Process Analyzers and sensors to provide process "signatures" Process Control used to 'steer' final productd toward their desirable end-points Multivariate mathematical tools for simulation, statistical design, pattern recognition Knowledge Management for continuous process improvement. Walt Boyes BlackBerry service provided by Nextel … [Read more...] about The Four Tools of PAT
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ISA PAT Conference
About 35 of us have gathered at ISA Headquarters in North Carolina to discuss PAT. Mike Nager started off by talking about the Food and Pharmaceuticals Division, which has (suddenly, so far as I know) become one of the largest ISA divisions (technical interest groups) with over 1600 members. Nager pointed out that the world Pharma market is huge, with over $170 billion in NA, … [Read more...] about ISA PAT Conference
Press Tours the Way I Like 'em!
On PRForum, a discussion list for PR professionals and academics, there has been discussion about how to prepare a high ranking federal government official to brief a newspaper's editorial board. In response to a post from a good friend of mine, Kathy Gill, professor of new media at the University of Washington, I said: Well, Kathy, I can speak for the "dark side" now … [Read more...] about Press Tours the Way I Like 'em!
The Patent Trolls Strike Again…
This time, it is against something critical to running our businesses, not a strictly automation related patent. NTP, the world's largest patent troll, has won again in its share-the-wealth case against Research In Motion, the inventors of the Blackberry. I've got one, everybody darn near that works for Honeywell, and other big companies are issued one, and my Blackberry makes … [Read more...] about The Patent Trolls Strike Again…
A Very Important Web Seminar
If you are looking beyond the plant floor, you have to have been paying attention to Microsoft, SAP and Oracle's announced intention to support S95 as the enterprise integration standard. Now that the eleventy-million pound gorillas have lined up in ISA's backcourt, we can expect to see a real integration standard take shape. ISA is offering a very important web seminar on … [Read more...] about A Very Important Web Seminar
