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bridge that knowledge gap between manufacturing, management, and IT” notes Hefner. “We’re not just making software – we’re the field experts in this arena. We help production get whattheywantbutwedoitinaway that allows IT managers to sleep at night. We are in an excellent place to take advantage of the trend toward private clouds while keeping the manufacturing equipment itself off the internet. Establishing OEE baselines and providing the necessary reporting tools to measure them is the future of our industry.”
As a senior member of the cor- poration, Richard has successfully maneuvered the company through sev- eral growth phases and improvements, developed the FactoryWiz Monitoring
& DNC software product, moved the company headquarters from San Jose, CA to Corvallis, OR and managed vast trade show exhibitions around the country and internationally.
As the company welcomes Rich, they also express gratitude to John Hosmon who has served tirelessly as founder and president since the inception in 1983. Mr. Hosmon will continue to serve as board chairman and maintain his service with RYM in a position that he truly enjoys, sales administration.
Moving forward, the FactoryWiz team is excited for continued success, growth and impending innovation under the leadership of Mr. Richard Hefner.
ESPRIT Announces New
On-Demand Learning
Center for Programmers
ESPRIT announces the debut release of its on-demand training plat- form, ESPRIT Learning Center, to the general public.
Traditionally, ESPRIT’s applica- tions engineers lead in-person trainings in ESPRIT offices and also on-site at customer facilities around the world. While application engineers offer some of the best CAM courses in the industry, the ESPRIT team understands that not everyone who needs software training has the resources to travel to an ESPRIT office.
To support customers throughout the pandemic, ESPRIT began con-
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