Automation Engineering
The latest information on manufacturing automation trends, products and strategies to give plant managers and engineers the knowledge they need to operate efficient facilities.
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Be Connected series offers online modeling seminars
PLE Staff, June 25, 2009Bentley Systems delivering best practices seminars on demand More -
Bottling up plant improvements
PLE Staff, June 8, 2009Accurate metrics leads to accelerated reliability More -
EcoStruXure initiative announced by Schneider Electric
Bob Vavra, June 5, 2009
Broad-based solutions part of "war on waste" in energy systems More
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Bottling up plant improvements
By Darren Riley, Rockwell Automation, June 1, 2009Manufacturers across all industry sectors are embracing real-time performance management as a means to improve flexibility and profitability, while coping with the reduction of manpower and the burden of monitoring assets. This is intensifying the need for companies to make key performance indicators (KPIs) visible across all levels of the operation to help prove that processes are operating co... More -
Onset links remote monitoring to real-time display software
By Plant Engineering Staff, June 1, 2009Data logger supplier Onset Computer Corp. announced that the company’s web-based HOBO U30 Remote Monitoring Systems are now compatible with NorthWrite, Inc.’s Energy Expert software platform. The Energy Expert software converts raw building energy and environmental data collected with HOBO U30 Systems into sophisticated, graphical “smart models” that predict building ene... More -
Kepware joins Rockwell partnership
By Plant Engineering Staff, June 1, 2009Kepware Technologies has been selected as an Encompass Global partner by Rockwell Automation. “Kepware has been an Encompass Americas partner in the past,” said Roy Kok, VP of Sales and Marketing of Kepware Technologies. “Although Kepware supplies its products on a global basis today, this membership status is valuable in allowing Kepware to demonstrate that its Encompass prod... More -
Motorola, Apprion expand joint venture
PLE Staff, May 21, 2009OEM agreement will expand wireless offerings More -
MOM systems deliver on performance, cost: study
PLE Staff, May 21, 2009Apriso comments on Aberdeen Group study, offer free report More
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The General List
January 13, 2009
Tough Times Tight Budget – Got Automation?
While finance departments are suiting up for a long recessive winter CFO’s...
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Five Fast Things
December 22, 2008
A long day's journey into... Azerbaijan?
The long, strange trip from Bangalore, India to Chicago takes 18 hours in the air...
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Five Fast Things
October 17, 2008
A global response to global problems. In other words...
1. We’re all in this together: Two weeks in Europe this month taught me...
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Five Fast Things
September 16, 2008
What do the Chinese know, and what can we learn?
1. Reaching across a great wall: Members of the Chinese Machine Tool and Tool...
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in response to Managing collaborative productionThis article was a good thumbnail sketch of the recipe hierarchy. Part of the...
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in response to Recipe management requires a pinch of organization
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Excellence in Asset Information Management: What Is It? What Is It Worth?
Sid Snitkin provides an overview of Asset Information Management. This podcast is 26 minutes long
2008 Salary Survey
The 2008 Plant Engineering Salary Survey: More income, more worries for plant managers
2007 Product of the Year Winners
This year's Plant Engineering Product of the Year winners were honored at the Manufacturing Summit in Chicago.
Top Plant: GEMA
The game plan for GEMA (Global Engine Manufacturing Alliance) focuses on best-in-class execution
SAFETYBASE
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On Demand Safety Webinars
We just added 2 new archived safety webinars focusing on the most asked-for topics:
-Demystifying Safety PLCs
-Risk assessment compliance for Packaging machine builders
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