![]() Emerson tried as well with its acquisition of Intellution which ultimately became part of GE. Ultimately the only part it kept was the Avantis maintenance management software now under the Wonderware label. ![]() Invensys tried with its acquisition of, at the time a top tie ERP provider, Baan in the late 90’s. Past history has shown that while automation companies have been investing in non-embedded software for the last 20 years, few have actually done more than match the state-of-the-market performance at the manufacturing execution systems level of the CIM hierarchy. It is safe to say that while it seems every automation supplier is investing in software, not every automation company will actually be successful with those investments. In the last post I posited that an automation vendors success in making software central to its business needs to be a key consideration on choosing a strategic partner for automation technology.
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