OMAC 2006 Annual Meeting Thursday, 23 February 2006 Orlando, FL

•    OMAC Progress Report – Andrew McDonald (Unilever)
Update on progress since OMAC merger with ISA Future vision of OMAC

•    MS MUG and Why It Is Good for You and Your Business  – Bill Cotter (3M)
This presentation talked about the work of the MS MUG and why it is good for your business to be involved. The key areas of work this year are Patch Management, Security Issues and OPC Support. The talk reviewed the importance of these areas and how they relate to your business.

•    PackML in Practice – Larry Trunek (SABMiller)
PackML in Practice – Joe Faust (Douglas Machine)
PackML in Practice – Franck Klotz (Sidel)
The presentation explored an end users PackML experience on two installations; one completed in 2005 in South Africa, and the other being commissioned in March of 2006 in Ohio.  Co-presenters included the design/build integrator (Sidel) and one of the equipment OEMs (Douglas Machine). Benefits, perceived and actual, were presented.

•    Make2Pack – Rob Aleksa (P&G)
Make2Pack, now entering SP-88 review, integrates packaging and converting operations into the ISA-88 standard, tentatively as Part 5.  With a groundswell of support from food, beverage, CPG and pharma manufacturers, Make2Pack enables modular design, vertical integration with the enterprise and horizontal integration between packaging and processing lines.

•    STEP-NC - Progress and Status  – David Odendahl  (Boeing)
STEP-NC - Progress and Status  – Martin Hardwick (STEP Tools)
STEP-NC is a replacement for the RS274D (G and M code) CNC control language. It is an International Standard that is going to be published next June. The standard combines both CAD and CAM information. The CAD information includes the product geometry, surfaces and tolerances. The CAM information includes the process data, tooling and tool paths.

•    Opportunities for Integrating CNC Production and Enterprise Systems – John Michaloski (NIST), Sid Venkatesh (Boeing Company)
Opportunities for Integrating CNC Production and Enterprise Systems – Brian Sides (Okuma America)
Integration of factory floor Computer Numerical Control (CNC) information into Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) subsystems has been difficult, if not impossible, as traditionally, factory floor machines have been "islands of automation." Boeing/NIST/Okuma jointly collaborated on a project for using a CNC open architecture controller to collect real-time Boeing-specific part accounting data during the production of Boeing 737 Leading Edge (LE) Panels.

Information Delivery to the Point of Use – David Trees (John Deere)
The advent of the Model based Enterprise has brought new possibilities within our grasp. Authoring of a graphical work instruction document is feasible and making this available to all users of the information is valuable. Plan, Manufacture, Support Product and provide Maintenance at dealerships, as well as Customers are ready for this leap forward.
 
OMAC Working Group Meetings
Wed-Thu, 22-23 February 2006
Orlando, FL
 
•    PackConnect
•    PackML
•    PackSoft
•    PackLearn
•    STEP-NC
•    MUGPatch (Update)
•    MUG OPC
•    MS MUG/ MUGSecure
•    MUG Patch (Working)
•    MUGSecure (Working)
•    OPW General Meeting
•    NGMTI
•    OPW Executive Committee (limited attendance)
•    OMAC Board (limited attendance)