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In this issue:

• Integrated safety for Compact Machine Solutions
• Integrated Motion on EtherNet/IP Portfolio
• Network entire control solution over EtherNet/IP
• Smooth migration to elevated system performance
• Direct-drive motors help improve machine performance and efficiency
• AC Drive for versatile motor control
• Global medium-voltage motor controllers
• PLC-5 to ControlLogix migration – an easy move
• Convert Modicon 800 to ControlLogix in just minutes
• Build fast, flexible Ethernet networks using DLR technology
• Pendant line offers quick installation
• Designed for extreme environments
• Improve data reliability and minimize downtime
• PlantPAx Process Automation System expands

FactoryTalk VantagePoint EMI - business intelligence software for manufacturing

Our FactoryTalk VantagePoint EMI business intelligence software for manufacturing helps empower users at every level of an enterprise with information from Web-based dashboards and reports on key performance indicators from multiple manufacturing and business data sources.


Manufacturers can better monitor and manage productivity in real time, and make more insightful decisions about business priorities such as product quality, equipment utilization and global supply chain management to help reduce costs in today’s competitive business environment.

FactoryTalk VantagePoint EMI connects to multiple data sources – real-time, historical, relational and transactional – to create a single resource that can access, aggregate and correlate information via a Web browser. The new application is based on a unified production model (UPM) that provides a unified view of seemingly disparate manufacturing data, and gives a context for relationships among equipment, product, materials and people. The UPM organizes various manufacturing and enterprise data using commonly referenced business terms, like “equipment”, “batches” or “manufacturing lots”. Access to this information improves decision making for the manufacturing environment – from inventory to maintenance, quality to production all the way through the enterprise, including the supply chain.

FactoryTalk VantagePoint EMI allows users to report data through a variety of tools including Microsoft Excel, Trend and SAP Business Objects Dashboard Builder, and view it through FactoryTalk VantagePoint, Microsoft SharePoint portals, or other portals.
FactoryTalk VantagePoint EMI is our second application to leverage technology we acquired from Incuity Software, with the first edition, FactoryTalk VantagePoint, announced in 2008. Both editions combine data produced by our Integrated Architecture and other third-party production systems to provide a single access point for information that can help make better manufacturing decisions. With two versions now available, manufacturers can select the most appropriate feature-set for their needs.

The new application can be used to address a single or multiple manufacturing problems, on one manufacturing line or across a global enterprise. In addition, FactoryTalk VantagePoint EMI can be used to address specific manufacturing needs, like downtime reporting, status tracking, or multiple control-system reporting. The software also can be bundled with services to provide a complete solution to satisfy unique vertical market needs.

For more information, please e-mail us at: info_update@ra.rockwell.com ref: 'FT VP EMI'.