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Articles in December, 2002 issue of MSI

• Impact on industrial automation: Steve Rubin pioneered new use for PC; foresaw plant intelligence trend. (Making production: operations better).
  by Sussman, Dan
• SPS Commerce, St. Paul, Minn., announces its acquisition of fourthchannel, a Columbus, Ohio-based vendor of product and order management services for small and mid-size enterprises.
• The answer lays outside: Manhattan Associates' Dabbiere recognized the need for collaboration to make supply chains hum. (Deep into delivery).
  by Dilger, Karen Abramic
• You can never go back: insiders predict a leaner, more mature software industry. (Enterprise software in transition: Part 3 of a 3-Part Series).
  by Mann, Paul
• USDATA names former interim CFO to interim CEO. (News at the front).
• Palo Alto, Calif.-based SeeCommerce announces Herbalife International, Century City, Calif.
• Innovation enabler: PTC's Heppelmann recognized the Web's ability to support collaborative product development. (Sourcing and life-cycle visionaries).
  by Hill, Sidney, Jr.
• All in the family: best Software aims to increase brand recognition; retain users as they grow. (News at the front).
• The ultimate out-of-the box thinker: Dick Morley, inventor and quirky entrepreneur, helped shape modern plant automation. (Making production: operations better).
  by Wheatley, Malcolm
• Ensuring return on asset management. (Focus & convergence).
  by Greene, Alice
• Inventiveness + impact = legend. (Up front).
  by Michel, Roberto
• A living platform: technology infrastructure has helped Ariba adapt to changes in the sourcing arena. (Sourcing and life-cycle visionaries).
  by Hill, Sidney, Jr.
• SSA Global Technologies (SSA GT), a Chicago-based enterprise solutions supplier, has entered into an agreement to acquire 100 percent of the common stock of Infinium Software a Hyannis, Mass.-based provider of Web-integrated enterprise business applicatio
• Maybe this is rocket science: Monte Zweben, a supply chain management pioneer, wants to revolutionize customer management. (Deep into delivery).
  by Hill, Sidney Jr.
• Process PLM, clarified. (Breaking constraints).
  by Martin, Roddy
• Another company's treasure: intellution acquisition gives GE Fanuc instant clout in process management space. (News at the front).
  by Sussman, Dan
• An unsung hero: Padman Ramankutty was there when supply chain planning was first commercialized. (Paragons of planning).
  by Parker, Kevin
• Opto 22. (News at the ISA front).
• He begs to differ: supply chain planning article draws umbrage. (Talk Back).
  by De, Andy
• Righting systemic wrongs: Dick Lilly battled shortcomings of early enterprise systems. (Paragons of planning).
  by Smith, Frank O.
• Matrikon. (News at the ISA front).
• Not your father's ISA: Microsoft technologies, business connectivity enliven an otherwise flat ISA show. (News at the front)(.
  by Parker, Kevin
• Visibility envisioned--and delivered: Datasweep's Preysman paves the way for visibility for collaborative manufacturing. (Making production: operations better).
  by Sussman, Dan
• SYSPRO rebrands, leveraging well-known SYSPRO name. (News at the front).
• Channel master: Click Commerce's Ferro saw the Web as foundation for channel management systems. (Deep into delivery).
  by Wheatley, Malcolm
• Suites made simpler: QAD's Pam Lopker made ERP more effective via vertical focus. (Paragons of planning).
  by Spiegel, Rob
• Iconics. (News at the ISA front).