Manufacturing Business Technology identifies the solutions used to automate business and production processes common to manufacturing and supply chain.
This is no oxymoron: The secret to simplifying complex supply chains Sidney Hill, Jr., executive editor - 11/07/2007
“You can’t make supply chains simple, nor can you stop them from changing,” says Richard Douglass, director of industry marketing for manufacturing at Sterling Commerce. “But you can use technology . . . to eliminate unnecessary complexity.” More
Doing a Double-Take: SCADA replication software refines Carlsberg plant operations Malcolm Wheatley, senior contributing editor, Leeds, U.K. - 05/09/2008
At the Leeds, U.K. brewing & bottling plant of Danish brewing group Carlsberg, an asynchronous fail-over and replication solution from Double-Take Software is keeping production going when server failures take critical systems off-line.
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Secure read: LXE adds SAP NetWeaver mobile support to computer line 05/08/2008
LXE, a wireless logistics computing business of EMS Technologies, and Naurtech Corp. report the always-connected capability of SAP NetWeaver Mobile is now supported on LXE rugged mobile computers running Naurtech CETerm Industrial Web Browser.
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Content connections: Interop/Software 2008 addresses distributed performance challenges inherent to PLM Kevin Parker, editorial director - 05/07/2008
Large global enterprises as well as midsize manufacturing companies have been centralizing their IT resources for several years now. They do so not only for the possible economies of scale, but to ease compliance management across multiple fronts. At this year’s Interop/Software 2008 conference and expo, it was clear that at least several IT infrastructure providers have “felt the pain” of manufacturers and are offering distributed computing options.
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BT byte: NetSuite partnership will deliver business apps to European SMEs 05/01/2008
NetSuite, a vendor of on-demand business software suites for small and midsize enterprises (SME), reports a partnership with British Telecommunications plc (BT) on the heels of the introduction of its new on-demand solution, called NetSuite OneWorld.
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Get Lean and Prosper Mark Graban, Senior consultant with a firm that specializes in Lean and Six Sigma consulting and training, September 3, 2007 Happy Labor Day
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A Key Strategy of Japan's Car Makers Backfires - WSJ.com
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