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Articles in June, 2004 issue of MSI

• PLM vendors soup up focus on food, process sectors.(Product Information Management)
• A protest against the tyranny of numbers.(In Perspective)
  by Keller, Erik
• BPM hot; news coming out of Sapphire.(Hot Bytes)
• Ariba, as solutions provider, will have new competitors.(Strategic Sourcing)
• Handling system meshes with independent equipment.(Solutions spotlight: this month: applications that make use of Java-based platforms)
• Independent software vendors spinning new apps with SAP NetWeaver.(Integration Platforms)
  by Fulcher, Jim
• Globalization forces IT pros to attack "margin leakage": data synchronization becomes key component for successful enterprise integration.(Information technology innovation & insights)
  by Hill, Sidney, Jr.
• NAM conference to offer RFID implementation plans.
• High-tech employment decline slows, but students prefer basket weaving.(Education And Industry)
• Sterling commerce bolsters data sync market share.(Views from the front)
• Spend management prevents uncontrolled buying.(Solutions spotlight: this month: applications that make use of Java-based platforms)
• Fix for IT productivity an emerging space.(In perspective)
  by Baer, Tony
• ECM vendor adds Sarbanes module.
• Allocations are back because supply chains haven't matured.(Electronics Industries)
• To boost yield in chip manufacturing, Allegro MicroSystems is using SAS Process Intelligence at its Worcester, Mass.-based "fab" facility.(Up and running)
• Survey opportunity: midmarket growth.
• 3D drawings compliant with industry standards.(Solutions spotlight: this month: applications that make use of Java-based platforms)
• HP acquisitions heat up utility computing race.(Computing Strategies)
• JT Open progresses, though PLM interoperability remains unsolved.(Product Life-Cycle Management)
• RFID contributes to tool-crib security, inventory management.(RFID Readiness)
• From slap-and-ship to item-level tagging: RFID given impetus by Wal-Mart, but other uses--and conflicts with retailers--may be the immediate future.(The Corporate project in manufacturing & supply chain)
  by Wheatley, Malcolm
• Comergent untangles aftermarket data mess.(Operations)
• Order fulfillment app speeds picking process.(Solutions spotlight: this month: applications that make use of Java-based platforms)
• Managing a world of proliferating software.(Web Services)
  by Wheatley, Malcolm
• Demantra customers tend to stick with Demantra.
• The changing face of manufacturing.(The Politics Of Productivity)
• Emerging IT governance apps can't keep still.(Project & Portfolio Management)
• i2 chairman says ERP increasingly irrelevant to supply chain success.(Supply Chain Management)
• Regulations and compliance module added to PLM suite.(Solutions spotlight: this month: applications that make use of Java-based platforms)
• Programmatic interfaces make low-cost work of a legacy evolution.(Application Integration & Migration)
  by Sussman, Dan
• Post-Web era could bring off-the-shelf connectivity, interoperability.(In perspective)
  by Turbide, Dave
• RFID pumps sluggish WMS market.(RFID Readiness)
• U.S. chamber of commerce decries $250 billion in counterfeit trade.(Intellectual Property Rights)
• The softer side of IT management.(Information Technology)
• Java-based control for smart devices.(Solutions spotlight: this month: applications that make use of Java-based platforms)
• Virtual directory vendor simplifying identity management.
• Sharp Microelectronics uses portal to open/close window on corporate data.(Case-In-Point)
  by Fulcher, Jim
• Brunswick taps data integration hub for warranty analytics.(Case-In-Point)
  by Bury, Scott
• Intuitive claims it alone fully exploits Microsoft .NET.(.Net Architecture)
• U.K.-based GKN Aerospace is using a portal built around Cincom Systems' Enterprise Management solution that allows GKN to deliver products in unison with its primary customer's consumption.(Up and running)
• Upcoming technology broadcasts.(MSI Online)
• Web services rewritten in J2EE-based platform.(Solutions spotlight: this month: applications that make use of Java-based platforms)
• It by the numbers.(Information technology)
• Customized software protects against CPG promotion losses.(Case-In-Point)
  by LePree, Joy
• FileNet, BearingPoint, others form "compliance alliance".(Content Management)
• Keihin Aircon North America, which supplies HVAC components to the auto industry, is furthering lean initiatives using Glovia's extended ERP solution, glovia.com, and Glovia's Factory Planning and Supplier and Customer Releasing modules.(Up and running)
• The delicate and shifting balance between planning and execution.(Up front)
  by Parker, Kevin
• What's next? Open source, PLCs, and plenty of risk.(Back talk)
  by Heaton, Jim
• PLM suite configures without coding.(Solutions spotlight: this month: applications that make use of Java-based platforms)
• Flextronics migrates modeling tool to select manufacturers.
• Relieve the burden of: regulatory compliance: shake any enterprise system and out falls a Sarbanes-Oxley solution.(Operations opportunities & constraints)
  by Ruderman, Gary
• Can lean live online? Manual approaches to lean mix with ERP and bolt-ons in quest for better information flow.(Cover Story)
  by Michel, Roberto
• Easy does it every time, says design vendor.(Corporate)
• MES presents component- and item-level visibility.(Solutions spotlight: this month: applications that make use of Java-based platforms)
• World Wide Web inventor lands technology award.
• New versions of UNIX under construction near you.(Operating Systems)
  by Wheatley, Malcolm
• New product revenue.(Metrics That Matter)
  by Anderson, Alex
• Where not to go, if you're in the technology business.
• Project targets hand-off of manufacturing characteristics.(Project Life-Cycle Management)
• Site browser accesses equipment details.(Solutions spotlight: this month: applications that make use of Java-based platforms)
• Workflow-based execution leveraged in suite.(Solutions spotlight: this month: applications that make use of Java-based platforms)