Walt Boyes' Blog

Emerson was founded in 1890 but it wasn't until Chuck Knight took over that Emerson really started to roll. In fact, as Steve Sonnenber was speaking, he seemed to have just a little difficulty remembering that the capo di tutti capi is David Farr now, not Chuck. Emerson Process Management is about 25% of total sales for Emerson Inc. From the department of "how ironic..." "ABB … [Read more...] about The Chuck Knight Legacy

MCAA is the "user group" for the vendor community. This year is one of the first times end-users have been invited to talk. So, why should an end-user care? This week, the discussion is about best practices...how to best serve the customer...because serving the customer correlates to unity with achieving profit goals. So, look at this report with the eyes of the end … [Read more...] about MCAA: Why should an end user care?

Registration of First Enhanced Device Description Signifies Milestone in Advancement of EDDL Technology (Austin, Texas, 15 May 2006) – The HART® Communication Foundation (HCF) announces that the first Device Description (DD) utilizing the advanced capabilities of enhanced Device Description Language has been registered in the HCF DD Library. Registration of the first enhanced … [Read more...] about One DD to rule them all…first EDD registered

I've been collecting information now for some time about what companies are doing to help prevent and ameliorate the coming shortage of scientists, engineers and mathematicians, without whom we will be unable to control even our increasingly automated manufacturing plants. Basically, companies expend their education and charitable giving resources in one of two ways in this … [Read more...] about More on "Being the Solution…"

ISA Extends Enterprise-Control System Integration Standards Series Research Triangle Park, NC (18 May 2006) -- ISA's SP95 committee is conducting what is expected to be the final review and voting on Part 5 of its widely used series of industry standards on enterprise-control system integration. The ISA-95 standards help to reduce the costs, risks, and errors associated with … [Read more...] about Another Nail in the Coffin of Cost Accounting…