Manufacturing Business Technology 05/01/2006 Table of Contents

Manufacturing Business Technology - May 01, 2006

Cover Story

The ERP midmarket heats up
The midmarket is where the action is when it comes to ERP. In a spending report released last fall, Boston-based AMR Research found that more than one-third of companies under $500 million in annual revenue are installing new ERP systems, compared with one-fifth of companies $500 million or above.

Applications and Services

Defeat undetected downtime

Brand Protection

Counterfeiting challenges manufacturers both online and off

Case-In-Point

Engine Works saves time and money with subscription-based 3D design software
Kinaxis resolution engine solves Adeptron's volatile demand problems

Human Capital

Higher pay makes procurement staffs more valuable

Market Forecasting

ERP by the numbers

Plant-to-Enterprise Integration

Wonderware connects with SAP NetWeaver

Vertical ERP

Microsoft Business Solutions turns to partners for industry-focused applications

Business Performance

Agile more important than lean
Rubbermaid Commercial achieves data quality; expects new synergies from master data management
In brief

Ask AberdeenGroup

Can midsize manufacturers effectively use PLM?

Case-In-Point

Midsize supplier to vehicle manufacturers likes EDI flexibility

Manufacturing Execution Systems

MESA to map metrics framework that links financial and operations performance

Service Management

To satisfy customers, learn how to measure performance

Skills Management

IBM tunes workforce planning to supply chain precepts

Columnists

Back Talk

Infor customers don't see consolidation as cause for concern

Up Front

Invensys' vision for the process industries—and for itself

Integration and Infrastructure

Enterprise integration as business strategy
Merck researching materials to lower RFID tag costs
Chipless tags: the future of RFID

Auto-ID

RFID technology moves toward mass adoption as IT stakeholders get into the mix

IT Service Management

Squeezing the most value from IT may require learning the definition of ITIL

RFID Roundup

A sampling of developments, both promising and cautionary ....

Service-Oriented Architecture

Study says SOAs are flexible enough to enhance both the top and bottom line

Spyware Defense

Multi-vendor effort seeks easier way of eradicating rogue programs

Wireless Mesh Networks

Technology holds promise for tapping device-level data; vendors promise solutions later this year

Special Report

Inside Business

Can two worlds combine?
Global is as global does

The Bigger Picture: Finance

Accounting for a demand-driven model

Views From the Front

Business Intelligence

Data explosion caused by enterprise deployments challenges BI vendors

Business Process Management

Supply Chain Council unveils model for developing products

Corporate

Black & Decker presents a retooled supply chain strategy

Data On Demand

IBM and Accenture invest in information management

Design Standards

German Tier 1 automotive supplier test-drives SOA data-exchange standards

Information Technology

Lax security stalling adoption of wireless computing

Interphex 2006

Pharma expo offers solutions suited for industry's emerging concerns

Operations

Outsourced logistics trends creates buyer/seller needs gap

Pricing Management

Vendors poised to help manufacturers regain pricing power

Security Market

Information security managers prove they know which vendors to get excited about

Software 2006

Intricacies of on-demand model for software distribution discussed at industry confab

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