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Enterprise PLM

Is your company ready for Enterprise PLM?

Enterprise product life-cycle management (PLM) encompasses nine business processes—among them the much-embraced Design for Supply and Cost. This podcast sets up the relationship between PLM software and Enterprise PLM processes in basic terms, including the bonuses found in time-to-market and product quality.

	Speaker: Sarvesh Jagannivas Vice President of Marketing for Oracle’s Agile PLM software group
	Moderator: Sidney Hill Executive Editor of Manufacturing Business Technology

Virtualization: Your ticket to controlling IT operating costs

Streamline everything from application migration to disaster recovery

The move to cut operating costs has hit the corporate data center. IT managers—like their counterparts in other parts of the enterprise—are under pressure to ensure that the assets they manage are being used as efficiently as possible. Many forward-thinking manufacturers are finding that virtualization—a technique that allows for running multiple applications on a single piece of hardware—is allowing them to boost the performance of IT systems without dramatically increasing operating costs.

Listen to this podcast to learn how virtualization is helping manufacturers reduce the cost of providing IT support for a wide range of business processes.

	SPEAKER:Phil Riccio Product Marketing Manager Stratus
	SPEAKER:Frank Hill Director of Business Development, Manufacturing Industry Stratus
	MODERATOR: Sidney Hill, Jr. Executive Editor Manufacturing Business Technology

The business case for lean manufacturing

As part of its ongoing mission to help manufacturers optimize business performance through the use of operations-centric enterprise solutions, Mesa International is focusing on five key strategic initiatives in 2008.

Lean manufacturing;Quality and regulatory compliance;Product life-cycle management;Real-time enterprise; andAsset performance management.

Ganesh Wadawadigi, chairman of the committee working on the Lean Manufacturing Initiative, recently told Manufacturing Business Technology Executive Editor Sidney Hill what manufacturers still need to know to implement successful Lean strategies.

SPEAKER:

Ganesh Wadawadigi, Ph.D.
Senior Director,Operational Excellence Suite Solution Management
SAP Labs LLC

MODERATOR:

Sidney Hill, Jr.
Executive Editor
Manufacturing Business Technology

The relationship between product design and manufacturing

 

As part of its ongoing mission to help manufacturers optimize business performance through the use of operations-centric enterprise solutions, MESA International is focusing on five key strategic initiatives in 2008.

Lean manufacturing;Quality and regulatory compliance;Product life-cycle management;Real-time enterprise; andAsset performance management.

Raj Khoshoo, chairman of the committee working on the Product Life-Cycle Management Initiative, recently spoke with Manufacturing Business Technology Executive Editor Sidney Hill about the strategic importance of meshing PLM with manufacturing execution.

SPEAKER:Raj Khoshoo
Vice President, Strategic Initiatives
Siemens UGS PLM Software

MODERATOR:Sidney Hill, Jr.
Executive Editor
Manufacturing Business Technology

Four tips for retaining quality while cutting costs

 

MESA International gives advice on building quality into manufacturing processes

As part of its ongoing mission to help manufacturers optimize business performance through the use of operations-centric enterprise solutions, MESA International is focusing on five key strategic initiatives in 2008.

• Quality and regulatory compliance;
• Product life-cycle management;
• Real-time enterprise; and
• Asset performance management.

Khris Kammer, chairman of the committee working on the Quality and Regulatory Compliance Initiative, recently spoke with Manufacturing Business Technology Executive Editor Sidney Hill about how effective quality and regulatory compliance programs can create a competitive edge.

Sponsor's Website:
www.mesa.org

Khris Kammer
Information Solutions Consulting Manager
Rockwell Automation

Sidney Hill

Executive Editor

Manufacturing Business Technology

Manufacturing Business Technology

What you need to know about the real-time enterprise

MESA offers best practices for profiting from real-time data

At its upcoming Plant-to-Enterprise conference, MESA International will hold a series of workshops devoted to five key strategic initiatives:

• Lean manufacturing;

• Quality and regulatory compliance;

• Product life-cycle management;

• Real-time enterprise; and

• Asset performance management.

George Bauer, a member of core team working on the real-time enterprise initiative, recently spoke with MBT Executive Editor Sidney Hill about why MESA chose the real-time enterprise as a key strategic initiative, and how the association’s work in that area can benefit manufacturers.

Download this podcast now.

Sponsor's Website:
www.mesa.org

George Bauer

Director, Industry Management Chemical, Oil, & Gas

Siemens

Siemens

Sidney Hill

Executive Editor

Manufacturing Business Technology

Manufacturing Business Technology

Four key facts about asset performance management

Drive excellence in APM to deliver on corporate strategies

At its upcoming Plant-to-Enterprise conference, MESA International will hold a series of workshops devoted to five key strategic initiatives:

• Lean manufacturing;

• Quality and regulatory compliance;

• Product life-cycle management;

• Real-time enterprise; and

• Asset performance management.

John Dyck, a member of the core team working on the APM initiative, recently spoke with MBT Executive Editor Sidney Hill about how the association’s work in that area can benefit manufacturers. Learn more about the MESA conference and Strategic Initiatives guidebooks.

Download this podcast now.

Sponsor's Website:
www.mesa.org

Sidney Hill

Executive Editor

Manufacturing Business Technology

Manufacturing Business Technology

Untethered efficiencies

New generation of mobile devices empowers workers to be productive anywhere, anytime



In a recent AberdeenGroup survey on wireless adoption, smart phones were listed among the top two technologies businesses planned to adopt in 2008.



Manufacturers are being drawn to a particular type of phone that employs leading-edge technology called push-to-talk, which is often referred as the voice equivalent of instant messaging because it allows users to initiative live conversations with colleagues at will. Push-to-talk is a much more effective business tool than instant messaging, however, because it allows groups of workers to join impromptu discussions. Often, those discussions evolve into full-blown business conferences with group members exchanging documents, photos, and even video via their cell phones.



Download this podcast to learn how this new generation of cell phones is driving what industry analysts have termed the mobile enterprise.

New generation of mobile devices empowers workers to be productive anywhere, anytime

In a recent AberdeenGroup survey on wireless adoption, smart phones were listed among the top two technologies businesses planned to adopt in 2008.



Manufacturers are being drawn to a particular type of phone that employs leading-edge technology called push-to-talk, which is often referred as the voice equivalent of instant messaging because it allows users to initiative live conversations with colleagues at will. Push-to-talk is a much more effective business tool than instant messaging, however, because it allows groups of workers to join impromptu discussions. Often, those discussions evolve into full-blown business conferences with group members exchanging documents, photos, and even video via their cell phones.



Download this podcast to learn how this new generation of cell phones is driving what industry analysts have termed the mobile enterprise.

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survey on wireless adoption, smart phones were listed among the top two technologies businesses planned to adopt in 2008.



Manufacturers are being drawn to a particular type of phone that employs leading-edge technology called push-to-talk, which is often referred as the voice equivalent of instant messaging because it allows users to initiative live conversations with colleagues at will. Push-to-talk is a much more effective business tool than instant messaging, however, because it allows groups of workers to join impromptu discussions. Often, those discussions evolve into full-blown business conferences with group members exchanging documents, photos, and even video via their cell phones.



Download this podcast to learn how this new generation of cell phones is driving what industry analysts have termed the mobile enterprise.

Sponsor's Website:
www.motorola.com

Sidney Hill

Executive Editor

Manufacturing Business Technology

Manufacturing Business Technology

Workforce management for optimized productivity

Workforce management for optimized productivity

Manufacturers say lack of integration stalls efforts to mitigate skills shortage


A recent survey of manufacturers conducted by Manufacturing Business Technology saw near half of respondents say they blend workforce and production data to measure and manage key performance indicators (KPI), activity-based and labor costs, and overall equipment effectiveness.



To do so, however, respondents say they must pull data from multiple systems, and most say this work must be performed manually.



By failing to take advantage of the power of integrated data—or by achieving it with limited manual means—these manufacturers must be leaving money on the table through failing to understand true costs or unlock true labor-force value.



With manufacturers facing a growing and persistent skilled labor shortage, better understanding and scheduling of workforce capabilities is a clear and present need.



Tune into this MBT Executive podcast to learn how manufacturers perceive their own efforts to increase worker productivity through a better understanding of workforce data.



You’ll also be briefed on advanced capabilities of workforce management solutions in the three areas:

Manufacturers say lack of integration stalls efforts to mitigate skills shortage

A recent survey of manufacturers conducted by Manufacturing Business Technology saw near half of respondents say they blend workforce and production data to measure and manage key performance indicators (KPI), activity-based and labor costs, and overall equipment effectiveness.



To do so, however, respondents say they must pull data from multiple systems, and most say this work must be performed manually.



By failing to take advantage of the power of integrated data—or by achieving it with limited manual means—these manufacturers must be leaving money on the table through failing to understand true costs or unlock true labor-force value.



With manufacturers facing a growing and persistent skilled labor shortage, better understanding and scheduling of workforce capabilities is a clear and present need.



Tune into this MBT Executive podcast to learn how manufacturers perceive their own efforts to increase worker productivity through a better understanding of workforce data.



You’ll also be briefed on advanced capabilities of workforce management solutions in the three areas:

Manufacturing Business Technology

saw near half of respondents say they blend workforce and production data to measure and manage key performance indicators (KPI), activity-based and labor costs, and overall equipment effectiveness.



To do so, however, respondents say they must pull data from multiple systems, and most say this work must be performed manually.



By failing to take advantage of the power of integrated data—or by achieving it with limited manual means—these manufacturers must be leaving money on the table through failing to understand true costs or unlock true labor-force value.



With manufacturers facing a growing and persistent skilled labor shortage, better understanding and scheduling of workforce capabilities is a clear and present need.



Tune into this MBT Executive podcast to learn how manufacturers perceive their own efforts to increase worker productivity through a better understanding of workforce data.



You’ll also be briefed on advanced capabilities of workforce management solutions in the three areas:

Time, attendance and activity trackingAutomated schedulingWorkforce analytics and reporting

To many professionals, the term “workforce management” is synonymous with time and attendance solutions. Know that today these systems extend far beyond traditional payroll and HR functionality to encompass “workforce planning, deployment, optimization, compliance, measurement, and development.”



Today’s most challenging business issues—from outsourcing to the “skills gap”—share the workforce as a common denominator. That means addressing labor-related issues to optimize workforce performance can deliver a sustainable competitive advantage.

Sponsors Web site:
www.infor.com

Andy Birch

Senior Director, Industry & Product Marketing

Infor





Kevin Parker

Moderator and Editorial Director

Manufacturing Business Technology

Manufacturing Business Technology

BPM for dummies

BPM for dummies
Business process management (BPM) is a popular topic at manufacturing and supply chain conferences. But it appears that industry executives still have more questions than answers when it comes to understanding BPM. And that particular fact inspired an addition to the now-famous "for dummies" book series. Tune in to learn the basics of BPM in terms everyone can understand.

Sidney Hill

Editorial Director

Manufacturing Business Technology

Manufacturing Business Technology