Processing, October 2018

EDITORIAL ADVISORY BOARD Christine Banaszek Sales Manager Charles Ross Son Company Frederic Baudart CMRP Senior Product Application Specialist Fluke Accelix Robert J Bockserman President Conatech Peter S Cartwright President Cartwright Consulting Co Barry Charnay President CEO Whisper Ingredients Inc Lyle W Clem Director of Engineering Electrol Specialties Company Ken Delafrange President Jadee Inc Robert M Donnelly Vice President of Marketing Flo Tite Valves Controls Stanley Herzog President Princeton Process Technology Consultants B George Kniazewyz President Renovare Eric Langer President BioPlan Associates Ed Marshall President Maintenance Management Technologies 6 Processing OCTOBER 2018 John Stans eld Plant Manager Accelerated Curing Inc CONTENT Editor in Chief Amy W Richardson arichardson@ endeavorbusinessmedia com Contributing Editor Molly Rogers mrogers@ endeavorbusinessmedia com Group Assistant Editor Marie McBurnett mmcburnett@ endeavorbusinessmedia com Art Director Ryan 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Schneider Electric Rockwell Automation and Fluke In September I had the privilege to attend the Yokogawa Users Conference and Exhibition in Orlando Flor ida The event s theme was Synapt ic Business Automation and challenges related to digitalization industrywide shifts and changes in business processes were addressed through an impressive lineup of keynote presentations breakout sessions and an exhibition of Yokogawa and partner solutions Through Syna p t i c Business Automation Yokogawa looks to cocreate prof itable and sustainable growth for its customers through co innovation and collaboration across three potential improvement areas resilient operation optimized production and business innovation The event theme tied into Yokogawas all new comprehensive brand for its industrial automation and control business OpreX and its new corporate brand slogan Co innovating tomorrow The rollout of the new branding that centers on cocreation of value with its customers was perfectly fitting with the users conference a biannual event that attracted more than 400 attendees This was evident in the Co Innovation Showcase Exhibition Hall with partner exhibits that included Armstrong Phoenix Contact and AS Schneider to name a few and a showcase of its OpreX solutions that include operational excellence control and measurement technology and execution and life cycle services e theme of co innovation and teamwork was intentionally weaved throughout the conference program as well from Yokogawa Corporation of America President and CEO Shuji Moris opening address stating working together ampli es what we can achieve to the motivational keynote speech from NASA Chief Engineer Adam Steltzner who led the team responsible for successfully landing the Curiosity rover on Mars in 2012 If the strength of the team is reflected in the strength of the product then that is a testament to the power of teamwork Steltzner said With digital transformation inevitable it was encouraging to see how Yokogawa and its customers are making personal connections to digitalize and transform their businesses for future growth When referring to digital transformation as the fourth Industrial Revolution another keynote ARC Advisory Group Analyst Peter Reynolds said the transformation is about people rst What I witnessed from the Yokogawa community is definitely that Its not just about the latest technology its about what people need and what they can achieve together in essence how they can co innovate tomorrow H Sincerely Editor in chief arichardson@ endeavorbusinessmedia com @ ProcessingMag Peter Reynolds of ARC Advisory Group Vice President Group Publisher Mike Christian 908 507 5472 mchristian@ endeavorbusinessmedia com