Manufacturing Business Technology - April 1, 2005

The technology to manage a global operation has come a long way at Knowles Electronics during the last three years. First, the Itasca, Ill.-based company installed a global, single instance of an enterprise software suite for visibility over transactions. It then rolled out Web-based portals and dashboards to offer up timely summary information to senior-level executives and cust...

• Applications and Services
• Lean, in the most general sense
• Applications and Integrators
• UGS partners with HP, Capgemini to bolster PLM clout
• Design Visualization
• Agile acquires Cimmetry; rounds out product management portfolio
• Integrated Manufacturing
• Visiprise and SAP collaborate for discrete solution
• Manufacturing Business Intelligence
• Incuity puts plant-floor data in BI context

• Business Performance
• In Brief
• Harness company knowledge
• Ask Aberdeen Group
• BI Extensions
• DataJungle helps casual users hack away at data trees
• Case-in-Point
• Gates Corp. evolves BI cubes into Web-based sales analysis tools
• Enterprise Performance Management
• EPM software sales rising as margin for error decreases
• Industrial Networks
• Demand for real-time performance data taxes plant-floor networks

• Columnists
• Back Talk
• With RFID, it's smart to ask, "What's in it for me?"
• Up Front
• Oh, what a time it was!

• Integration and Infrastructure
• Integration & infrastructure in brief
• Acquisitions spark need for integration
• Business Systems for the Midmarket
• Best Software program sprouts Peachtree add-ons
• Case-in-Point
• Leading automotive supplier finds outsourcing is the best communications strategy
• IT Asset Management
• Managing IT assets can be tricky, but the payoff is real
• IT Salaries
• Offshoring boosts salaries in India, but not enough to stop the trend
• The Linux Effect
• Open-source technology revives Novell

• Security/Wireless
• From wireless to Wi-Fi

• Views From the Front
• Views in brief
• Campbell Soup uses caution, uncovers realities of emerging RFID technology
• How to quantify agility
• CIO Transformations
• Despite reports to contrary, Deloitte says CIO role still growing
• Corporate
• Lilly name will fade away, but founder's vision should live on
• Environmental Compliance
• Solutions—and complications—emerge for RoHS directive
• Global Software and Services
• Lack of scale inhibits competitiveness of China IT industry
• Information Technology
• IBM acquires middleware vendor Ascential
• LinuxWorld 2005
• Linux goes enterprise, but legal issues remain
• PLM in Automotive
• True product data integration remains elusive, yet users stay committed
• Performance-Driven Manufacturing
• Celanese's improvement goals in tune with times, conference theme
• RFID World 2005
• Wal-Mart CIO says suppliers are reaping benefits from tagging program