Manufacturing Business Technology - February 1, 2001

When you talk to the major vendors in the market space formerly known as buy-side procurement, the strongest consensus you find among them is an agreement that traditional buy-side procurement solutions no longer meet the evolving demands of today's manufacturing marketplace. Top-tier vendors like Oracle Corp.

• Back talk
• West coast swing

• Feature
• Deliver
• Strength in numbers
• Order parsing functions emerge
• MakeTrade-offs are crucial
• 'C-commerce' The real wave of the future
• Plan
• ERP gets redefined
• Collaborative forecasting
• ERP II for all sizes?
• Start from within
• Source
• A 'frictionless future'

• News at the front
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• i2 to acquire content specialists
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• ABB and SKYVA stress ROI potential
• IN BRIEF
• MES meets c-commerce
• PSDI now MRO Software
• A true win-win?
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• J.D. Edwards tops $1 billion in sales
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• Technology Trends
• Column
• Thin clients for the plant

• Up front
• Fine lines, hefty challenges