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Automation.com, November 2011 By Roy Kok In the terms of Automation, a crisis can be characterized as a loss of production (downtime), possibly of a simple piece of equipment, or it can be extensive, affecting major portions of the plant. Are we giving enough focus to the right areas, not focusing on the level of a "worst case scenario" type of crisis?

CIMdata PLM Certificate Program prepares PLM professionals at several levels to successfully address the challenges inherent in PLM strategy development and implementation.

Automation.com, November 2011 By Rick Kaun, Honeywell Process Solutions Security is thought of as physical protection against intrusion or the detection of hackers when, in fact, little thought is given to the security threats that exist inside the fences of any given facility.

NCEES needs your help to ensure that the questions on the Fundamentals of Engineering (FE) examination are accurately testing the relevant areas of knowledge required to enter into an engineering internship. How can you help? Take the FE Exam Content Review Survey

Preliminary findings show that one reason few companies can show employees’ performance results quickly enough is that nearly two-thirds find it necessary to have an analyst cleanse the data.

Rice University has been awarded prototyping and production services to help launch a group of robots designed for undergraduate engineering students.

EPSITRON COMPACT Power Supply family has earned Germanischer Lloyd (GL) approvals and has passed Environmental Category C and EMC2 testing.

DENSO Robotics will participate as an Encompass Product Partner in the Rockwell Automation PartnerNetwork.

Guide is a comprehensive listing of NEMA electrical standards as well as an extensive directory of manufacturers and their products.

Exeeco will maintain several thousand valve actuators and associated equipment at over 700 water and sewage treatment works and 120 reservoirs on a 24 hour-a-day basis.

The Automated Imaging Association signed a memorandum of understanding with the China Machine Vision Union, a recently-formed trade association representing machine vision in China.

Study indicates that the majority of respondents say they are running ERP or other enterprise software from a software vendor that has been recently acquired.

Website contains a Directory of MTConnect members, including their services, experience, products and contact information.

Altus, a Brazilian company, will distribute AFCON SCADA/HMI software Pulse in Brazil.

ISA111, Unified Automation for Buildings, will develop standards and guidelines to communicate the necessary information to enable building subsystems to be managed.

Gray Metter will distribute the Idus IS maintenance management software system in the U.S.

As HMI software shifts from standalone computing towards client/server architecture, demand for the ability to view and/or control a process via the Internet is increasing.

ARC says governments continue to enact new regulations to protect public health and safety. This requires better product quality, risk, and compliance (QRC) management systems.

The entire manufacturing process in the bodywork factory is monitored from the permanently staffed "bridge" via 46-inch HMIs.

The RMT website features product animations and videos to demonstrate the features and benefits of RMT’s solutions.