To: C.K. Houston who wrote (507 ) 11/24/1997 3:24:00 PM From: C.K. Houston Read Replies (1) | Respond to
A few reasons it's VITAL that CEO's & business owners be made aware of Embedded Systems Year 2000 issues which MUST be addressed NOW! How else can they start fixing the problem if they don't even realize they have a problem? Manufacturers may be the least prepared for third-party year 2000 failures. They depend on parts built and assembled by suppliers, who in turn rely on other suppliers. A supply-chain failure could occur if just one supplier cannot produce a part because of a systems failure. Programmable logic controllers, robotics, paint and steel mixing, production scheduling, bill of material, and just-in-time inventory systems control synchronized production environments. A system failure could result in multiple plant closures and massive layoffs techweb.com Manufacturing Systems Magazine: Special Year 2000 Supplement (9/97) ...Stories Something short of disaster 204.243.31.27 ."Heavy-duty users of embedded systems such as the manufacturing & process industries are in for a tough time: "You can't just turn off a steel plant" techstocks.com ALCOA, BP, SHELL-EXXON Y2K: Initial Identified REAL Problems techstocks.com Today, even "Year 2000 conscious" manufacturers may face substantial problems in bringing their products to compliance. techstocks.com Industry's embedded systems to be hit hard by Year 2000. It is thought that industry will be hit hard by the millennium problem as entire manufacturing planning systems will have to be replaced as well as thousands of embedded control systems.Upgrades are not possible in many cases as systems have been heavily customised... tagish.co.uk Control systems in power plants,T&D, and offices all depend on "embedded software" that might fail at the turn of the century. This "Year 2000 Problem" is quite different from the well-publicized Y2K problem in utility business software applications running on mainframe computers. The impact of embedded systems failure, while not known, could potentially be severe and widespread. epri.com One in five embedded systems responsible for running critical processes in UK oil, petrochemical, power and aviation manufacturing firms will fail in the year 2000. "It's small and medium-sized factories and firms that we're really worried about," ... Some may not even be aware of the problem or if they are, they lack the financial and technical resources to put it right. EXPLOSION! ... Read the example of what will happen at this one plant if it's not fixed. computerweekly.co.uk Embedded Industrial Control Systems and the Year 2000 Problem compinfo.co.uk The Instrument Society of America's Industrial Computing Magazine's isa.org isa.org WONDERWARE WHITE PAPER: techstocks.com GENERAL MOTORS 53-PG YEAR 2000 VENDOR COMPLIANCE & TESTING MANUAL Usual disclaimers. Cannot guarantee that everything is covered. It can be obtained here:Society for Information Management Year 2000 Working Group year2000.unt.edu Free, immediate registration Go to the Year 2000 Discussion Group - Select "Embedded Systems" year2000.unt.edu Manufacturing System On-Line Magazine: Info Technology for Mfg Managers: Main Site: manufacturingsystems.com Y2K Specific: manufacturingsystems.com List of Items in Office, Manufacturing, Medical & Home compinfo.co.uk JOINT POSITIONING STATEMENT: 10 National User Groups (inc New York) techstocks.com
