Manufacturing Business Technology - November 1, 2004
Cover Story
RFID done right
As a major supplier to Wal-Mart, computing giant Hewlett-Packard Co.(HP), Palo Alto, Calif., is well along in its RFID efforts. HP—which supplies printers-ink jet cartridges, and other products to Wal-Mart—expects to gain efficiencies from RFID. "There are basic benefits to RFID, like labor savings in warehouses, and consequential benefits that come from greater control of...
- Columnists
- Corporate Project
- Customer satisfaction bodes well for some; means trouble for others
- Top CEO concerns vary globally
- Get the most out of search
- Bolstering Our Base
- U.S. steel industry undergoing revolutionary change; health on the horizon
- Cargo Security
- GE releases container security device to protect its own supply chain—and many others
- China and the Risks
- McKinsey special report outlines concerns when doing business in China
- Logistics Visibility and Control
- Upturn in market—tied to more robust solutions—surprises analyst
- Semiconductor Projections
- Short- and long-term changes afoot for semiconductor market
- Departments
- Hot Bytes
- Alliances, funding, acquisitions .... solutions
- IT by the Numbers
- IT vendors could see growth spurt
- Metrics That Matter
- Evaluating turns
- Solutions Spotlight
- Solutions Spotlight
- Up Front
- A cornucopia of current concerns
- Information Technology
- IBM program yields prototype results, works students chops
- In Brief
- In Brief
- Why PeopleSoft needs IBM's WebSphere
- At least the benefits are clear
- Case-In-Point
- Siemens bucks conventional wisdom by planning—and executing—large-scale IT project
- Contact Management
- ACT system gets Microsoft-centric facelift for the corporate IT arena
- Database Wars
- IBM unveils DB2 for small business; Microsoft, Oracle say: "We're not impressed"
- Project Management
- New Goldratt-fashioned approach saves project time, money
- Sun Products Strategy
- COO apologizes to customers; outlines new "open" product strategy
- Operations
- Plan with the big "S"
- Global Standards
- Fits and starts toward a single standard means measuring wattage "differently"
- ISA Expo 2004
- Security solutions begin to trickle, but deluge is near
- Small and Midsize ERP
- Exact Software touts productivity boost from "manage by exception"
- Technology Adoption
- Seeing clear path to benefit, the RFID mandates roll in
- The Critical Node
- New management at Pelion Systems sees "Lean" opportunity
- The Shape of Things to Come
- Chrysler embarks on "most advanced supplier colocation project"
- Traceability Legislation
- Not yet clear how EU food regulations will impact American producers
- Views From the Front
- Auto-Tech display shows promise for future of collaborative commerce
- Corporate
- Saying nothing too late has its costs
- Frontline Expo
- Supply chain, printer vendors gear up for RFID's Gen 2 electronic product code
- Information Technology
- Market pressures dictate vendor strategies
- Midmarket ERP
- SSA Global outlines growth strategy
- Operations
- The fruitful joining of unlike minds
- Plant-Floor Security
- Microsoft patch management a top-level plant-floor concern
- Procurement Strategies
- Understand costs before outsourcing
- Real-Time Performance Management
- Lighthammer strikes commanding pose at user conference
- Top of Mind at ISA
- Plant automation, IT dead center in cyber terrorism concerns
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