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Otto Mation Comic Series
Meet Otto Mation!
Little Otto Mation was born with a rare gift called the C.A.P. (Certified Automation Professional), which is an objective assessment and confirmation of skills as an automation professional offered by the International Society of Automation (ISA). Those of us in the automation profession have studied and worked for years to earn the C.A.P. Follow the life of Otto through this unique comic series.
This month’s comic
Take a look at this month’s comic. If you think of a good caption, send it on over to us!
Meet Otto Mation!
Little Otto Mation was born with a rare gift called the C.A.P. (Certified Automation Professional), which is an objective assessment and confirmation of skills as an automation professional offered by the International Society of Automation (ISA). Those of us in the automation profession have studied and worked for years to earn the C.A.P. Follow the life of Otto through this unique comic series.
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ComicOtto Mation Comic - November 12, 2014
Otto questions Mr. Barnes about wanting to save money by using Cloud services for their manufacturing software systems. -
ComicOtto Mation Comic - November 5, 2014
Otto suppresses Mr. Barnes' excitement over using IoT technology in their manufacturing facilities. -
ComicOtto Mation Comic Caption Contest - October 29, 2014
The winning caption was submitted by Brad H. in South Carolina. "You think you are patched together? You should see our 20 year old DCS system." -
ComicOtto Mation Comic - October 8, 2014
The sales engineer from key software supplier gets distracted by a request from Otto's company. -
ComicOtto Mation Comic Caption Contest - September 24, 2014
The winning caption was submitted by Thomas O. in Texas. "See what I mean Mr. Barnes? I wasn't kidding about our equipment predating the stone age!" -
ComicOtto Mation Comic - September 10, 2014
Much to the chagrin of the CEO, Otto proposes more worthwhile and cost-effective control systems expenditures than past purchases. -
ComicOtto Mation Comic - August 27, 2014
Otto bluffs Mr. Barnes into thinking he is leaving the company. -
ComicOtto Mation Comic - August 20, 2014
Otto is the victim of his company's understaffed automation group. -
ComicOtto Mation Comic - August 6, 2014
Mr. Barnes' exemplary management style and use of Pig Latin will help him lead the merge of the I.T. and Automation departments. -
ComicOtto Mation Comic - July 30, 2014
Instead of getting a pay raise, Otto receives inexperienced help to lessen his workload.