Manufacturing Business Technology - August 1, 2001

The e-Business initiative at Joy Mining Machinery, a Warrendale, Pa.-based manufacturer and distributor of mining machinery, is far from simple, but its goals are straightforward: to enhance strategic sourcing for customers and strengthen trading partner relationships.In the mining industry, locating and procuring products quickly is of prime importance.

• Columnists
• Back Talk
• Age-old wisdom meets Internet age
• Up Front
• The bricks win

• Departments
• News at the Front
• PTC, TRW to develop collaborative product development solutions
• Entigo teams up with Crowe Chizek, Inforte
• Onetta selects Datasweep solution for collaborative manufacturing
• Siemens takes minority stake in Ivara
• SAP "opens up"
• In Brief
• The ArchestrA warms up

• Features
• Make
• Advanced planning creates a smooth flow
• Plan
• Is forecasting dead?
• Source
• A long time coming