Manufacturing Business Technology

• The iPhone goes to work
  
  Sidney Hill, September 24, 2009
    NetSuite, a supplier of a cloud-based ERP suite, and product lifecycle management (PLM) software specialist Dassault Systèmes have released applications for the iPhone. Both applications also work on the Apple iTouch media player.
  
• CIMdata reviews PLM from Siemens, IFS
  
  , September 24, 2009
    Product lifecycle management products and capabilities get reviews from CIMdata: Siemens PLM Software's Teamcenter Express and IFS' project-based PLM support capabilities.
  
• Innovation in global manufacturing: PLM makes manufacturing lines more competitive
  
  Patrick Michel, Dassault Systèmes, September 23, 2009
    Japan's Daikin Industries uses product lifecycle management (PLM) technology to build and enhance flexible production lines. Here's how Dassault Systèmes helped.
  
• Invention Machine takes another step in quest to make innovation standard procedure
  
  Sidney Hill, September 23, 2009
    Goldfire 5.5, released September 22, contains a "knowledge navigator" capability that Invention Machine contends will foster improved collaboration among product developers by accurately reconstructing the thought processes and research methods that lead users to develop specific designs.
  
• SWEP chooses Siemens PLM Software Teamcenter as its corporate PLM platform
  
  , September 23, 2009
    SWEP a supplier of brazed heat exchangers selected Siemens PLM Software Teamcenter as its corporate product lifecycle management (PLM) and will deploy 200 seats.
  
• Oracle seeks to speed up application sales to mid size enterprises
  
  , September 23, 2009
    Oracle says its Accelerate program makes its applications more accesible to mid size enterprises by bundling them into easily deployable packages tailored for managing business processes as they typically are conducted in specific industries and geographic regions.
  
• Manufacturers may find wisdom in Wal-Mart retail supply chain strategies
  
  Mark T. Hoske, September 21, 2009
    Perhaps manufacturers would want to consider a best-in-market supply chain approach rather than best in class, to better meet customers' needs. Gary Maxwell, senior vice president of international supply chain for Wal-Mart Stores Inc., said a best-in-market approach requires...
  
• Supply chain management tips: Align business strategies, apply advanced technologies
  
  Mark T. Hoske, September 20, 2009
    Supply chains operate best when closely aligned with business strategies and advance more efficiently with partner collaboration. Audits of supply chain management based on standards can add value. These are among points of advice for those attending the CSCMP Annual Global Conference 2009.
  
• Online community aids ERP software development; more process control planned, IQMS says
  
  Mark T. Hoske, September 16, 2009
    Manufacturing enterprise resource planning (ERP) software is getting more mobile, evolving more quickly, and integrating more tightly with manufacturing processes, IQMS told Manufacturing Business Technology. IQMS designs, develops, and implements manufacturing ERP software.
  
• Video: Bison Gear's ‘Lean 2.0' journey integrates demand planning
  
  , September 16, 2009
    Bison's executive vice president comments on the company's "Lean 2.0" journey, whose goal is to achieve level loading of the Illinois manufacturer's increased production capacity.
  
• Send a sample confidential document with Confidela WatchDox
  
  , September 16, 2009
    Confidela WatchDox, a software as a service (SaaS) document control, tracking and protection solution, partnered with Box.net, allowing professionals and semiconductor businesses to control, restrict and track viewing, printing, and forwarding of documents. A Microsoft Outlook plug-in is available. See how the service can protect intellectual property: Send a sample document.
  
• SmartDraw 2010 has Microsoft Visio Filter and Sharepoint collaboration
  
  , September 16, 2009
    Upgraded SmartDraw 2010 has large project management and integrates better with Microsoft tools, which will substantially reduce the Microsoft Visio monopoly, SmartDraw.com says.
  
• ColumbiaSoft document management software works with Microsoft Windows 7
  
  , September 15, 2009
    ColumbiaSoft Document Locator V5.3, the ninth major version release, is in time for expected October release of Microsoft Windows 7, uses Microsoft .NET for faster web access, and integrates more smoothly with AutoCAD and Brava!
  
• Julie Fraser: Shifting supply chain performance measures
  
  , September 15, 2009
    As conditions change, are your supply chain metrics actually boosting business performance? What you measure matters. So it behooves companies to review performance metrics to ensure continued strategic alignment with business objectives.
  
• IBM aims new business intelligence offerings at the midmarket
  
  Sidney Hill, September 14, 2009
    A suite of solutions offering pre-configured business analytics and planning capabilities, is among group of offering tailored for mid size enterprises that IBM is unveiling this week at the Mid Size Enterprise Summit West in Los Angeles.
  
• Fisher/Unitech announces virtual job fair for engineers, more than 800 jobs
  
  , September 9, 2009
    Collaborative initiative with Fisher/Unitech and 6Connex offers more than 800 U.S. design and engineering jobs.
  
• Plex Systems, EnteGreat form strategic alliance
  
  , September 9, 2009
    Plex Systems Inc., provider ERP software for manufacturers, and EnteGreat Inc., a manufacturing consulting firm, announced a strategic alliance to introduce the Plex Online ERP solution to manufacturers in the food, beverage, and life sciences industries.
  
• Infor touts record growth in Latin America
  
  , September 9, 2009
    Despite the global economic recession, Infor has seen tremendous growth in Latin America with a 100 percent increase in license revenue this fiscal year compared to last.
  
• Poll: Manufacturers detail recession survival strategies, report better conditions
  
  , September 8, 2009
    Opportunities for manufacturers abound as economy improves suggests a poll by sponsors of the Fabtech International & AWS Welding Show, including Metalform, in Chicago. Sponsors are American Welding Society (AWS), Fabricators & Manufacturers Association Int'l (FMA), Society of Manufacturing Engineers (SME), and Precision Metalforming Association (PMA).
  
• CIMdata releases 2009 PLM Market Analysis Report: Slower recovery
  
  , September 8, 2009
    CIMdata revised its estimates of PLM growth based on the poor results of the first half of 2009. The first half-year results have been disappointing, and indicate a potentially longer delay in the restart of the economy and in investments getting back to their previous good levels, the research firm said.