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Dave Edstrom
Virtual Photons Electrons, LLC
(703) 829-six zero five nine
http://ToMeasureIsToKnow.com
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Author Uses Computer
Industry’s Best Practices to Ignite A Revolution in Manufacturing
In many manufacturing facilities around the world, the
production environment has not changed for generations. Stack lights still
proclaim when equipment is malfunctioning, and shop owners, as well as plant
operators, have very little insight into what is really happening on the shop
floor. Manufacturing will undergo a revolution that obliterates these stagnant
trends, predicts author Dave Edstrom, if machine shop owners and plant
operators embrace the open mindset of the computer industry and apply the open
standards that make it easier for IT equipment to interoperate.
According to Edstrom, a computer industry veteran who spent
over two decades as a leader at Sun Microsystems, the best resource machine
shop owners can use to start this revolution is MTConnect®. “Think of MTConnect
as simply the Bluetooth® of manufacturing that makes it easy to get information
off your manufacturing equipment,” says Edstrom. “MTConnect is not an
application, but it makes it very easy for applications to read data in a
common and universal format. ‘Different Devices, Common Connection’ is what we
say about MTConnect.”
In his new book, MTConnect:
To Measure Is To Know, Edstrom explains the lessons of open systems and how
to think about problem solving, learn about MTConnect from a business
perspective, and understand the MTConnect standard and protocol.
“Sun Microsystems forever changed the world of computing in
many significant ways,” says Scott McNealy, co-founder, president and chairman
of the board for Sun Microsystems. “Dave's book, MTConnect: To Measure Is To Know, is a great way to not only learn
about this game-changing technology called MTConnect, but to understand how the
open system principles, that we believed so strongly in at Sun Microsystems,
can be applied to manufacturing.”
According to John Byrd,
former president of AMT - The Association For Manufacturing Technology,
“MTConnect will be more important in the 21st century for manufacturing than
CNC was for manufacturing in the 20th century.”
To truly understand and
embrace MTConnect, Edstrom first notes that a strong shift in thinking is
required by most manufacturers. Through MTConnect: To Measure Is To Know,
Edstrom explains how thinking like an IT industry leader will help ensure
successful use of MTConnect.
“It is first a book
about how to properly think about open systems and technology and, most
importantly, how to apply that thinking in manufacturing followed by the
specifics on MTConnect,” says Edstrom. “This is both a business and a technical
book.”
According to Edstrom, those who would benefit from reading
this book and learning about MTConnect include:
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Anyone who wants to understand the right way to
think about technology and its business and technical implications
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Shop owners, plant managers, and anyone in
manufacturing interested in improving productivity
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Industry thought leaders
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MTConnect® Institute participants
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Equipment suppliers
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Students
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Professors
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Software developers
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Distributors
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Integrated Software Vendors (ISVs)
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Integrators
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Consultants
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Anyone wanting to learn more about open systems,
problem solving, and how to think about the application of technology
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Anyone wanting to learn more about MTConnect
For more information please
visit http://ToMeasureIsToKnow.com
Dave Edstrom is the CEO/CTO for Virtual Photons Electrons,
president and chairman of the board for the MTConnect Institute and has been in
the computer industry for more than 34 years. Edstrom worked for Sun
Microsystems for almost 23 years in a variety of leadership positions. He has
held a variety of positions ranging from an assembler programmer, technical
management, system engineer, chief technologist, technical director, and
principal engineer for a variety of companies. Edstrom, along with Dr. David
Patterson of University of California at Berkeley, planted the seed and helped
lay the foundation for MTConnect at the 2006 Association for Manufacturing
Technology’s (AMT) Annual Meeting at Lake Las Vegas, Nevada. Edstrom was named
president and chairman of the board for the MTConnect Institute in May 2010 and
continues in that role today. MTConnect®
is a registered trademark of AMT - The Association for Manufacturing Technology.
