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October 2009

An e-newsletter from Wonderware that delivers useful information about Wonderware software products and solutions.

In This Issue
· OpsManage'09/WonderWorld - Wonderware Open Winners Highlighted · Pepsi Bottling Ventures Decreases Downtime and Achieves Swift Payback	· Powered by Wonderware® Program Grows · Certified Systems Integrators, Recognizing the Value of Certification · Wonderware Press Announcements

OpsManage'09/WonderWorld - Wonderware Open Winners Highlighted

The One Multi-Discipline Event Where You Can Learn How to Empower Your Sustainable Success

OpsManage'09/WonderWorld North America
November 3-5, 2009
Hilton Anaheim Hotel, Anaheim, CA

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OpsManage'09 North America

The Wonderware Open, now in its 15th year, continues to highlight the most innovative and effective use of Wonderware software solutions to drive value for industrial and manufacturing organizations.  Discover how top companies are benefiting from these solutions at OpsManage'09, where the overall Pinnacle Award winner will be announced.    

The winners were selected from entries within five designated categories, based on the impact to product quality, productivity, responsiveness, and time to market.  

Best HMI SCADA Application
Winner: China DPL PowerSCADA
Submitted by: Chengdu Jiaoda Guangmang Industry CO., LTD
Distributor: Wonderware China  

Best Manufacturing Execution System Application
Winner: Johnson and Johnson
Submitted by: EZSoft Inc.
Distributor: Wonderware West  

Best Enterprise Manufacturing Intelligence Application
Winner: Campbell Soup
Submitted by: Tactical Controls, LLC
Distributor: Wonderware West  

Best Mobile Solution
Winner: OxyChem Taft
Submitted by: OxyChem Taft  

Best Industry Solution
Winner: Pepsi Bottling Ventures
Submitted by: APEX Manufacturing Solutions
Distributor: Wonderware PacWest

Pepsi Bottling Ventures Decreases Downtime and Achieves Swift Payback

Pepsi Bottling Ventures chooses Wonderware software to upgrade its data collection capabilities and provide insights that have resulted in significant improvements in changeover performance and quick project payback.

Read this latest success story to learn how Pepsi Bottling Ventures achieved these numbers:

	Projected	Actual
Investment	$85,000	$76,219
Annualized Payback	$67,334	$78,548*
Payback Time	1.25 years	.97 years

* Includes additional savings in raw materials and packaging resulting from more efficient changeovers.

"With more detailed data available from the PLCs in real-time, we are able to cost-justify upgrade projects specifically for certain machine centers."

Chris Bacon, Project Manager
Pepsi Bottling Ventures

Powered by Wonderware® Program Grows

The Powered by Wonderware program, introduced last month, is gaining great momentum and has already increased the number of panel vendors available to Wonderware customers.  As a reminder, a Powered by Wonderware panel device is ordered direct from one of Wonderware's hardware partners, and comes with all the software you need, pre-installed and ready to run.  All you need to do is to purchase the license size you require from your local Wonderware distributor, activate using our simple web-based system and your panel is ready for primetime!

Vendors now part of the program are:

• Advantech Corporation 
• Arista Corporation
• Axiomtek
• B&R Industrial Automation
• Beckhoff Automation
• Beijer Electronics
• Kontron
• Pro-face America

For more information, visit the main InTouch Compact Edition web page.

Certified Systems Integrators, Recognizing the Value of Certification

The Wonderware Solution Provider Certification Program offers industrial and manufacturing companies using Wonderware operations management software the assurance that certified solution providers know how to get the most functionality and capabilities from Wonderware software.  Solution Providers that become certified on Wonderware software are making important investments that help ensure successful project implementations.

Wonderware would like to recognize and congratulate the Systems Integrators who most recently attained certification in August.

• SAGE Automation, Port Melbourne, Australia

The complete listing of certified SIs on www.wonderware.com can be found here. 

Wonderware Press Announcements

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