Jane Gerold

Automation World
Cimplicity 8.0 introduces Digital Graphical Replay (DGR) 2.0, which lets users replay and analyze past events in slow motion, re
HMI/SCADA Software Improves Graphics, Enhances Security
A new user interface, graphics engine, graphical replay and enhanced security help to decrease development costs and increase visibility in the latest version of Cimplicity software.
Mar 16th, 2009
Keith Nosbusch, Rockwell Automation CEO
Manufacturing Pros Gather at "Industry's Largest Educational Forum"
If there’s a downturn in the automation industry, it was well disguised at the 2008 Automation Fair and conferences, held Nov. 17-20 in Nashville, Tenn.
Jan 11th, 2009
Software Users Take a Team Approach
When it comes to Operations Management software, manufacturing organizations rely on a team approach to purchase, implement and manage their applications. In this summary of results from our exclusive Automation World survey, learn about best practices for applications and find out who users trust most when it comes to making important software decisions.
Oct 9th, 2007
Safety Takes a Starring Role
Siemens Energy & Automation Inc. (www.sea.siemens.com) has put safety on center stage, with the launch of an educational roadshow that features a full-screen movie production titled, “Safety: Uncover the Competitive Advantage.”
Jan 13th, 2007
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Safety brought out the star power, when Siemens premiered its full-screen feature movie, 'Safety: Uncover the Competitive Advant
Safety Takes a Starring Role
A new full-screen movie from Siemens, “Safety: Uncover the Competitive Advantage,” tours the United States to educate manufacturers on the benefits of safety strategies.
Dec 14th, 2006
Keeping Automation Secure
Automation professionals are a pretty smart bunch of people. For decades, control system vendors packaged automation solutions in black-box configurations—open them and make changes at your own risk.
Feb 1st, 2006
Managing Labor Assets
The United States, and indeed, much of the developed world, is in the midst of a curious labor quandary. Even as the business journals report massive layoffs in the manufacturing sector—affecting hundreds of thousands of employees—manufacturers themselves are complaining of difficulties in hiring skilled workers.
Jan 1st, 2006
The Game Changers
Every ten years or so, a technology comes along that completely changes the way we do business. Sometimes it’s a brand new technology; other times it’s a technology that has finally reached critical adoption.
Dec 1st, 2005
Keith Nosbusch, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Rockwell Automation Inc.
Rockwell Automation Touts "Customer Intimacy"
At its Manufacturing Perspectives 2005, an annual event for manufacturing media and analysts, Rockwell Automation highlighted global manufacturing trends and automation success stories.
Nov 22nd, 2005
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EDDL and FDT Both Claim Gains
Two fieldbus communications technologies—Electronic Device Description Language (EDDL) and Field Device Tool/Device Type Managers (FDT/DTMs)—claim increased supplier adoption and user benefits at the recent ISA Expo.
Nov 15th, 2005
Bob Wojewodka, Technology Manager, The Lubrizol Corp.
Walking the Walk of a Leader
Lubrizol takes a holistic approach to achieve vertical and horizontal data integration from shop floor through the business layer.
Nov 7th, 2005
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Schneider Electric Offers To Acquire Citect
The two companies have signed a Merger Implementation Agreement designed to leverage Schneider’s global reach and Citect’s strengths in SCADA and MES.
Nov 3rd, 2005
Ford's Flexible Factory
If it’s Monday, it must be Mazdas. Imagine a manufacturing plant so flexible that it can build one product one day, and a completely different product the next.
Nov 1st, 2005