Marty Weil writes for print and the Web. He is a full-time freelancer with more than twenty years of experience writing about the use of technology in numerous fields. He has written extensively about enterprise software and supply chain management. He also covers the interplay between technology and education.
Marty has served as a managing editor for several corporate blog projects. He is also an experienced podcast producer and host.
He is interested in reading, social media, music, and entrepreneurship.
You can contact Marty at [email protected].
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In the mid-1990s, I wrote a number of feature articles for A-B Journal, including the examples below.
A-B Journal is known today as The Journal from Rockwell and Our Partners. Rockwell acquired Allen-Bradley several years ago. Even with the name change, the magazine's purpose still remains to educate engineers about leading-edge automation products and services (from Rockwell Automation), as well as the complementary technology from the company's strategic partners.
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The data sheet I recently wrote for SRI International describes the organization's solar initiatives, including new solar technologies under development. The document also provides an excellent overview of how the non-profit research firm works with clients to develop and bring to market new solar solutions.
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I was one of the contributors to the inagural issue of Start magazine, a publication that followed the Microsoft's products in the enterprise software space. I continued to write regularly for Start magazine throughout the late 1990s. Below are several examples of the features I wrote for Start.
Software Quenches Water Department's Thirst for Data
Remote-Control Software Provides Off-Site Windows NT Support
Mobile Technology Sees the Future of Computing
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I've talked a lot about the value Google and other search engines place on fresh, quality content, especially on corporate Web sites and blogs. One company that fully embraces this philosophy is Underwriter's Laboratories (UL). Over the past two years, I've written dozens of informational features for UL's Web site, which were designed to provide topical and timely information to their customer base. Below are links to many of those articles:
Converting Existing Products to Functional Safety
Driving Functional Safety in Motor Drives
Europe Extends the Transition to EN ISO 13849-1
Integrating Functional Safety Across the Supply Chain
Functional Safety Management Audit
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Over the past several years, I've written more than a dozen case studies for The American Education Corporation (AEC). I've mentioned a few of these projects in previous posts. In this post, I'm featuring a number of examples to showcase the wide range of uses for the company's sophisticated courseware program, including credit recovery, alternative learning, college readiness, etc. By developing a deep pool of case studies, the company is ready to leverage PR opportunities while building out its Web site content.
Click on the links below to read examples of the case studies I've written for AEC.
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This concise white paper describes UL's recommendation to manufacturers on making a smooth transition to EN ISO 13849-1.
I've created both long and short position papers for UL on a number of technical subjects. The company does an outstanding job of providing their customer base with clear direction on the technical challenges they face on a daily basis. This informational document is an excellent example of the company's efforts in this area. I'm proud to say that I had the opportunity to create this document after conducting exhaustive interviews with UL's technical team.
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During the middle of the last decade, I wrote numerous features for APICS - The Performance Advantage. APICS is The Association for Operations Management. The organization is the global leader and premier source of the body of knowledge in operations management, including production, inventory, supply chain, materials management, purchasing, and logistics. The organization's well-respected journal is called The Performance Advantage. To view some of work I did for The Performance Advantage, click this APICS link. (On my "Articles Authored by Marty Weil" page, you'll find additional articles that I wrote for APICS that are no longer available on the organization's site.)
My tenure as a contributor to APICS ended the day the editor-in-chief left the organization. As often happens to contributors, the incoming editor was interested in working with writers that he had previous relationships with. Over the years, I've learned to roll with this unfortunate reality of life as a contributing editor. (Of course, I've been the beneficiary of this type of management shift, too, so it all evens out in the end.)
I'm proud of the work I did while contributing to APICS. In particular, a series of articles I wrote on Wal-Mart's RFID mandate have been widely cited in books, academic reports, and other magazine articles. Although I don't keep track of such stats, I venture to guess that that article series is the most often cited of all of my writing.
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