Field Technologies Featured Articles

1. Improving Water System Performance: A Continuous TOC Measurement Technology To Enhance Real-Time Process Control 1/25/2011
   This article discusses real-time Total Organic Carbon (TOC) tracking in the water purification process and the importance of rapid, continuous, and reliable TOC monitoring for real-time critical water release. Submitted by Mettler-Toledo Thornton
2. The Price Of Progress: Assessing The Need For A Mobile Computing Migration 1/25/2011

   A choice of new mobile computing hardware can often have a significant impact on existing software applications and business processes. Perhaps the disruption of a complete overhaul of software and hardware, along with the associated business processes, is more change than a business can bear. Having the prerogative to phase in change on the timetable of your business versus the “rip and replace” timetable of technology is difficult to achieve. By Intermec

3. Top 5 Tips For Choosing Mobile Printers 1/25/2011
   This white paper explains the fundamentals, describes what differentiates mobile printers, and provides tips for selecting the model that will perform reliably, efficiently, and affordably in your operations. By Intermec, Inc.
4. Case Study: Old Dominion Fine-Tunes Its Pricing Model, Increases Driver Productivity, And Enhances Its Competitive Position With The Help Of Motorola Mobile Computers 12/8/2009
   In the past, Old Dominion drivers used paper manifests and most of the company’s pricing decisions were based on averages. “We decided to create a system to capture real-time information about each freight pick up and delivery. The goal was to feed data into our pricing model for greater accuracy and to provide the track-and-trace functionality that customers were coming to expect from a leading carrier like ours,” said Craver. By Barry Craver, Director of Freight Processing Applications, Old Dominion
5. Checkweighers Help AstraZeneca Ensure Accuracy In A Tight Spot 4/16/2009
   The Investigational Products group, part of the Pharmaceutical and Analytical R&D function located at the AstraZeneca plant in Newark, DE, has a bottle-filling line that is utilized for the packaging of clinical trials. Prior to installing the Mettler-Toledo Hi-Speed checkweighers, bottle count verification was performed by 100 percent visual inspection and by manually checkweighing in-process samples. This process required a high amount of resources and at times affected the efficiency of the bottle-filling operation. By Mettler-Toledo Hi-Speed
6. High - Torque Motors And Automation Speeds Pharmaceutical Dispensing 4/8/2009
   Lines at your local pharmacy will be a thing of the past, if ScriptPro (Mission, Kansas) has anything to say about it. The company’s automated prescription dispensing systems can handle everything from tablets and capsules to packages of ointments, offering complete labeling and traceability, along with 99.7% counting accuracy. Leveraging high-efficiency, high-torque motors from MicroMo Electronics Inc., the ScriptPro family of dispensing robots is fast, robust, compact, and efficient enough to operate off of a single wall plug. By MicroMo Electronics, Inc.
7. X-Ray Inspection Is Solution For Blister Packaging Line At Pfizer 3/26/2009
   Pfizer Pharmaceuticals, LLC is the largest drug manufacturer in the world and produces both prescription and over-the-counter drugs. Their state-of-the-art manufacturing facility in Vega Baja, Puerto Rico is Pfizer’s largest with 800,000 square feet operating 13 production lines. By Mettler-Toledo Safeline
8. How To Select The Right Pharmaceutical Tablet Hopper For Your Manufacturing Operation 3/23/2009
   With costs for labor and workmen’s compensation continuing to spiral upward, companies are moving toward bulk material handling to reduce labor and eliminate manual handling. Reusable plastic hoppers provide one of the most economical solutions for pharmaceutical manufacturers. By PETER J. CONNORS
9. Validate And Optimize The Performance Of Citrix Presentation Server Using HP LoadRunner Software 1/12/2009
   Today’s IT environments contain a proliferation of computing endpoints and application types. The increasing adoption of web applications, software as a service and hosted applications is adding significant complexity to existing legacy, client-server and desktop application environments.