We at Dow feel ARC Advisory Group has the answers necessary to help us with our strategic decisions."

Eric C. Cosman
System Architect
Dow Chemical

ARC's Advisory Service has made a significant contribution to our strategic planning initiatives. ARC's analysts are very knowledgeable about automation technologies and suppliers. They provide excellent answers to our questions."

Phillip Disch
Executive Director of CCRW
General Motors

"The cost of working with ARC (consulting) and using the ARC methodology represents less than 1 percent of the projected annual benefits."

Peter Dolinsek
Leader Process Automation, NOVA Chemicals
Control Magazine, May 2003, page 53

"We have had a relationship with ARC for a considerable period of time and consider their information and consulting on automation an important input to our planning and execution processes."

David Adler
Engineering Consultant
Eli Lilly

 

 

"In e-business and automation, we often make use of ARC's periodical news and analysis reports as sensors/alarms and for guidance."

Mr. Takehiko Baba
Manager, Engineering Coordination Department
Mitsubishi Chemicals

Thank you for the opportunity to participate in the Orlando Forum!  You did a great job organizing the conference.  It had meaningful content and provided a great opportunity to network.  It also provided me with a great deal of insight into what other companies are doing with controls and plant floor systems."

Jeff Sousley
Engineering Group Manager
General Motors

"This year's ARC Forum was the best I have attended.  Not only was the content the best ever, but the non-commercial nature of the case study presentations made the experience very enjoyable.  I don't know what you are doing differently, but it is working!"

Ray Walker
Alliance Manager, Global Services Business
DuPont

"We used ARC's supplier services selection methodology as a starting point to select our corporate standard products for plant systems. This process is used to drive our purchasing decisions for automation equipment in all of our plants."

Ray Zimmermann
Director, Brewing Engineering & Systems Group
Anheuser Busch

"Westinghouse Savannah River, while under contract to the Department of Energy, used ARC's strategic planning and technology assessment services to help us design our systems to be secure and sustainable, while reducing our Total Cost of Ownership. Most recently, their vendor selection criteria and analysis was especially useful in our DCS supplier selection process."

Leo Geary
Fellow Technical Advisor
Westinghouse Savannah River

“ARC has been a great asset to the OPC team, and I look forward to accelerating our joint activities and doing more things with ARC in the future.”

Thomas J. Burke
President & Executive Director
OPC Foundation

ARC is a unique knowledgeable resource that is realistic and customer focused at all levels of their business activities."

Justin Latham
Market Research Analyst
Appleton Papers

"We would not be as far along in our automation strategy as we are if it were not for ARC's assistance."

Brian Bussey
Director of Engineering Technology
Cytec Industries

"ARC's analysts are very knowledgeable in the market trends, business implications, and technology issues of device networks and PC-based controls. They provide us with relevant information and excellent services to help answer our technical and business questions in these areas."

 Jerry Yen
Manager of Advanced Controls
General Motors Powertrain

 

"ARC Advisory Group's vision for, knowledge of, and experience in the industrial automation market have been invaluable in helping the Managing Automation editorial team understand and report on key technology trends, vendor strategies, and user business and technology issues in the manufacturing market.  But the beneficiaries of ARC's insights into such important activities as operational excellence, collaborative manufacturing, and the development of genuine automation standards have not just been the editors of this magazine.  The recipients of ARC's insights have truly been Managing Automation's more than 100,000 management readers, the key decision makers driving manufacturing today."

David R. Brousell
Editor-in-Chief
Managing Automation

 

"ARC's Best Practice research has value that can be easily conveyed to customers.  Market share reports are good, but this has information that can help me craft a message to customers."

Marc Leroux
Marketing Manager
Collaborative Production Management
ABB

 

"We use ARC because they provide the most comprehensive market information on the process control industry."

Mark Heindselman
Manager, Knowledge Network & Information Services
Emerson Process Management

 

"ARC analysts are knowledgeable in Microsoft technologies and the status of global manufacturing companies. At Microsoft we look to ARC as an important source of strategic market intelligence about the manufacturing marketplace."

Don Richardson
Director, Manufacturing Industry Solutions
Microsoft

"Kudos on ARC's 'Transportation Management Systems: User Preferences & Market Trends' market study. The information presented and insights offered allow us to better understand the manufacturing firms' needs for TMS-related solutions."

Scott Koopmans
Director, Alliances & Business Development
Pitney Bowes

"Being a Sponsor at the recent ARC Executive Forum was enormously successful for Sensicast.  We learned a lot and left with three major sales leads."

Gary Ambrosino
CEO
Sensicast

"ARC’s Spring forum … is fast becoming the automation industry’s equivalent of the Davos World Economic Forum … No self-respecting CEO or president of a major automation vendor can afford not to be there and not to make a presentation … and no vendor can afford not to hold a press conference … As a result no automation industry journalist … feels they can afford not to attend …"

Andrew Bond
Industrial Automation INSIDER
March 2006

"ARC has been instrumental in providing us with the market intelligence needed to expand our product portfolio and helping us devise strategies and tactics for increased visibility and credibility as we pursue new markets.”

Russ Agrusa
President & Founder
ICONICS

“I have always been confident in the quality of information ARC provides. Compared to your competitors, I congratulate you on the superior content of your studies.”

Antti Kaunonen
Senior Vice President
Technology and Business Development
Metso Automation

"Our sponsorship of an ARC Web Forum provided us with valuable new migration opportunities. Our sales team was able to turn one into a $1,000,000+ order within 3 months"

Betty Naylor-McDevitt
Director of Migration Sales
Invensys Foxboro

"When talking to CFO's about business performance, credibility and a clear articulation of the value proposition are key. Presenting a webcast jointly with ARC Advisory Group provided Host Analytics with the credibility and confident messaging that CFO's expect in today's competitive market."

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"In the Client Story ARC wrote, I liked the unbiased view and the purity of the information. This is good for our prospects, and it helps us know what we are doing right as well as where we need to focus."

James Eberlin
President
Host Analytics, Inc.

"All of you at ARC put on a great Forum, validating our efforts on the leading edge of process performance. This was our first Forum experience, and your domain experts validated the need for what we are doing in the area of Process Analytics."

Cliff Yee
President & CEO
Northwest Analytical, Inc.

"We conducted the survey...with ARC, the leading independent industry consultant in this (Manufacturing) field."

"Automation: Deep Dive plus Customer Survey"
Global Equity Research Report (80 pages) by Morgan Stanley
September 8, 2003, page 5

 

"The broad scope taken by ARC's analysts in their Advisory Service illustrates the pertinent issues for logistics effectively. The reports are easy reading and the direct analyst interaction provides an excellent learning experience."

Jeff Trattner
Vice President Marketing
TMW Systems

"The ARC Strategy Workshop provided a methodology and market insight that brought our team to consensus for our marketing and sales program. Their external viewpoint illuminated problem areas and highlighted opportunities. We are looking forward to a continued relationship with ARC."

Randy Hempel
President
Optyxx LLC

"ARC did an excellent job with the WebForum. I have been extremely impressed with the the level of competence, service, and professionalism that I have experienced with the ARC production and delivery team."

Stephen Lambright
Vice President of Marketing
Savi Technology

"The ARCwire industry news service covered a major partnership announcement of ours and provided significantly higher market awareness. The analyst commentary was insightful and added good, independent re-enforcement of our strategy. ARCwire is an important channel for our news."

Carl Henning
Sr. VP & GM, MaintenanceSuite (Avantis) Business
Wonderware

"For us, reliable information about every aspect of automation technology and e-business has a name: ARC. That's why I visit their Web pages every day and why we listen thoroughly to what they are telling to their following."

Diether Schaudel
CTO & CIO
Endress+Hauser International Holding AG

"The ARC WebForum was well presented and executed. We are pleased with the performance and support from ARC's production team."

Kathy Nottingham
Director of Marketing
Pitney Bowes

"We use ARC because of their extensive global understanding of e-business and automation technologies for manufacturing industries. ARC analysts are very knowledgeable. We call them when we need to know the latest developments and their impact on our business."

Dan Manor
Vice President
Credit Suisse

 

"Integriti has long searched for the analyst group with the best knowledge of the asset management market space. We found ARC to be the most knowledgeable and best able to give an independent view of the available technologies in the industrial market."

Kenneth MacKenzie
Chairman
Integriti Solutions