"ARC’s Geospatial Information Systems Worldwide Outlook study provides Esri with a valuable frame of reference for analyzing the GIS market."
Clem Henriksen
Strategic Marketing Analyst
Esri
"We’ve found that a lot of the concepts that have been developed by ARC over the years have become foundation concepts for a lot of our planning."
Eric Cosman
Engineering Solutions IT Consultant
Dow Chemical
"I come to ARC’s Orlando Forum every year to get a fresh perspective on new ideas."
Craig Schiro
Senior Engineering Associate
ExxonMobil Development
"ARC does a great job of putting together the right thought leaders for the industry. Just a tremendous amount of consistency, continuous improvement, and innovation in their conference programming. You learn a lot and you get to meet a lot of great people and really build a lot of friendships."
Fred Yentz
CEO
ILS Technology
"It’s my first time to attend ARC’s Orlando Forum and I would have to say — to say the least actually — it has exceeded my expectations."
Ashraf Ghazzawi
General Supervisor, Process Control Division
Saudi Aramco
"ARC’s Forum provides a great opportunity to network, along with interesting presentations about top notch topics."
Andreas Wernsdörfer
Vice President, Automation & Electrical Engineering
BASF
"ARC did a great job organizing the workshop and sessions [at the Orlando 2011 Forum]. The format was one of the most interactive sessions I’ve attended and was very worthwhile. The content was informative and pertinent to anti-counterfeiting strategies and organizational issues. I look forward to attending next year."
Robert Sherwood
VP, Security Programs Management
Sekuworks
"ARC's Forum changes my perspective on industry trends and allows me to make better decisions regarding those trends."
Richard Morihara
Research & Technology Engineer, Boeing
"Increased participation in ARC's Forum is indicative of the improving economy and a willingness for industry leaders to think about the big picture again."
Sid Venkatesh
Associate Technical Fellow, Boeing
"ARC's Forum gives OMAC's Machine Tool Working Group (MTWG) participants an opportunity to meet face-to-face for problem-solving and strategy sessions. It also allows us contact with other industry leaders that are not part of the MTWG."
David Odendahl
Model Based Definition Engineer, Boeing
"One of the best ever ARC Forums [2011] - well done ARC Team!"
Maurice Wilkins
VP, IA Global Strategic Marketing
Yokogawa
"In developing the MESA Global Education Program, ARC’s Collaborative Management Model (CMM) was evaluated as the best practice industrial model to visualize and explain the complexity of manufacturing operations from a governance framework perspective."
Charlie Gifford
Chair, ISA-95/MESA Best Practice Working Group
President & Chief Manufacturing Consultant
21st Century Manufacturing Solutions
"ARC's Forum offers an amazing insight/expertise/experience with the oil/gas/power/refinery industries; it helped Rackspace Hosting engage with many potential clients and current customers within the industry. ARC's staff was overwhelmingly hospitable and truly helped Rackspace Hosting feel welcome as a first-time attendee and sponsor. We walked away from the event with multiple quality opportunities, immediate action items, and a new level of knowledge. We will definitely be back next year!"
Matthew Lathrop
Sharepoint Evangelist
Rackspace Hosting
"I enjoyed the Beyond the Perfect Order Metric Seminar. The approach to the seminar allowed for some interesting dialogue and contacts to grow over the multi day event. The topics were timely to efforts underway at Continental Mills."
Mike Fortner
Customer Logistics Manager
Continental Mills
"As an emerging vendor in the segment, the Beyond the Perfect Order Metric session’s content, presenters, format and hosts were outstanding. I brought home a number of insights that will help my company better address our clients’ and prospects’ needs."
Jonathan Kall
CEO
Vecco International
"Final impressions from ARC's World Industry Forum: Innovation is alive and well for manufacturing companies looking to compete and win in the global market."
Tom Knight
Founder & CEO
Invistics
"ARC Advisory Group has made a significant contribution to our strategic planning initiatives. ARC's analysts are very knowledgeable about IT and automation technologies and suppliers. They provide excellent answers to our questions."
Irving Oil
"I’ve known ARC since its early days. It continues to deliver value not only to the established suppliers and end users, but also to innovative start-ups. ARC provided us with non-stop ideas on how to position the product, potential applications, and potential users and OEMs."
Steve Rubin
Chairman & CEO
Longwatch
"We are very pleased with the benchmarking results that we received from ARC's Benchmarking Consortium. The information was extremely interesting and valued. It is going to really help our efforts in communicating a number of key opportunities in our facility to our management."
Bruce Taylor
Manager Business Process Integration
Suncor Energy
"We at Dow feel ARC Advisory Group has the answers necessary to help us with our strategic decisions."
Eric Cosman
Engineering Solutions IT Consultant
Dow Chemical
"ABB and our many business units turn to ARC for their industry knowledge and expertise as they work closely with many of our customers around the world."
Jo Emerson
Business Intelligence Manager
ABB
"The ARC Hyderabad Forum in India was great. We met many good companies and have lots of new opportunities. I met with many companies, including large Water, Pharma, Power, Airports, and others. There are projects and business everywhere! Our people are already getting calls and planning visits to interested customers."
Russ Agrusa
President & Founder
ICONICS
"ARC’s Orlando 2010 Forum presented an excellent opportunity for me to network with many top experts and management executives in different companies and areas that are of interest to Saudi Aramco. The level of attendees and the quality of presentations and panel discussions that took place during this forum was very rewarding to us. I would like to take this opportunity to thank ARC for the good job in putting together a well thought of and coordinated forum."
Taher Al-Nemer
General Supervisor, Simulation Unit/UPED
Saudi Aramco
"I am glad that I participated in the PMA [ARC's Process Management Academy 2009]. This was a great opportunity to talk with industry peers and suppliers. It was possible to discuss very openly the challenges we see ahead of us. This is a seminar that has great potential to design future strategies for business, mirror and benchmark."
Bart Schaminée
Global Category Manager Process Automation, Electrical & Instrumentation
SABIC Innovative Plastics
"After attending the workshops we realized that ARC's work is of immense help to the manufacturing sector as it throws light on how to improve production processes and achieve targets."
MG Rajagopalaiah
Vice President Maintenance
JK Tyres & Industries
"The ARC forum provides strategies for future growth and development. The forum is a bold initiative to meet the aspirations of various industry verticals."
Anil S Bonal
Assistant GM, Planning and Procurement
Taneja Aerospace and Aviation
"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
"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
"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
"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 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
"The ARC Forum in Hyderabad was like a breath of fresh air for the participants. It brought innovative concepts and new ideas to the table and induced significant interactions amongst the participants, which was quite unusual in its impact. I thoroughly enjoyed the conference and found that the sessions were not only informative but prescriptive and interactive. It was a great event."
Vijay Srinivasan
Managing Director
Invensys India
"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
"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
"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
"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.
"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
"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
