Introduction


MSI basics
What's in a name? Manufacturing science informatics
Trust in software engineering methods
Rules for successful software projects
Measuring your control programming capability
Let's get personal


Real-world design
Stability and consistency in the changing IT world
Designing for a fallible world
Focus on avoidance, not on the risk
Starting off on the right foot


Tools and languages
Riding the enterprise service bus
The MIB is here to help
Manufacturing in the clouds
Do you speak my language?
Manufacturing intelligence for smart manufacturing decisions


Practical programming
Playing in your sandbox
Moving the ball forward
USB thumb drive diagnostics
The future is virtual
Why to virtualize
Virtualize now


Cyber security
Virus and hackers and worms, oh my!
Bar the windows and tie down your hat
How much is enough for security?
Anti-virus protection, is it for you?
Password protected?


Databases
Let's put information back into IT
Sometimes a database is enough
Learning the mathematics of information
Practical manufacturing databases


Regulations
Tracking and tracking on the factory floor
What's your energy level?
Don't cloud your compliance data
Retention and disposition policies, letting go is hard to do!


Building for efficiency
Cutting costs with manufacturing IT standards
Network architectures for manufacturing
The best laid plans, often go astray, without constraints
SOA for manufacturing


Personnel, equipment, and material
What's in a name, equipment?
We live in a material world
Sometimes it's personnel


Knowledge
Quick, quick, knowledge management
Don't drown in manufacturing paperwork
What's the one right answer, enterprise search for manufacturing?
"How may I help you?"
Know when to hold 'em, know how to fold 'em


Conclusion
Bibliography
Acronyms
Index.