Manufacturing Business Technology - September 1, 2002

Scan the headlines, and you'd think that Web-based solutions dominate the manufacturing world. They don't. There are still huge pockets of the manufacturing industry where fax machines, QuickBooks, and Microsoft Excel are relied upon for core business management functions. Given this level of technological diversity, it shouldn't be too surprising that few experts agree on how leading edge you ...

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• Outsourced manufacturing: an OEM's guide
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• I am SAM

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• The real truth about the virtual factory