Gary Mintchell Editor In Chief

Fully Engaged
It’s been a great year in the automation industry.
Dec 11th, 2007
Hype or Reality?
What is hype? I guess one definition would be when someone is promoting a product of one sort or another as real, when in fact, its reality is far down the road.
Jul 8th, 2007
It's All About People
One of the core philosophies that forms the editorial mission at Automation World is the concept of the automation team.
May 9th, 2007
Check Your Mindset
Problems arise because pure talent only works as long as the going is easy.
Apr 10th, 2007
More from Gary Mintchell Editor In Chief
Built To Change
Organizations change. Sometimes by design; sometimes change is forced upon them. In our industry, organizational change often manifests itself publicly through postings on Jim Pinto’s Web pages that are often critical of management. That’s because change is unsettling to many people. But what if there were an organizational model built on the assumption that continuous change is business as usual?
Dec 19th, 2006
Built To Change
Organizations change. Sometimes by design; sometimes change is forced upon them.
Dec 11th, 2006
Create Magic
What do you do? Lee Cockrell, retired executive vice president of Disney World Resorts drew instant rapport with his audience at the recent Plant2Enterprise Conference in Orlando beginning his presentation titled “You Can Make Magic, Too.” I’ve noticed that when automation professionals gather for a conference, often the geek in all of us comes out. Sessions are technical, and the audience goes into learning mode—geeks love to increase understanding of technical subjects.
Nov 8th, 2006
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Put Me In, Coach
Editor in Chief Gary Mintchell says: Process control design and programming software also is now constructed to capture current knowledge and embed it in object libraries and algorithms.
Jul 1st, 2006
The Next Level of Competition
Successful companies must evolve their competence or become marginalized.
May 1st, 2006
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Ethernet to the I/O
When network speeds are at 100 megabits/second and approaching 1 gigabit/second, the determinism issue typically goes away.
May 1st, 2006