Manufacturing Business Technology - November 1, 2005

Enterasys Networks is known for its proficiency at designing networking equipment—routers, switches, bridges, etc.—that protects enterprises from constantly evolving security threats. Until recently, however, Enterasys wasn't quite as adept at responding to changes within its own supply chain.

• Applications and Services
• What's in a name?
• In brief
• Ask AberdeenGroup
• How can companies reengineer and improve global trade activity?
• Case-In-Point
• On-demand PLM supports a virtual business model
• Procurement Planning
• HP applies risk management to procurement
• Profile Of A Contender
• SSA Global says Oracle is imitating its strategy
• Real-Time Information Management
• Pharmaceutical maker Merck sees flexibility needs as spur to performance solutions

• Business Performance
• In brief
• In a state of flux
• Case-In-Point
• Acquisition integration aided by business intelligence's single version of truth
• How to Negotiate
• Guidelines for setting up outsourcing mimic M&A-style diligence
• Regulatory Compliance
• Lack of harmony in RoHS interpretation could be exacerbated if U.S. state governments take action

• Columnists
• Back Talk
• Here's your chance to predict the future
• Up Front
• Welch, innovation, and American manufacturers

• Integration and Infrastructure
• Versatile machines
• In brief
• BPM and Portal Technology
• Processes—not applications—make the company go 'round
• Data Conversion
• Extracting intelligence from PDF files leads to enhanced custom reporting
• Dual-Core Processors
• Users stand to win as Intel-AMD chip wars enter a new era

• Security and Wireless
• Acquisitions & Partnerships
• How UNIX, Linux, and Windows stack up
• Auto-ID Networks
• Technology vendors set the stage for RFID data integration to business systems
• Case-In-Point
• Electromechanical supplier finds no price can be put on controlling risk
• Moving Past Pilots
• Vendor attitudes evolve concerning RFID technology's immediate future
• RFID on Demand
• AT&T introduces RFID services, some say a little too late
• Software as a Service
• Vendors respond to high-price deployment concerns with hosted RFID apps
• Systems Protection
• NIST database focuses on software vulnerabilities
• Wireless Networks
• Wavelink promotes hands-off management of hands-free technology

• Views From the Front
• Business Process Management
• Asia Pac manufacturers say they're focused on the basics
• China Markets
• Report advises midmarket companies to pool resources to build Chinese supplier networks
• Corporate
• E-mail documentation faces corporate counsel
• Entrepreneurship
• Vice president wannabes not likely to be found inside start-ups
• IT Innovation
• China sets its sights on "technology superpower" status
• Information Technology
• How to give IT an image makeover
• MESA International
• Changing makeup, multi-enterprise focus mark plant IT group's coming of age
• Operations
• Companies in denial about disaster recovery
• Paths to Growth
• CIOs & CTOs aspire to IT & product innovation; CEOs less so
• Project Management
• Best-in-class report proves out commonsense guide: minimize change
• Supply Chain Optimization
• Hurricanes place protective focus on supply chain risk management
• Transactions
• The latest deal makers include Autodesk, Google, and Exact