Manufacturing Business Technology - August 1, 2007
Cover Story
Manufacturing intelligence drive capitalizes on Rockwell/Microsoft partnership
As many a plant manager would attest, global manufacturing enterprises today expect unprecedented levels of detailed information about plant performance. One reason is the increasing scale of multi-plant operations, of extended supply chains, and of outsourced production, which call for the kinds of manufacturing intelligence that allows flexible, collaborative response to ongoing change and i...
- Applications and Services
- FullTilt suite makes fast work of product information management
- Next up for SAP ES Community: supply chain execution, value-added network solutions
- Centric offers off-the-shelf support for new product sourcing
- Six ways to ensure an ERP implementation delivers value
- Smithfield Foods, Perdue Farms see plant capacity gains from forecasting and BI tools
- Online solution unites buyers, suppliers in sourcing marketplace
- Business Performance
- Back-office IT and business process outsourcing seen as another means to cost containment
- Partnership targets China's global trade management capabilities
- Composite applications framework links ERP and manufacturing operations
- Major players propose human workflow extensions to business processes spec
- Outsourcing production may be fashionable, but not everyone is cashing in on the trend
- Transpara uses Microsoft Excel to put KPIs in the palm of your hand
- Columnists
- Back Talk
- Sidney Hill, Jr.: China PR: a heck of a job
- In Perspective
- Cindy Jutras: BI market consolidation indicative of distance to be traversed
- Erik Keller: IT and productivity can make for an uneasy relationship
- Simon Jacobson: 21st century conceptual framework; 20th century technology base
- Up Front
- Kevin Parker: Good reasons to get a grip on the details of plant operations frameworks
- Integration and Infrastructure
- Siemens set to track assets and people over Wi-Fi networks using Ekahau RTLS
- Server virtualization suits Subaru's plant uptime needs
- Systems management software keeps power flowing to Philips Lighting ERP users
- Lack of IT governance is putting business value at risk
- ViewSonic gets clearer picture of business process management with Sterling Commerce integration suite
- Partners pair tag/reader solutions to foster new RFID apps at lower cost
- Special Report
- Views From the Front
- UGS PLM Software outlines its post-acquisition strategy for product- and production-management convergence
- ERP and VoIP to gain favor in SMB market, despite thin IT budgets, staff
- Supply manager role takes on strategic nature to meet value-add expectations
- Rockwell Automation strengthens integrated architecture platform for the long haul in process industries
- AeA issues favorable figures for high-tech sector
- Few IT departments budget for green purchases
- Product development worries trigger technology investments
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