Manufacturing Business Technology

• A room with many views: PLM Summit hosted virtual collaboration space
  
  Malcolm Wheatley, senior contributing editor, July 23, 2008
    Steve Smith, a principal consultant with telecommunications provider BT Global Services North America, demonstrated his version of a "virtual collaboration room" at the World Trade Group's recent European PLM Summit in Toulouse, France.
  
  
• Safetybase.com: Manufacturing publications partner with Siemens for industrial Web site launch
  
  By Manufacturing Business Technology Staff, July 23, 2008
  
  
• Gaining closure: SAP to shut down TomorrowNow subsidiary by October's end
  
  Peter Sayer, IDG News Service, July 22, 2008
  
  
• USBIC advisory: Domestic manufacturers say new Democratic trade bill will stem foreign trade cheating; key loopholes remain
  
  U.S. Business and Industry Council, July 22, 2008
  
  
• EzMed execution: Med device maker goes live with SAP/Answerthink midsize ERP
  
  By Manufacturing Business Technology Staff, July 22, 2008
  
  
• RFID front-runner: Paper industry stands to benefit from core SC tracking solution
  
  By Manufacturing Business Technology Staff, July 22, 2008
  
  
• Material world: ToolsGroup sheds light on inventory optimization at OSRAM
  
  By Manufacturing Business Technology Staff, July 21, 2008
  
  
• DoD support: RFID specialists set to deliver powerful chip and inlay combo
  
  By Manufacturing Business Technology Staff, July 21, 2008
  
  
• Unified platform: LG Electronics links up with GXS for global ERP support; B2B consolidation
  
  By Manufacturing Business Technology Staff, July 21, 2008
  
  
• Web LINGO: Trumeter makes the switch from SPS to eZcom EDI
  
  By Manufacturing Business Technology Staff, July 17, 2008
  
  
• Familiar face: Selectica configurator tracks, validates supply chain and design changes
  
  By Manufacturing Business Technology Staff, July 17, 2008
  
  
• Optimized model: Metastorm enhances Process Discovery software
  
  By Manufacturing Business Technology Staff, July 17, 2008
  
  
• Pet project: Mars finds an SPC legacy system successor in InfinityQS software
  
  By Manufacturing Business Technology Staff, July 16, 2008
  
  
• Tighter constraints: Leading performers expand on traditional engineering tasks to go "Lean and Green"
  
  By Manufacturing Business Technology Staff, July 16, 2008
  
  
• U.S. trade deficit narrows in May on oil improvement; China gap widens
  
  U.S. Business and Industry Council, July 16, 2008
  
  
• Oco on-demand business intelligence solution smartens up SMB market
  
  Frank O Smith, contributing editor, July 16, 2008
  
  
• Go to market: Business intelligence specialists Oco and Business Objects strategize via SaaS
  
  By Manufacturing Business Technology Staff, July 16, 2008
  
  
• IT strategies: Finding the right ERP system
  
  Sally Reynolds, Syscom, PLC, July 15, 2008
  
  
• enVista offers supply chain expertise to Microsoft Dynamics users
  
  By Manufacturing Business Technology Staff, July 14, 2008
  
  
• Maverick move: Partnership with Schneider Electric expands industrial solutions offerings
  
  By Manufacturing Business Technology Staff, July 14, 2008