Pinto's Points: How to Win in the Automation Business [ILLUSTRATED] (Paperback)

~ (Author)

Editorial Reviews

Product Description

If you need some insightful pointers on how to succeed in the automation business, or an overview of today’s and tomorrow’s hot technologies, then this is the book for you. An updated and enhanced collection of ISA’s "Pinto’s Points" columns, published every week as part of InTech News, the book covers management topics, globalization, sales and marketing as well as nanotechnology, micro-electronic mechanical systems, robotics and wireless systems. Once again Jim Pinto has gone beyond business as usual to explore the implications of future technology and how it will change the global automation marketplace. Conveniently organized and with insights from other industry leaders, this book is a must read for every automation professional and a classic for your automation library bookshelf.

Product Details

• Paperback: 270 pages
• Publisher: ISA: The Instrumentation, Systems, and Automation Society; illustrated edition edition (August 22, 2005)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1556179537
• ISBN-13: 978-1556179532
• Product Dimensions: 8.9 x 6 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 14.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #1,164,082 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

3.0 out of 5 stars Worth Reading But Keep in Perspective, November 11, 2006

By	Rocket Man (Temecula, CA USA) - See all my reviews

This is definitely worth reading, but there is very little in the way of new ideas. These are the musings of an experienced, worldly individual but they are one man's insights. Worth keeping in perspective along with the views of other authors. Tends to be repetitive.

1 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Pinto Prods Thinking, December 31, 2005

By	Gary A. Mintchell "Automation Geek" (Sidney, OH USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This book is a collection of essays, some of which I had seen before. Jim and I bounce ideas back and forth monthly in preparation for columns he sends to Automation World magazine. It's interesting to see his thoughts come together. The contents of this book are wide ranging but reflect his passion for good manufacturing and good business practices. I consider it a good read for the beginning of my own thought processes. Jim tries to prod readers into thinking about what they are doing and where their companies (and their careers) are going. Read it and get stirred up about manufacturing and what you are going to do to improve things.