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September 30, 2010

Best-in-class manufacturing ops

At Heineken South Africa and Microsoft Europe, efficiency-minded suppliers help make processing and packaging logical extensions of each other.
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September 3, 2010

Security Redux on AutomationWorld.com

Our security content focus for August leapt off the page from the print edition and landed nicely on AutomationWorld.com. 
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Product
 | September 2, 2010

Flexible, Modular Ethernet Switch

The Scalance XR-324 managed industrial Ethernet switch offers modularity and high-port density in a compact, 19-in. rack housing that is well suited for rugged industrial applications. 
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Feature Article
 | September 2, 2010

Pioneering a New Era in Paperboard Production

What does it take to succeed in the highly competitive European paperboard market?
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September 2, 2010

Connect Siemens PLCs to Enterprise

eATM tManager Standalone is designed to simplify data exchange between Siemens S7 PLCs and IBM, Oracle and Microsoft plant/enterprise computer systems. 
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September 2, 2010

HMI Adds Second Ethernet Port

The vendor’s G3 Series Operator Interface family is now available with the Ethernet expansion card, G3ENET, adding a second Ethernet port to increase bandwidth and separate networks. 
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September 2, 2010

Graphics Lighten the Programming Load

A picture is worth a thousand words.
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Podcast | September 2, 2010

Automation Minutes - 09.02.10

Gary Mintchell, Editor in Chief, discusses what several people have discovered about making manufacturing a strategic part of an enterprise. For more content on manufacturing leadership, click here.
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September 2, 2010

Make Manufacturing Strategic To The Enterprise

Following the rise of finance executives to the top of corporations, manufacturing assumed a reduced role. Now, manufacturing is starting to rise again.
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Jim Pinto
September 2, 2010

PINTO'S PROSE: Strategic Manufacturing

In today’s turbulent and fast-moving business environment, many corporate managers view manufacturing either as a black box or simply as a line item on a spreadsheet. 
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September 2, 2010

Adaptation and the Manufacturing Enterprise

When manufacturing or other companies strive for leadership, they consciously or unconsciously believe that market leadership provides an indicator of their chances for survival. 
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September 2, 2010

Manufacturing Strategy: Lean Take 2

Lean Manufacturing is not new, so an interesting question to ask is the following: Why then, in a recent survey of more than 150 manufacturing executives, is increasing focus on Lean one of the top
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Feature Article
 | August 4, 2010

Networking Factories: Peripheral Vision

Cameras and other peripherals are beginning to use Ethernet and TCP/IP protocol, accelerating the move toward flat, single-network architectures in factories.
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August 4, 2010

On AutomationWorld.com: Cyber Security

Just like the oil spill in the gulf, a real-world event can accelerate the discussion of serious topics, such as safety.
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August 3, 2010

Ethernet Switch Provides VLAN Routing

The Allen-Bradley Stratix 8300 Layer 3 managed switch extends the Stratix 8000 industrial switch family to provide VLAN and subnet routing capability using Cisco technology. 
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