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Saturday, March 11, 2006 |
All the Honeywell Process Solutions people this week took great pains to show the integration of work from various other Honeywell divisions. The premier example was process and security. But they also showed integration of work from the aerospace group--specifically a radar application that worked with video monitoring on the Mississippi River to watch for potential intrusions and problems coming from that direction. The last time I interviewed president Jack Bolick, he pointed to all the technologies HPS is incorporating from the various other divisions. Looks like a theme. Not all companies with businesses as disparate as Honeywell's find ways to get them all working together. Perhaps this is a legacy from the Honeywell engineering-centric part of the business. At any rate, it bears watching to see what new things pop up from Phoenix.
3:29:05 PM 
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One last plug for the city of New Orleans. The people at the hotel and a few other places I visited--including the taxi drivers and people at the airport--were all friendly and helpful. Can't vouch for the Bourbon Street scene--not my kind of haunt--but there were a lot of the tourists who like that kind of thing there, too. Had an enjoyable time walking back to the hotel after dinner with Honeywell marketing people window shopping antique shops and galleries. (The main purpose of my trip was to visit the Honeywell chemical plant that I wrote about yesterday.)
Not everything is open, but a lot of things are. I hear that the convention center is now ready for business, too. This might be a good time to check out things. They have a long way to go, but some tourism will help out. That plus volunteering. I saw a blurb on the Weather Channel last night about church youth going down over spring break to help the clean up, and I know our church is sponsoring a trip. If volunteering is your thing, this is a good place to help out.
3:20:35 PM
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I've been spending a good part of my Saturday surfing through automation company Web pages and found this gem. A blog by Emerson Process's Jim Cahill. He has a few posts and they look good. If you are an Emerson user, this will be a great resource. If you're an Emerson competitor, better take note.
3:07:35 PM
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© Copyright 2006 Gary Mintchell.
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