Gary On Manufacturing - Gary Mintchell

News from Invensys User Conference, wireless, Make2Pack meeting, selling the new software solutions.

Innovation and leadership, the Yokogawa North American Users Conference. Technology and performance management.

Pack Expo observations; variable frequency drives; Schneider Electric changes; having great panel discussions.

News from Automation Fair including new products and important announcements on software direction.

News from the ISA Expo in Houston. Developments in wireless sensor networks.

News from the Emerson Exchange on wireless and from MESA International on Metrics Matter.

Gary interviews Carter Johnson, vice president of Visiprise and conference chair of the MESA International Plant2Enterprise conference that will be held October 9-12 at the Disney Coronado Springs Resort in Orlando.

Production performance management and manufacturing intelligence. Empower operators to operate a plant profitably. Organize for the 21st century. Adobe version 8 3D and Connect.

eMvoy, a new company that offers nationwide rating of manufacturers searchable by location or category. OMAC comments and questions. New book "Thinking for a Living" about managing knowledge workers.

Trip reports on Profibus (PTO) annual meeting in Phoenix, National Instruments' NI Week and trip to Emerson Process. News from Automation Federation, HMS and general fieldbus thoughts.

Interview with John Ross of CitectDealing with DarwinGuns, Germs and SteelIAONA disbandsSee you at Profibus Annual Meeting in PhoenixControl cover story on Fighting the Fieldbus Wars -- really it's no longer war, just competition

Return from Alaska; ARC Forum; OPC UA spec released along with vendor support; Siemens and Emerson work for interoperability plus challenge to ODVA; manufacturing analysis-GM, Ford, Airbus; Schneider, Invensys, MESA conferences; send ideas for 2007 coverage.

Honeywell Users Group and Rockwell Automation RSTechEd. Editor ethics, process control systems forum and energy harvesting device to charge batteries.

Reports on GE Fanuc and Siemens users groups, on demand computing and mobile applications.

Gary Mintchell's Automation Minutes including further notes on news from Hannover, MES/HMI and PLM combination, ISA standards updates, the ABB users conference and the Packaging Automation Forum.

Report on Boston trip for Invensys InFusion announcement. Report from Hannover Fair.

Not an April Fools joke, but ruminations on some market forces affecting automation professionals. Also announcing my upcoming trip to the Hannover Fair and thoughts on the Automation Federation (what, no AA 12-step jokes?).

Another edition of Gary Mintchell's Automation Minutes. News on important software survey, notes on standards, thoughts for marketing people, innovation and adoption of technology.

News and views from the world of automation from the editor in chief of Automation World magazine. Includes discussion of software interoperability and some Linux and Java thoughts.

Live from the ARC Forum in Orlando, Rockwell Sr. VP of Global Industry Solutions Keiran Coulton discusses his new role and the company's emphasis on vertical industry solutions.