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Articles in November, 2002 issue of MSI

• Make business easy; Microwave Data speeds business processes with SyteLine. (Frontstep[TM]).
• Access Commerce optimizes lead-to-order process. (Deliver).
• BPM solutions bring operational excellence. (Breaking constraints).
  by Gorbach, Greg
• Performance management: don't build your own.
  by Andersen, Alex
• Challenged by time, among other things: Nexergy, Akron Brass, others find SyteLine 7 key to success for to-order manufacturers. (Frontstep[TM]).
  by Turbide, Dave
• Multiple paths to lean: Detector Electronics, Norlen turn to specialized lean manufacturing solutions. (make).
  by Michel, Roberto
• Everett, Wash.-based Intermec Technologies Corp., and Bellevue, Wash.-based Intek Integration Technologies announce successful installation of a supply chain visibility system for Austin, Texas-based Sulzer Orthopedics.
• Gain "net" benefits: SyteLine 7 powered by Microsoft .NET architecture. (Frontstep[TM]).
  by Turbide, Dave
• CIMNET MES uses XML to integrate factory information into the supply chain. (Plan).
• Moroso Performance selects Lilly for integrated TOC management tools. (News at the front).
• And the brand goes marching on: publisher's background syncs with those of readers. (Up front).
  by Michel, Roberto
• What will it take? Maintenance revenue becomes central to vendor success. (Back talk).
  by Parker, Kevin
• Neatly wrapped packages: demand planning, advanced scheduling cut inventories, but do the benefits extend to partners? (plan).
  by Hill, Sidney, Jr.
• The power of three: SynQuest/Viewlocity/Tilion merger could foreshadow consolidation of the SCM software market. (News at the front).
  by Smith, Frank O.
• What is .NET anyway? .NET and XML Web services are key terms in Microsoft lexicon. (Frontstep[TM]).
• Provia offers its WMS ViaWare on Windows 2000. (Deliver).
• Getting strategic about procurement: e-sourcing tools help companies forge the most favorable terms. (Focus & convergence).
  by Gutman, Gene A.
• Microsoft inside? Microsoft Business Solutions wants to sell enterprise software widgets to other apps vendors. (News at the front).
  by Michel, Roberto
• It waits for no one; save time with an integrated solution for flexible business processes and agile manufacturing. (Frontstep[TM]).
• The savings chase: is SRM about impacting price, or streamlining the process? (source).
  by Turbide, Dave
• Sun Microsystems, Santa Clara, Calif., and Chicago-based enterprise systems vendor IFS will expand their worldwide sales, marketing, support, and collaborative engineering activities related to Sun's Java 2 Enterprise Edition (J2EE) platform.
• Vertical packages provide industry value.
• Circuit City selects SeeCommerce.
• Plenty of options: customers gain business value at their own pace. (Frontstep[TM]).
• PeopleSoft launches application integration product suite. (Plan).
• The evolution of data collection: Linx Data creates software to evolve next-generation, open DC networks. (News at the front).
  by Hill, Sidney, Jr.
• Frontstep's customer synchronized[TM] solutions: span the business of manufacturing. (Frontstep[TM]).
• CIOs should govern Web services now. (Issue analysis).
  by Cameron, Bobby
• Hard times yield SoftBrands; unwittingly enmeshed in a stock scandal, ERP vendor emerges financially stronger. (News at the front).
  by DeMartini, Art
• Doing business right; SyteLine helps Cres Cor please customers--profitably. (Frontstep[TM]).
• Configuration Solutions launches document, proposal management. (Deliver).
• Software deals remade; gainsharing contracts, rent-to-own agreements, application hosting, cafeteria-style support programs dot the landscape. (Enterprise software in transition: part 2 of a 3-part series).
  by Mann, Paul
• Ford Europe builds browser-based parts catalog.
• The seven key competencies of highly successful manufacturers: capabilities to drive growth in today's market. (Frontstep[TM]).
• Meet mass customization head on: TaylorMade and other manufacturers pursue postponement strategies in the warehouse. (deliver).
  by LePree, Joy
• Entomo, Bellevue, Wash., reports Itronix Corp., Spokane, Wash., has selected Entomo's SmartHub/SRM (supplier relationship management) to cut direct materials procurement costs and improve inventory management.