IEN How quickly is industry adopting e-manufacturing?Sink: Watching companies adopt new technology is like watching liquid chromatography separate the color components of black ink over time the distance grows further and the distinctions grow... Learn more

Twenty years ago Federal Express introduced overnight shipping and changed everyone's definition of "fast delivery." Now the entire catalog industry delivers in days not weeks McDonalds not only set the standard for "fast food" but literally... Learn more

This document discusses use of an outside specialist for networking technology How OEMs can focus on their core competencies; get high performance functional and conformance tested products in a short period of time; and bring a product to market... Learn more

IEN: How are manufacturers using existing technologies in new ways?Sink: Little of these are truly "new" -- mostly what we are seeing is massive re-application or expanded application of technologies that have been around for a long time Ethernet... Learn more

If your hardware/software projects have anything to do with industrial automation or process control then you know that open industrial networks -- Fieldbuses such as DeviceNet and Profibus -- are being considered and specified more and more all... Learn more

Human-machine interfaces will grow faster more flexible and more powerful an IEN industry survey indicates Andrei Moldoveanu director of marketing at Nematron sees an "integration of multiple functionalities" in... Learn more

Companies are crawling walking and running to reach the dream of the seamless integrated industrial enterprise Janie West director of new business development at Wonderware observes that "e-manufacturing can mean many things from e-Procurement... Learn more

EmbeddedComm/EC-1 consists of 80186-compatible processor at 48 MHz; high-speed memory for zero-wait-state performance; and support for 10/100 Mbps Ethernet CANbus and Profibus On-chip 8k x 8 dual-port memory enables 2-way communication with host... Learn more