildgren, Wonderware
How Manufacturing IT is viewed and managed in an organization plays an important role in how IT is leveraged for strategic value. Because the management of Manufacturing IT can be enormously complex and becoming more intricate on a daily basis, organizations need to constantly seek to optimize its use.

CEOs and CFOs need Data
By Harry Kohal, Eagle Technology
There are tools available to improve quality, manage lifecycle and provide qualitative and quantitative data to measure performance of people, assets and comfort in any facility or plant.

A Recipe for Success
By GE Fanuc
This paper explores the use of today’s recipe software solutions as a part of a control strategy to transform a company’s recipe area from a place of contentious schedule adherence and “roll-of-the-dice quality” to one that can reduce waste while increasing quality.

Secure OPC Tunneling: Know Your Options
By Software Toolbox & Cogent Real-Time Systems
Anyone who has attempted to network OPC knows that it is challenging, at best. There are many options and solutions in the market that attempt to solve this challenge. This whitepaper shows how tunneling technologies solve the issues associated with networking OPC and what to look for in a tunneling product.

Honeywell I-MAC Provides Path to Operational Excellence
By ARC
Honeywell expands the concept of MAC with its Integrated MAC (I-MAC) concept that provides value in the form of operational, business, and project readiness from the early stages of a project through the operational phase of the plant.

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PackML Implementation Guide  
This implementation guide, by the OMAC Packaging Workgroup, has been created to aid software developers in achieving a clean and efficient implementation of PackML.

NAG releases Numerical Toolkit for MATLAB  
Toolkit contains 1,415 rigorously tested numerical routines for MATLAB.

How Lean are your manufacturing processes?
Motorola Survey
Find out how lean your manufacturing processes are by completing a survey customized to your area of responsibility. We’ll immediately calculate your Lean and Mobility scores and benchmark them against an industry standard. You’ll also receive a FREE customized report, prepared with the assistance of R. Michael Donovan & Co., an internationally recognized lean consultant. This comprehensive report analyzes your scores and identifies ways to boost the impact of lean practices in your organization.

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Mission-critical control at Parnell pharmaceuticals plant
Process & Control Engineering, August 2009
By Sarah Falson
Equipment for the New South Wales laboratory and manufacturing facility is from Wonderware (HMI and historian); Rockwell Automation (PLC); HachUltra (particle counters); Vaisala (humidity instruments); Titan (pressure transmitters); and HP (servers and PCs).

Optimizing Energy and Operations for Cement Production
Control Engineering, September 2009
By Iltaf Khan, Lehigh Cement, and Moin Shaikh, Siemens
Lehigh Cement Company's Union Bridge, MD (USA) plant integrated process control and energy management to improve efficiencies across the facility. They installed Simatic PCS 7 and the Cemat application library from Siemens to control raw material processing, preheater and kiln, clinker grinding, packaging, and storage.

Coca-Cola SABCO: a refreshing look at business
South Africa Instrumentation & Control, August 2009
Coca-Cola looked to an MES system from Wonderware to manage complexity, improve efficiency and reduce costs at its Bloemfontein, SA, facility. Apart from the usual extensive MES functionality, the system handles batch tracking, line performance, operations management and overall equipment effectiveness (OEE) functionality.

ABB's Expert Optimizer increases Nordkalk’s production by 9%  
CPM solution helps limestone plant in Finland optimize process, improve output, and reduce fuel consumption

Emerson improves production efficiency for Pernod Ricard Nordic
Emerson was responsible for the front-end engineering and design (FEED), and installation of PlantWeb, DeltaV, HART communications, AMS software and intelligent devices.

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Level 1 & 2 - OPC Integration and Diagnostics
October 21-22, 2009 Cologne, Germany
For engineers, developers and integrators who are integrating new systems, expanding current operations, replacing legacy equipment and looking for ways to improve data communication. Matrikon’s hands-on workshops provide a practical approach to learn and understand the methods of accessing data through OPC technology. Price: €1490.

OPC Unified Architecture Developer Workshop
October 27, 2009 New Orleans, LA
Workshop provides hands-on training for product developers. The Workshop will answer the question, "How do I implement OPC UA?"

GE Fanuc offers free Work Process Management seminars
Through December 2009, various locations
Attendees will learn how to use Proficy Workflow software to digitize and streamline work processes.

ACP holds thin client roadshow
Through January 2010, various cities
Free event shows attendees how to save money and time with thin clients and thin client management software.

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Siemens merges four divisions into one
Siemens Energy & Automation, Siemens Transportation Systems, Siemens Building Technologies, and Siemens VAI Services merged into a new company, Siemens Industry.

What are you doing to improve business performance?
MESA invites producers and manufacturers to respond to a new industry survey: Correlating Plant Performance to Business Performance.

Longwatch signs Industrial Network Systems as systems integrator
Longwatch signed Industrial Network Systems as its distributor and systems integrator in Illinois, Indiana, Western Kentucky and Eastern Missouri.

CIMdata says PLM market to decline
CIMdata is forecasting that PLM investments in 2009 will decline 2.1% from 2008 results and the five year CAGR will be 3.5%— with investments growing to just under $31 billion in 2013.

ARC says CPM sales to exceed $4 billion by 2013
Despite the recession, the Collaborative Production Management market continues to grow, albeit at a very modest pace.

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Wonderware Software to help make Chinese cigarettes  
Hongyun Honghe Tobacco, the fourth largest cigarette producer in the world, plans to use Wonderware software to manage its utility operations.

PAS to supply Integrity software to Invensys  
The software will be utilized by project teams within Invensys Operations Management’s delivery organization.

GE Fanuc to supply Proficy Software to Linde AG worldwide  
The order, which also encompasses GlobalCare support services, is worth more than $1 million and will be deployed in 350 sites worldwide.

ATS to improve maintenance at Georgia Iron Works  
ATS production asset optimization will help the plant in Grovetown, Georgia, run better.

Honeywell to upgrade controls at sugar producer in Turkey
Honeywell will upgrade the Experion Process Knowledge System (PKS) at Konya Sugar’s Cumra production site.

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MESA 2009 European Conference
October 27-29, 2009 Utrecht, The Netherlands
This year’s European MESA Plant-to-Enterprise Conference will focus on the theme, Survive to Thrive, and how companies on either end of the spectrum need to think, act, and engage in today’s and tomorrow’s global economic realities.

Remote 2009 Conference & Expo
October 29-30, 2009 San Antonio, Texas
Remote 2009 Conference and Expo will focus on the leading advancements for the monitoring and management of distributed equipment and facilities, remote assets, automated process & system controls and device networks.

OpsManage'09 / WonderWorld  
November 3-5, 2009 Anaheim, CA
Event combines traditional WonderWorld content with a comprehensive view of the latest solutions from Invensys Operations Management and its partners.

Industrial Automation Show
November 3-7, 2009 Shanghai
Since its inception in 2003, Factory Automation ASIA has been successfully held three times. It has established itself amongst the most important platforms in the production automation industry in Asia.

Automation Fair 2009
November 11-12, 2009 Anaheim, California
At this two-day event, attend in-depth technical sessions, workshops, and hands-on labs. Visit more than 100 exhibits and displays. Learn best practices at specialized industry forums.

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