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MBT Blog-cerpt: The Dreaded Season and the power of the plant floor

By Manufacturing Business Technology Staff -- Manufacturing Business Technology, 11/17/2008 11:27:00 AM

David Cahn, VP of product strategy for CDC Software and

MBT blogger

, sets up what he calls The Dreaded Season that is upon us: the annual budgeting season for next year.
Cahn says, not surprisingly, the biggest challenge this year is how to predict next year based on what is happening around us. With revenues coming to a grinding halt or modest growth at best, the focus on bottom-line EBITDA and improving efficiencies is the new mantra. Never mind that cash is king.
So what does this mean for the manufacturing sector and the associated technology that goes along with it?
Read the posting to

find out

.

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