HomeGary Mintchell Editor In Chief gmintchell@automationworld.comSoftwareGuns, Germs And SteelLocate plants overseas for strategic reasons such as becoming close to customers or being close to raw materials. A simple labor cost reduction doesn’t add up.ControlThe Buzz is Back“I suddenly realized that almost the entire ‘Who’s Who’ of automation was in that room today,” said an industry marketing vice president to Jane Gerold and me during the recent Manufacturing Strategies Forum put on by Andy Chatha and his ARC Advisory Group, held in Orlando Feb.
