If you didn't get the chance to go to the 2011 WBF NA Conference, don't worry. Our editor in chief Walt Boyes is tweeting live from the conference. You can follow the hashtag #wbf2011na to get the latest tweets or you can follow Walt at www.twitter.com/waltboyes.
These are the most recent tweets from our chief editor:
Porter: smart plants are about not running the plant better but also running the business better. #wbf2011na #pauto #
Porter talks about @FIATECH and the Smart Plant roadmap from @SMLC "picture of the smart manufacturing initiative" #wbf2001na #pauto #mfg
Porter: resilient operations requires increased emphasis on risk management #wbf2011na #pauto #mfg
Porter: operationally excellent companies outperform the market in shareholder value creation - Porter #wbf2001na #mfg #pauto
Providers and Industry must work collaboratively because teaming on early development leverages and lowers total cost-- Porter #wbf2001na
"Competitive dimensions are dynamic," Porter says. #wbf2011na #pauto #mfg
Porter talks about Smart Manufacturing-- based on the work of the Smart Manufacturing Leadership Coalition #wbf2011na #pauto #mfg
Porter: Resilient manufacturing...central and irreplaceable core of a strong, secure economy. #wbf2001na #pauto #mfg
Porter: trade supports 38 million jobs in the US. Manufacturing is the underpinning and it isn't going away. #pauto #wbf2011na #mfg
Key focus areas of WBF are critical to competitive advantage says Porter #wbf2011na #pauto #mfg
#wbf2011na WBF keynote speech by Jim Porter, former Chief Engineer at DuPont, "Smart Plants- Creating Sustainable Competitive Advantage"
#wbf2011na WBF awarded the Tom Fisher Award to Dave Chappell
#wbf2011na WBF presents Guido Carlo-Stella Award to Ashish Ghosh
#wbf2011na WBF will offer formal training on S88, S95 and S106 beginning next year
#wbf2011na Dave Chappell's excellent adventure! Which GAMP should you use?
#wbf2011na Baha Korkmaz talks about MES in the life sciences --folks, this is NOT the old WBF!
#wbf2011na Hans Konig-Bastian on the changing world of the process control engineer... #pauto
#wbf2011na Hans Konig-bn
#wbf2011na David Goodman from Avid Solutions (the youngest presenter here): implementing a plant wide MES in a parenteral pharma plant.
#wbf2011na the last tweet was an oops. Sorry.
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#wbf2011na at the break @momentum did a brisk business in the new WBF branded series of books. You can order them from WBF @ www.wbf.org
#wbf2011na Kane&Gaafar show the serious differences between batch and continuous UI requirements #pauto
#wbf2011na Where they were, what they did, where they are, what they need to do, where they may go, what they may do-6 pillars #pauto
#wbf2011na Batch interface must inform the operator the "six pillars"
#pauto batch interfaces are NOT the same! #wbf2011na #hps
#wbf2011na Bruce Kane&Wayne Gaafar from Honeywell: User Interfaces for Batch Applications #pauto #mfg #hps
#wbfna Dave Chappell "Never tell your company that it is a batch system-- " Brandl: "Yeah, tell them it is procedural automation instead!"
#wbf2011na Brandl answers questions from audience-- you can cut down review of paper batches from 50% to 3 or 4% #pauto #mfg
#wbf2011na for all the details follow the talks at http://ow.ly/i/bZoz #pauto Dennis Brandl talking live! #mfg
#wbf2011na Brandl notes filling doesn't quite fit ISA88 but is entirely procedural--great case for ISA106 #mfg #pauto
#wbf2011na Brandl in Nomex http://yfrog.com/gyo7qevhj
Brandl wearing Nomex and shades- when you follow John Berra you have to do something different #mfg #pauto #wbf2011na
#wbf2011na you need to keep yourself sharp so you can sharpen the tools of #mfg and #pauto
#wbf2011na Berra says "this is MY sliderule from college--an enduring symbol of engineering" The lesson of the sliderule is to move on.
#wbf2011na we have to work at bringing new people into #mfg and #pauto automation
#wbf2011na Berra: we need to get deep in the business stuff and prove our worth. #pauto #mfg
#wbf2011na Berra talks about convincing management automation is so important. #pauto If mgt doesn't understand, it is OUR fault.
#wbf2011na Berra says -reduce unplanned shutdowns, improve thr'put, red. energy cons'n, incr. safety, red. emiss,enable prod&feedstk flex'y
#wbf2011na Berra explains why automation is key to #mfg product'y #pauto
#wbf2011na Berra says allure of offshoring is over-based on increased labor cost and lower productivity- #mfg going to regional strat #pauto
#wbf2011na Berra says global mfg is back. PMI higher than 50. China growth obvious- US not stopping growth either. #pauto #mfg
#wbf2011na John Berra keynotes #pauto #mfg
Basic definitions are necessary to enable common understanding #pauto #wbf #isa101 #wbfna2011
"I did a refinery last project, who cares if this is a bottling line!" #pauto #wbf
Listening to Dawn Schweitzer talk about ISA101 #pauto #wbf at WBF2011
RT @WBFatWork: 2011 WBF NA Conference is only a day away! Follow the conference on Twitter! www.wbf.org #pauto #automation #wbfna #mfg
