Uses, challenges, and benefits of information technology and enterprise applications in plant operations, enterprise planning, and supply chain management.
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Manage energy across an enterprise, alarm inefficiencies with new Invensys software
November 18, 2009
Invensys Operations Managements new Corporate Energy Management (CEM) application is said to enables manufacturing and industrial automation customers to implement an energy management program that will help achieve sustainability goals. More
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Manufacturing is the core of U.S. economic success
Mark T. Hoske, November 11, 2009
Productivity has more than doubled in manufacturing in last 20 years, which is a boon for competitiveness, wages, and the rest of the economy, says Manufacturers Alliance/MAPI. More
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Focus on quality gets a boost from an enterprise view
Renee Robbins, November 11, 2009
Enterprise approach to quality management can reduce total cost of quality, says Apriso and AberdeenGroup. More
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Secure online POS SKU analysis for manufacturers
Rob Humphrey, Jeff Burdick, November 10, 2009
While point of sale analytics capabilities can be developed using business intelligence packages, a new breed of Web-based solutions can transmit confidential product SKU information securely using electronic data interchange (EDI), and combine data points from multiple retailers into customized Web-portal dashboards. More
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Invensys Operations Management: New approach requires real-time adaptability to customer orders
David Greenfield, November 9, 2009
Automation no longer just about the cost of materials and labor, now it has to do with real time adaptability to customer orders, says Invensys Operations Management president Sudipta Bhattacharya. More
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IT workers: 37% to seek security certifications within 5 years, CompTIA survey says
November 5, 2009
Oakbrook Terrace, IL — Information technology (IT) professionals are placing their bets on security-themed certifications as they plot their next career moves, a new study from CompTIA, a trade association for the IT industry, reveals. More
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Plant deployment demonstrates wireless standard
Peter Welander, November 3, 2009
Installation in a brownfield chemical plant shows interoperability within ISA100.11a and practicality for instrumentation improvements in long-established operations. More
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Wireless technology enables chemical plant's ‘Project Zero'
Renee Robbins, November 3, 2009
Chemical manufacturer Huntsman wanted a system to give personnel real-time access to information needed to operate the plant as safely and efficiently as possible - no matter where they were. The result is one of the largest and most ambitious industrial wireless application networks to date. More
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