Jeff Buck, system architect, Rockwell Automation, Canonsburg, PA

Six tips for designing a manufacturing database

Designing and maintaining a manufacturing database is a complex task. Many issues need to be considered before adopting and deploying a solution. You do not want to be re-thinking your da-tabase strategy after you have logged 40-million records into your online production database!Here is a partial list of recommendations to think about when planning a database strategy.