Conference Theme: Embracing the Future

EPICS continues to move forward incorporating new technologies to enhance performance and productivity.

• We will feature an in-depth look at QlikView, the dashboard product that generated much interest when it was briefly described at last year’s conference. Foy personnel attended QlikView training sessions in October, and we plan to offer QlikView as an official add-on to EPICS.


• We will also be describing iPhone and iPad apps that are currently under development. One of the iPhone apps will enable you to give your customers iPhone access to their order status, while an iPad app will provide plant personnel with wireless access to production status. When the Windows 7 tablets hit the market later this Winter, we will evaluate how they can best be used with EPICS, and will present that information at the conference.


• Foy recently added the ability to use barcode scanners at production workstations to read order numbers and rack numbers.  This capability will be demonstrated and described.


• The EPICS V8.16 update included significant changes to the Notes capabilities, adding the ability to specify notes that meet certain conditions.  This new ability will be covered in detail.


• Our plans are to have the much-requested “Departmental Calendars” feature ready for the conference.  A session will be conducted describing this capability, along with the recent “Part-specific Times” addition.


• Stock inventory is always a popular conference topic, and we will review changes made in this area during the last year.


• We will review the operating systems, database versions, and Crystal Reports versions currently supported by Foy, as well as plans for continuing support for 2012 and beyond.