It’s a scenario no equipment-rental company can afford: A big construction project comes to a halt because a rented air compressor or power generator breaks down. And because of supply chain bottlenecks, replacement parts are a long time coming. Every sidelined piece...
A look at the 5 most popular blog posts, podcasts here on the blog in 2021 as well as the top 5 forum posts in the Emerson Exchange 365 community.
Today marks the start of my second decade of blogging. I appreciate all of your support over the years through your visits, comments, emails and calls. Throughout the last decade, I hope that at least a few of the posts have helped you in managing some aspects of this...
Just a short programming note that I'll be on vacation over the next week and not updating the blog. Enjoy that extra time from not reading any posts here and keep those wheels of commerce turning!
Just a short programming note that no more posts will happen the rest of the week as I observe the Thanksgiving holiday here in the U.S. For those in the U.S., give thanks and enjoy your holidays. For everyone else, enjoy the rest of your week!
A small piece of humor from Emerson's Anand Iyer. Morning Fox News has some accident on some freeway. A few days ago, an overturned ethanol truck had given us a 1-hour drive (30 mins more than normal) to office. I see traffic news every morning, because my older car...
I had the opportunity to do a guest post, Problem Solving Through Social Networks in Automation and Manufacturing, over at the Sabisu blog. Sabisu's Co-founder and CEO/MD Tim Sharpe, shares his thoughts on the importance of social networks for automation professionals...
Some of Dilbert's favorite targets are sales and marketing folks. Some of this may be well deserved in the way we perform our communications. The good news is that ISA puts on a Marketing and Sales Summit to help us improve and make our communications more relevant to...
I had a chance to meet Sabisu's Ben Widdowson, when we were on a social media panel at the ARC World Industry Forum earlier this year. The U.K.-based Sabisu team makes products that connect people with key information in the enterprise. Ben asked if I'd like to share...
Control magazine has a cover story, Process Automation Jobs: Help Wanted. From my vantage reading the Twitter searches, Twitter lists, LinkedIn groups, LinkedIn company pages with the brands around Emerson, I see this in spades. Senior Technical Editor Dan Hebert...
As I've done this time of year over the 5+ years of this blog, I'll not be posting over the next two weeks for the holidays. I hope you'll consider joining me in enjoying your holiday season, relaxing, refreshing, and readying for 2012!
Most of Texas has been living through an exceptional drought with Central Texas in its driest 10-month spell in recorded history. The recent tropical storm that hit our neighboring state, Louisiana, coupled with a cool front, brought high winds to the area--a perfect...
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