Manufacturing Business Technology - July 1, 2002

5 Invensys Focus on customer performance Thinking big hasn't been a problem for Invensys. The controls and enterprise software giant acquired a host of companies over the last few years, building a product portfolio spanning everything from process control to collaborative enterprise applications. But profitability and focus have posed challenges for the London-based company.

• Columnists
• Back Talk
• It's been brutal
• Up Front
• The return of reason

• Departments
• New Products
• Collaborative transportation procurement
• News at the Front
• Exact Software to purchase Kewill ERP for $19 million
• Can a business application grow revenues?
• Approach with caution
• In brief
• Automating relationships
• Target customers, and the price is right

• Features
• Deliver
• Both end and beginning
• Make
• The buck ends here
• Source
• Create and manage
• Suites
• A lineup of suites