Manufacturing Business Technology - May 1, 2002

Jack Welch, former CEO of GE, one of the world's most successful corporations, says that his, and the company's, attitude toward using information technology (IT) to improve productivity changed significantly during his stewardship. And with good reason. Over time, throwing money down a sinkhole seemed less and less the thing to do.

• Columnists
• Back Talk
• EDI demise not imminent
• Issue Analysis
• Next wave of B2B will drive productivity increases
• Up Front
• Feet planted in two realities

• Departments
• News at the Front
• RiverOne, Syncata alliance targets electronics sector
• In Brief
• Paradox prevails in ERP
• Innovation rises, along with guarded optimism
• Not on-line sales—on-line sales support
• SSA GT acquires interBiz product lines

• Features
• Deliver
• Unique tweaks
• Make
• Battle at the bottlenecks
• Plan
• Gone full circle?
• Source
• Taming a beast

• Special Report
• New skills for new era