Manufacturing Business Technology - November 1, 2006
Cover Story
Profit from secure supply chains
In the days following September 11, 2001, air freight came to a halt during the temporary closure of air travel, while trucks stacked up at border crossings such as the Ambassador Bridge between the U.S. and Canada. These events focused attention on the possibility of even more extreme trade disruptions, and brought forth new regulations such as the Advanced Manifest Rule, which cal...
- Applications and Services
- Taking a global view
- In brief
- Brand Protection
- Software is the latest weapon in the battle against counterfeiters
- Case-In-Point
- Planning engine manages volatile demand without stockpiling inventory
- ERP Roundup
- From databases to Web services, enterprise vendors seek new market advantage
- Pricing Strategies
- Vendors say profit-optimization solution proves time is money
- Supply Chain Roundup
- Tests, tips, and tools from experts in planning and execution
- Business Performance
- The IT factor
- Design collaboration tool shortens sales cycles; raises revenue for Fresno Valves
- Best Practices
- Cognos partners with Constar for S&OP blueprint
- Business Intelligence
- The focus shifts from all the available data to just the right data
- Case-In-Point
- Genesis Microchip yields visible gains with real-time information access
- Product Life-Cycle Management
- Shop-floor link to PLM could save millions; vendors respond to the notion
- Standards Convergence
- Industry groups, alliances collaborate for top-floor/shop-floor interoperability
- Columnists
- Integration and Infrastructure
- Get ready for SOA
- Business Process Management
- SOA harnessed for manufacturing-centric "business process applications"
- Case-In-Point
- Furniture maker finds, moves inventory faster with wireless technology
- Content Management
- Oracle, IBM release content solutions for SOA environments
- Decision Management
- Optimization supplier to enterprise vendors finds entry to applications business
- In Brief
- IBM issues an SOA laundry list
- Plant Data Protection
- Integrator says common practice for supervisory control security isn't good enough
- RFID Roundup
- Free tech support and education the order of the day
- System Security
- Symantec warns: New threat is data theft, not network disruption
- Special Report
- The Bigger Picture: Energy Costs
- Strategies for survival
- Views From the Front
- Corporate
- Lenghty recovery times follow supply chain disruptions
- Economic Policy
- Some large manufacturers disinterested in policing Chinese currency manipulation
- Emerging Software Models
- Glovia unit says SaaS plus services will meet the ERP needs of underserved small manufacturers
- Enterprise/Plant Connectivity
- Plant composite application succeeds in wake of acquisition; sparks industry revitalization
- Information Technology
- SIM study reveals what's keeping IT executives awake at night
- Operations
- Product intelligence solution strengthens its search
- Product Development
- For success to follow, PLM requires a focus on business processes
- Supply Chain Strategies
- Managed services spark supply chain outsourcing
- The Electronic Trail
- Digital archiving gains favor in compliance initiatives
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