Manufacturing Business Technology - October 1, 2001

"It's just like a big, open show to my customers. It gives them confidence to trust what I tell them." An open house? OK, not literally. But Daniel Louque Jr., president of Quality Machine Manufacturing, a Paulina, La.-based metalwork shop, thinks it's even better. He's talking about the collaborative commerce applications he uses to give his customers a window into his company's operations.

• Columnists
• Back Talk
• The promise of progress
• Issue Analysis
• Planning for aftermarket supply chain
• Up Front
• The network computer lives

• Departments
• News at the Front
• In Brief
• Covisint taps MatrixOne for content collaboration
• J.D. Edwards to acquire YOUcentric
• ABB takes stake in Ultryx
• The other side of PLM
• Datasweep in alliance with KPMG consulting
• PeopleSoft's next step
• Product News
• Help with VMI

• Features
• Deliver
• Where partners meet
• Make
• Wireless struggles on plant floor
• Source
• See the whole chain

• Industry Focus
• Bigger than Y2K?