PlantSuccess Newsletter
Volume I, Issue 11
9/19/01
The worst time of it may be
over for those of us who only watched on TV the destruction and devastation of
last week’s terrorist attacks. I can only be grateful that I do not have to
experience the future of so many. Our decision to continue with the
PlantSuccess conference has been greeted with widespread support. We have
gained two new sponsors, which we will profile briefly in this newsletter –
Design Power Inc and IMPRESS SOFTWARE AG.
Don’t miss PlantSuccess! Join us, October 3-4, Philadelphia Airport Marriott
Hotel.
Join industry leaders
from owner/operators including BASF, Bayer, BP, Detroit Edison, Dow
Chemical, DuPont, Lyondell, Merck, Mitsubishi, Rohm and Haas as they discuss
the business drivers behind their successful IT projects and the impact on
their company’s work practices and culture.
Many of the sessions will
include executives from leading contractors including Black &
Veatch, CDI Engineering Group, Fluor, Kellogg Brown & Root, Mustang Tampa
and the Wood Group.
Executives with ARC Advisory
Group, Chemical Engineering Progress, ChemWeek Associates, Insight
Communications and Trinity Technologies will moderate these sessions and
engage the audience.
Join another group of
industry leaders – our sponsors – and
the management teams from Gold-level sponsors Bentley Systems, Intergraph
Process & Building Solutions and Verticore Technologies; Silver-level
sponsors IMPRESS SOFTWARE and Ventro Corporation; sponsors at the Bronze level
Cadcentre Inc, CEA Systems, Cyra Technologies, Design Power, INOVx Solutions,
PDAC, Trinity Technologies and WAM Systems
This unique combination
of professionals, all leaders in the process industry, ensures an outstanding,
high-value conference.
Visit www.PlantSuccess.com to view the
current agenda. Call Carl Howk at 770-565-3282 for registration specials.
Discounted hotel rates have been extended; use PlantSuccess Group #PLAPLAA at
the Philadelphia Airport Marriott Hotel, call 1-800-932-2198.
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Attack
on America: The Fallout on the US Economy
Read this … An abridged
version of a special report done by Economy.com evaluating the impact of the
September 11 terrorist attacks on the U.S. economy. The full report, including
forecast tables, is available at no charge.
Companies have been bruised
and battered in a tough economy that shows no real signs of improving. With
economic uncertainty even greater following the recent terrorist attacks in New
York and Washington, IT initiatives targeted to cut costs, increase
productivity and generate revenue are more important than ever.
Although extraneous IT
projects have been shelved in many cases, those that focus on the trouble spots
or excesses of the enterprise are eagerly embraced. Telecommunications is often
the biggest part of any company's IT budget, so implementing VPNs to reduce 800
dial-up lines is one way companies can quickly reduce costs. Enterprises are
also using the Web to more effectively manage their supply chains, and are
focusing on content and network management, as well as more targeted e-commerce
initiatives.
The quality of today's
networks must be dramatically improved if the industry is to achieve its
Herculean goals. And they ask this revealing question: If wireless users today
think that coverage and voice quality stinks, how can they be confident or
interested in using wireless data applications tomorrow?
Read about the 10 Myths of
Wireless, and more.
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Sponsor Insight: Design Power Inc
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Design Power, Inc. will
announce soon several new contracts for its flagship, PlantWise™ software,
widely recognized as a powerful tool for rapid conceptual plant modeling and
automatic pipe routing. Designers use PlantWise to quickly optimize plant layouts
and visualize 3D models on the fly.
PlantWise is a
knowledge-based suite of software tools that captures the expertise of
engineers to speed the creation of complex process plants. It produces models
of plant configurations, which are used to review design concepts, produce
material take offs, and serve as the basis for accurate calculations, such as
cost estimates, prior to the creation of detailed drawings.
PlantWise customers report
significant savings through its use in rapid modeling in the very early stages
of a project. One piping layout was completely reworked and provided a new
layout and piping estimate. This project took one week and resulted in the
reduction of material and installation costs of 50 percent! Learn more at
PlantSuccess.
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Sponsor Insight: IMPRESS SOFTWARE AG
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“IMPRESS delivers
intelligent integration ... delivered by the IMPRESS engine,” is the
company’s claim. The statement continues, “our goal is to set the standard in
eBusiness process integration. We accomplish this goal by providing customers a
solution for integrating their complex business processes across any IT
landscape, so they can benefit from the efficiencies and cost-savings inherent
in the promise of eBusiness.”
Olin Chlor Alkali
Products is testing this claim and seems to be doing well. With integration
as the IMPRESS SOFTWARE theme we can expect significant partnerships and
alliances. One of the most significant was recently announced with Primavera
Systems Inc, the leading provider of enterprise and Web-based project
management software. This alliance will provide business process integration
between project management and ERP systems, most notably SAP. The potential of
this partnership is significant; learn more about it at PlantSuccess.
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PlantSuccess Close-up --
Only 13 days
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Visit www.PlantSuccess.com to learn more
about this unique conference – a conference focused on the successful use of
information technologies by owner/operators to increase return on invested
capital and to improve plant production. Call Carl Howk at 770-565-3282 if you
have any questions, need additional information and to register.
Full links to Volume I, Issue 11 Newsletter articles:
1.
http://www.dismalscientist.com/thoughts/article.asp?aid=1375
2.
http://www.internetweek.com/indepth01/indepth091801.htm
3.
http://www.zdnet.com/zdfeeds/msncobrand/news/0%2C13622%2C2801408%2C-hud00025nshm3%2C00.html
6.
http://www.impress.com/products/engine.htm