

About the Author |
Dr. Peggie Ward Koon has authored nine technical publications, including "CIM Capitalizes on
Distributed Controls", InTech Magazine (1995); "GAMMA g -- Graniteville’s Application Modules for
Manufacturing Automation", IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications Magazine(1995);
"Managing More With Less -- A Real-time Example of Optimized Resource Allocation" ,ISA
Transactions Magazine (1996); "Textile firms automate to survive; here’s how Avondale Mills does
it", InTech Magazine (1998); "IT Management: Century 21", Industrial Computing Magazine (2001),
Industrial Computing Online (2001); and a variety of articles on issues in textile manufacturing
including partnering, process automation and process control, SPC/SQC, and IT management for
such organizations as the Instrumentation, Systems, and Automation Society (ISA) and the Textile
Fiber & Film Industry Applications Society of the IEEE.