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Manufacturing Intelligence Software Products, News, Articles, Events & Resources
Welcome to the Automation.com portal for Manufacturing Intelligence Software including MES, Work Flow, Asset Management, Process Optimization, Quality, LIMS, ERP, etc. The portal provides controls and automation professionals with valuable information and resources to apply in creating reliable automation systems. Manufacturing Intelligence is comprised of software and hardware used to gather and understand manufacturing data together from many sources throughout a production process, including ERP, supply chain management, lean manufacturing, and Manufacturing Execution Systems (MES). The goal is to understand the current production status and improve business results.
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Articles
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Changing with the Times: Industrial Automation 2.0
- 01/27/12 Automation.com, January 2012 By Matthew Littlefield, LNS Research There are a whole slew of new technologies and system architectures being adopted in the automation industry at a very rapid pace. Companies today face the very real possibility that if they don’t effectively understand, adopt, and leverage these new technologies to their advantage; they will be left in an increasingly uncompetitive position. |
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Open Architecture "Use Cases" - the Next Frontier
- 01/23/12 Automation.com, January 2012 By Bill Lydon, Editor The next major frontier in the evolution of open architecture is the development of application standards built around Use Cases to increase automation productivity and efficiency. Packaging machine standards from OMAC's Packaging Workgroup is a good example. |
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Major Automation & Control Trends in 2012
- 01/16/12 Automation.com, January 2012 By Bill Lydon, Editor Here are my thoughts on major automation and control trends in 2012. These opinions are based on a wide range of inputs from users, suppliers and industry consultants, and from attending numerous industry forums, conferences and trade shows every year. |
White Papers
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How to reduce downtime and raise OEE
- 10/26/11 Automation.com, October 2011 One crucial area that every plant can improve on is efficiency, and one of the best measures of efficiency is OEE (overall equipment effectiveness). If you don’t know your OEE, then you don’t truly know how efficient you are. Here’s how to analyze OEE. |
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Effective OPC Security for Control Systems
- 09/26/11 September 2011 By Eric Byres and Darek Kominek By While the consequences of cyber attacks and malware are no longer in doubt, the question remains, "Exactly how can an engineer reliably secure his or her control system?" This white paper outlines a simple and cost effective answer – a security solution based on OPC technology that can be deployed in almost any industrial facility today. |
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Models for MES In an Enterprise Architecture
- 07/04/11 Automation.com, July 2011 By Don Fraser, Jacobs This paper describes the modeling techniques applied for the integration of a Manufacturing Execution System (MES) into enterprise architecture. The MES complements the ERP system by providing essential production information in a fully integrated environment that reduces the dependence on manual data entry. |
Application Stories
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APC application yields significant operability, economic benefits
- 01/22/12 Hydrocarbon Processing, January 2012 The Karratha Gas Plant used multivariable predictive control (MPC) on an LNG liquefaction train and got a 4,000% return on investment. |
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Thermal Mainstay Learns New Tricks
- 01/15/12 Control Design, January 2012 By Aaron Hand Despatch Industries builds metallization firing furnaces for the solar panel industry. They upgraded control systems to Beckhoff IPCs, which run Despatch-developed software to manage the heater and conveyor controls, I/O, data logging, alarms, and interfaces to MES systems. |
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Hooking Up the Plant and the Enterprise
- 01/11/12 Control, January 2012 By Dan Hebert At a major oil refinery, Yokogawa's Manufacturing Data Exchange (MDX) software replaced a proprietary interface to integrate a plant's process control system with an aging, in-house ERP system. |
Resources & Literature
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Open Automation Software announces SCADA website
- 01/31/12 Site promotes OPCSystems.NET as the complete SCADA solution for Enterprise Business Applications. |
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Deacom updates its Website
- 01/26/12 Website outlines the capabilities of the DEACOM ERP software package offerings and explains the philosophies behind its development. |
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Closed Loop Product Life Cycle Management - Using Smart Embedded Systems - $99.00
The PROMISE technologies are a new type of "Closed-Loop Product Life Cycle Management (PLM) using Smart Embedded Systems," which allow tracking of product information at all times and in any location around the world. This book provides industrial users with an understanding of the principles behind the PROMISE technologies, implementation, and benefits. |
Training News
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CIMdata Announces 2012 CIMdata PLM Certificate schedule
- 11/10/11 CIMdata PLM Certificate Program prepares PLM professionals at several levels to successfully address the challenges inherent in PLM strategy development and implementation. |
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CIMdata Announces PLM training
- 09/06/11 CIMdata formed a business practice focused on the growing needs of PLM organizations for comprehensive non-biased PLM education. |
Training & Seminars
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Featured Products
Product Announcements
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Geometric introduces Glovius CAD viewer software
- 02/01/12
Glovius runs on Windows and as an app for iPad/iPhone and Android systems, and allows users to import CAD files from multiple platforms. |
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GE enhances Proficy Scheduler software
- 01/10/12
Enhancements in Proficy Scheduler Release 4.1 for Finite Capacity Scheduling include Tool Operations, Alternate Routes and Sequencer. |
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DEACOM adds Real-Time to Warehouse Management System
- 01/03/12
WMS uses handheld computers to record real-time purchase order receipts, inventory moves, production job finishes, raw material usage and sales order picking. |
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Company & Organization News
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Encompass appointed Robert Coolidge President
- 01/24/12 Coolidge will continue as President of Encompass Parts Distribution for which he has been responsible for sales, vendor relations and IT management and development. |
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How China is Stealing Our Secrets
- 01/22/12 PD&D, January 2012 By Michael P. Collins U.S. Intelligence agencies say that both Russia and China steal technology information over the internet as a matter of national policy. It is hard to say if China is still the red menace from the cold war, or if they have morphed into a new form of winner-take-all amoral version of capitalism. |
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Geometric to support PROSTEP customers in Asia Pacific
- 01/10/12 Geometric is an exclusive provider of technical support for PROSTEP’s PLM software. |
Project News
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Vistrian to supply MES software to NuvoSun solar manufacturer
- 01/24/12 NuvoSun is a manufacturer of thin-film photovoltaic (PV) cells and modules based on flexible Copper Indium/Gallium di-Selenide (CIGS) technology. |
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Mincom to supply EAM & ERP software to gold mining company
- 01/17/12 Allied Nevada licensed Ellipse 8 Enterprise Asset Management (EAM) and Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) software. |
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Aegis to supply MES software to Sigma Technologies
- 01/24/12 iLaunch software provides CAD/BOM import with error corrections, rapid conversion to intelligent data, and revision control for documentation and programming. |
Event News
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Industrial Supply 2012 Showcases U.S. Industrial Subcontractors
- 12/06/11 Leaders in the subcontracting business will be presenting their latest product developments in industrial materials to a vast audience attending HANNOVER MESSE. |
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HANNOVER MESSE 2012 focuses on sustainability
- 11/21/11 By adopting "greentelligence" as its keynote theme, HANNOVER MESSE 2012 has put the spotlight squarely on green technologies as a central growth driver for industry. |
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Digital Factory moves to Hall 7
- 10/17/11 Digital Factory Trade Fair for Integrated Processes and IT Solutions, is getting a new home at HANNOVER MESSE 2012. The new location in Hall 7 is close to the process automation themes covered by the Industrial Automation show. |
Events
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