Manufacturing Business Technology - December 1, 2003

The U.S. economy is picking up steam, but the preceding downturn hit manufacturers hard, so perhaps it's no surprise that manufacturing executives experienced compensation setbacks. MSI's recently concluded salary & opinion survey found some negative trends in compensation—namely bonuses—though it also found a modest increase in base salaries.

• Columnists
• Back Talk
• Vendors vanishing in post-technology are noted, post-AMR conference
• Up Front
• Applications, strategy, and cost reduction

• Corporate Project
• Can IT save U.S. manufacturing?
• Enterprise Architectures
• Intentia goes to (mid) market, standardized on IBM
• Enterprise Strategies
• De-emphasizing ERP, Emerson and Lockheed don't ignore integration needs
• Industrial Distribution
• Says here distributors and manufacturers don't like each other
• Opinion
• PeopleSoft buying binge continues with focus on the lean enterprise
• Real-Time Production Management
• New team at Camstar has cure for medical device maker ills
• Rules and Regulations
• It's not about regulatory compliance, say KPMG and SeeCommerce—but it could be
• The European Union
• EU steps up mandated end-of-PLM; impact on U.S. not clear

• Departments
• Hot Bytes
• RFID alert: this is no ordinary product demo
• IT by the Numbers
• IT by the numbers
• Metrics That Matter
• Improving on time-to-market
• Politics of Productivity
• Wal-Mart is a change-agent for U.S. manufacturers

• Information Technology
• Picking the right platform
• Case-In-Point
• When it comes to system implementation, micromanagement can be a good thing
• ERP Systems Migration
• Epicor to customers: adopt new package "at your own pace"
• In Brief
• In brief
• In brief
• Linux-based ERP
• Meat processor running completely on Linux-based systems
• Midrange Servers
• Sun, IBM courting users of discontinued HP systems
• Network Security
• Systems can be secure, if you're willing to pay the price
• Open Source Software
• Manufacturers' reps may not like buying software, but will they pay for service?

• Operations
• Precision now, fulfillment later
• Asset Management
• Meridium addresses asset performance niche for Equistar
• Case-in-Point
• Integrated enterprise suite boosts customer service response for medical device manufacturer
• In Brief
• In brief
• In brief
• Manager's Agenda
• How Finisar CEO Jerry Rawls forges culture of success
• Portal Technology
• Lighthammer adds capabilities to plant visibility solution
• Production Operations
• Food processors face rigors of Bioterrorism Act
• Regulations and Systems
• FDA takes risk-based stance on Part 11 rule

• Views from the Front
• OPC Foundation unveils architecture; expands vision upward
• Corporate
• Application soothes frayed nerves of PLM vendors and users
• Enterprise Integration
• Solutions showcase process-management functionality, EAI evolution
• Implementations
• Up and running
• Information Technology
• Business Objects set to nab BI market leadership?
• Operations
• Behind the Invensys/Microsoft partnership
• Plant Information Management
• ISA Expo features portals, real-time analytics
• Productivity and IT
• Close look at good companies affirms biz apps improve financial performance
• Supply Chain Execution
• Wal-Mart's RFID edict: look internally for ROI, say experts
• Supply Chain Management
• Manugistics touts new apps, new management blood, at user conference