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Achieving Functional Safety UL Brochure

"With responsiveness and flexibility that meets unique needs and a thorough process that examines both products and the management systems that support them, UL’s experience and expertise in functional safety (FS) ensures accuracy and assurance, insight, and integrity."

The above paragraph is the summation of a 12-page Functional Safety brochure that I wrote for Underwriters Laboratories. As part of the broad scope of product safety, functional safety zeroes in on the safety-related systems of a product. The UL FS brochure provides an in-depth explainable of FS and how UL helps its client to achieve their FS goals.

SIL & PL Safety Certification Sell Sheet for UL

The ability to turn difficult technical material, loaded with insider jargon, into readable content is something I consistently deliver on for my clients. This UL sell sheet is a good example of what I'm describing.

This one-page document was written to justify the cost to manufacturers of using UL to certify SIL and PL for industrial components that aspire to meeting IEC and ISO functional safety standards.

Make no mistake, this is not technical writing. It is writing about technical subject matter for a C-level audience that needs to be able to quickly understand and act upon information of a technical nature.

 

 

A+LS Credit Recovery Software Case Study

It is deeply rewarding to write case studies about American Education Corporation's A+LS curriculum software (A+). The software is used across the country by K12 school systems to assist kids with credit recovery and other important educational priorities. The use of A+ at Spring Creek Elementary (Provo, Utah) is a good example of this work. At Spring Creek, the school's special education students--behind one or more grade levels in math and reading--use A+ software and other American Education Corporation software tools as an effective means to "catch up" to their peers.

 

 

Video Conferencing Article in Managing Automation Magazine

My article on video conferencing appeared in the October 2010 issue of Managing Automation magazine. The feature discusses how new video conferencing collaboration tools can cut travel costs and enhance customer management, collaborative innovation, and sustainability. The story also examines whether or not these tools are cost effective.

Supply Chain Management (SCM) Buyer's Guide in Managing Automation

Another in my series of enterprise software and hardware buyer's guides has been published by Managing Automation.

The latest guide covers everything buyers of Supply Chain Management software need to make an informed purchasing decision.

K-12 Credit Recovery Software Case Study

Over the past four years, I've written dozens of case studies for The American Education Corporation. In the coming weeks, I will post a few examples of that work here. Today, I'm showcasing the success story at Carbon High School, which focuses on the use of AEC's A+LS software in the district's credit recovery program.

 

 

Maintenance Management White Paper Discusses BPM-based Solution

White papers continue to be a mainstay in the marketing toolkit of technology-driven companies. This paper on Maintenance Management Software which I recently developed for a client, details the current issues in manufacturing maintenance. The paper explains how a business process management (BPM)-based maintenance solution can speed and improve the execution of vital maintenance tasks by codifying best practices and communicating them effectively across the extended enterprise.

Each year, I write approximately 25 white papers on a wide range of technical subjects for many of the leading technology companies in the world.

When Content Was King

Take a close look at the magazine page (at right) from the early 20th century. Those are lovely long columns of gray type.

Back at the turn of the last century, a reader couldn't just skim the page for the highpoints. This content was meat-and-potatoes reading, not meant for anyone in a hurry or with anything else to divide their attention. It was produced when magazines were the king of all media.

The days when a single magazine page held three or four thousand words is ancient history. People don't have the time to read dense copy, and, even if they did, publishers don't have a large enough budget (or staff) to afford to produce it.

It's amazing to look at this page and think about how different the world is today, and marvel at how that change is reflected in something so mundane and simple as a single magazine page. This gray, old page does illustrate--in a plain but effective manner--how much has changed in the way we consume media as well as our expectations of what we receive from it.

Functional Safety Advertorial Examples

During the past several years, I've written a number of advertorials for Underwriters Laboratories (UL), including more than six issues of the Functional Safety News, a leading source of functional safety standards and performance requirements.

To see examples of this work, click on the links provided below:

• Functional Safety News
• Functional Safety Management
• UL Functional Safety Listing Mark

I've also written about safety products, procedures, and OSHA standards for Rockwell International and Magid Glove & Safety Manufacturing Company.