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In Pursuit of the Perfect Plant: A Business and Technical Guide
Imagine that you could hear the insights of more than 100 people with decades of experience about how to run a plant to meet the challenges of today’s hypercompetitive, globalized world. In Pursuit of the Perfect Plant provides exactly that experience. The authors assembled more than 100 experts, whose ideas were distilled into a simple, easy to read story. Unlike most books on manufacturing, which are deep dives into arcane topics, this book provides an expansive view. People who have 30 or 40 years experience in manufacturing report that the book has increased their knowledge in surprising ways.
The manuscript has proved especially popular with senior executives seeking to better understand the plants under their control and people early in their career who are preparing to move up the management ladder. The story shows the connections between business processes and technology in the all important areas of manufacturing, which leads to deeper understanding.
Pat Kennedy
Dr. J. Patrick Kennedy is the CEO and majority owner of OSIsoft. Under his visionary leadership, the company has grown from a small software startup in 1980 to a highly profitable $125+ million per year global corporation. Dr. Kennedy attended the University of Kansas where he earned a Bachelor of Science in Chemical Engineering and a Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering.
Vivek Bapat
Vivek is the Vice President of Solutions Marketing for Manufacturing, Supply Chain, and Product Lifecycle Management Solutions at SAP. Prior to SAP, he has held several leadership positions with Rockwell Automation, Systems Modeling, and Alfa-Laval in strategy, business development, M&A, and product management. He also serves as the Vice Chairman of MESA International and holds degrees in Mechanical Engineering, Industrial Engineering, and Business Administration.
Paul Kurchina
Paul is considered by both Industry and Technology corporations as an Information Technology visionary and a leader in leveraging Wireless, Mobile, Enterprise Asset Management as well as SAP applications and technologies. He has spent most of his 20 plus year career working in a variety of roles at Ontario Hydro, PriceWaterhouseCoopers and TransAlta. Paul now runs KurMeta, an IT ecosystem development practice. Paul is also a co-author of the "Mashup Corporations - The End of Business as Usual" and "Mobilizing Business Processes, ROI and Best Practices".
The manuscript has proved especially popular with senior executives seeking to better understand the plants under their control and people early in their career who are preparing to move up the management ladder. The story shows the connections between business processes and technology in the all important areas of manufacturing, which leads to deeper understanding.
Pat Kennedy
Dr. J. Patrick Kennedy is the CEO and majority owner of OSIsoft. Under his visionary leadership, the company has grown from a small software startup in 1980 to a highly profitable $125+ million per year global corporation. Dr. Kennedy attended the University of Kansas where he earned a Bachelor of Science in Chemical Engineering and a Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering.
Vivek Bapat
Vivek is the Vice President of Solutions Marketing for Manufacturing, Supply Chain, and Product Lifecycle Management Solutions at SAP. Prior to SAP, he has held several leadership positions with Rockwell Automation, Systems Modeling, and Alfa-Laval in strategy, business development, M&A, and product management. He also serves as the Vice Chairman of MESA International and holds degrees in Mechanical Engineering, Industrial Engineering, and Business Administration.
Paul Kurchina
Paul is considered by both Industry and Technology corporations as an Information Technology visionary and a leader in leveraging Wireless, Mobile, Enterprise Asset Management as well as SAP applications and technologies. He has spent most of his 20 plus year career working in a variety of roles at Ontario Hydro, PriceWaterhouseCoopers and TransAlta. Paul now runs KurMeta, an IT ecosystem development practice. Paul is also a co-author of the "Mashup Corporations - The End of Business as Usual" and "Mobilizing Business Processes, ROI and Best Practices".
416 pages, Kindle Edition
First published May 15, 2008
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August 18, 2017
Great story about how the convergence of Plant Floor technology will shape the factory of the future. A must read for every Automation Professional.
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