Dataworks newsletter - 29th edition

Welcome to the 29th edition of our newsletter. In this issue: News form the Iconics Worldwide Customer Summit which was held in the Seaport Hotel in Boston form the 7th to the 9th of April. The exciting new Genesis 64 package recently launched by Iconics – simplify connectivity from the plant floor to corporate business systems. Also we have the latest news from the Manufacturing Automation Technology 2008 Exhibition held theis month in Cork.

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Our Technical Director Liam Curham represented Dataworks at the recent Iconics Worldwide Customer Summit held in Boston on the 7th of April.

Demonstrations of ICONICS’ new powerful family of software automation products took place at this year’s summit. These products are have 64-bit based solutions and are Windows-based, cross-platform and Web-based.

ICONICS has provided award-winning industrial automation and Manufacturing Intelligence software for over 21 years, successfully deploying more than 225,000 solutions worldwide. ICONICS solutions meet diverse customer needs in a variety of industries including Automotive, Building Management, Food & Beverage; Oil/Gas/Petrochemical, Machine Builders, Pharmaceutical/Biotech, Security, Water/Wastewater, Utilities, Government Infrastructures and more. ICONICS was recently named a Microsoft Partner of the Year Finalist for the fourth time within three years.

Iconics recently launched the GENESIS64™ software suite. This package is designed and certified for Microsoft Windows® Vista™ and takes advantage of true 64-bit technology from AMD and Intel, allowing for faster development of your automation solution.

GENESIS64 is people-ready and allows plant level workers and IT professionals to integrate real-time manufacturing and business information into a common visualization dashboard.

Commenting on the summit, Liam Curham said “This latest version of the software enables us to expand our services with the addition of new products such as Hyper Historian and Productivity Analytics, enabling us to assist our customers achieve operational excellence and ultimately increase their profits. A key part of our strategy is work with our customers to provide them with real time tracking of KPIs thereby helping them identify areas for business performance and efficiency improvements”.

“We are also delighted with Iconics focus on providing Integrators like ourselves with better toolsets which will reduce the cost of developing and implementing such systems, which again can be of benefit to our customers. These new enhancements to the Iconics product suite, coupled with out traditional software engineering skills will now enable us expand our manufacturing intelligence business into the future.” added Liam Curham.

Liam Curham also attended the Manufacturing Automation Technology 2008 Exhibition which was recently held in the Radisson SAS Hotel in Cork. Here he obtained valuable new contacts in companies such as Pepsi and met with machine builders and other automation companies. The exhibition is centred around the concept of "Maintaining manufacturing competitiveness through Manufacturing Intelligence".

Manufacturing companies based in Ireland must invest in continuous improvement of their manufacturing systems to maintain competitiveness on international markets in the face of rising employment costs in Ireland. As well as initiatives such as implementation of lean manufacturing, companies must also be continually looking for ways in which they can use technology to reduce costs and increase quality.