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Articles in July, 2004 issue of MSI

• Supervisory control/data acquisition system supports Microsoft platforms.(Solutions spotlight: this month: factory automation and plant-floor applications)
• Automation frameworks gain users, tie into plant intelligence.(Archestra's Footing)
• Digital manufacturing seen as high-growth PLM segment.(Manufacturing Process Management)
• ERP for complex manufacturing with SQL server.(Migrating To Microsoft)
• Why PeopleSoft went after JDE and JCIT.(ERP And Lean Manufacturing)
• The DMZ dilemma: a suggested solution.(Back talk)
  by Heaton, Jim
• Cimnet expands MES with collaborative suite integration.(Solutions spotlight: this month: factory automation and plant-floor applications)
• Catching up with customers: latest customer management solutions revitalize battered market sector.(Customer management)
  by Ruderman, Gary
• Where does all that beer go?(Mobile Asset Management)
• Mastering demand puts Motorola on top of North American cell phone market.(AMR Supply Conference)
• New in July: improved information delivery via MSImag.com.(MSI Online)
• HMI software reduces application engineering, testing.(Solutions spotlight: this month: factory automation and plant-floor applications)
• Plant floor's integrative shift: Brown & Williamson Tobacco, Elk use automation suites, tap consulting expertise for performance gains.(Plant operations)
  by Fulcher, Jim
• Manufacturers need to get with the program.(In perspective)
  by Jones, Katherine
• Emerging SCM directive: think global.(In perspective)
  by Caruso, Dave
• No simple revival: to grow, ERP vendors must solve global, demand-driven challenges--not just sell extensions.(Enterprise suites)
  by Michel, Roberto
• Convergence of IT and automation heightens threat on plant floors.(Operations)
• Certification program for automation product know-how.(Solutions spotlight: this month: factory automation and plant-floor applications)
• The reality of real-time intelligence.(In Perspective)
  by Baer, Tony
• PLM's CAD heritage.(Product Life-Cycle Management)
• ERP Pac-man won't digest new intelligence, content apps.(In perspective)
  by Keller, Eric
• Survey says QAD dominates China ERP market.(One World, Many ERP Systems)
• Almost famous and absolutely fabulous.(Up front)
  by Parker, Kevin
• Distributed I/O for OEMs shows system errors, channel status.(Solutions spotlight: this month: factory automation and plant-floor applications)
• Top floor to shop floor didn't cut it.(The Invensys Turnaround)
• More than a vision: PLM apps expand into midmarket with new niches, specific routes to ROI.(Product management)
  by Michel, Roberto
• SAP eyes the plant with dashboard solution.(Portal Technology)
• Sterling Commerce CEO finds little difference between EDI and EI.(Information Technology)
• Machine-to-machine applications starter kit.(Solutions spotlight: this month: factory automation and plant-floor applications)
• Analysis modules allow production boost via real-time data.(Solutions spotlight: this month: factory automation and plant-floor applications)
• The right system of record for the right job: for companies defined by the products they deliver, the system of record provided by PLM impacts nearly every aspect of the business.(In perspective)
  by Eigner, Martin
• How supply chain management got that way: increasing emphasis on execution follows from real-time information availability.(Supply chain)
  by Smith, Frank O.
• Mexico's Zedillo: globalization the best answer to many challenges.(Views from the front)
• MSI technology broadcast.(MSI Online)
• Data acquisition system touts memory sharing for improved reliability.(Solutions spotlight: this month: factory automation and plant-floor applications)
• Out-of-the-box CRM fits long selling cycle.(Case-In-Point)
  by Bury, Scott
• ARC names Pitney Bowes top logistics supplier.
• A changing of the guard: new technology vendors crash the MSI Top 100, bringing added value to existing enterprise systems.(Cover Story)
  by Hill, Sidney, Jr.
• MAPICS and that post-acquisition bounce.(Corporate)
• Measurement software automates hardware platform instrumentation.(Solutions spotlight: this month: factory automation and plant-floor applications)
• "Pay-as-you-go" software: its time has come?(Customer management)
  by Wheatley, Malcolm
• HighJump clears the sustainability hurdle.(Supply Chain Execution)
• A whole new spin: enterprise vendors still top list, but new vendors gain prominence.(Intro to the Top 100)
• SSA Global files IPO.(Views from the front)
• Only relevant data, views shown in control system.(Solutions spotlight: this month: factory automation and plant-floor applications)
• Fast-growing GE group gets special attention.(Plant Platforms For Change)
• Tecnomatix solidly poised inside PLM's big tent.(Product management)
• Spending fastest in small business segment last year; increase expected.(Midmarket ERP)
• UGS starts anew; MatrixOne pays cash.(Views from the front)
• Business process optimization solutions offer refined reasoning technology.(Solutions spotlight: this month: factory automation and plant-floor applications)
• Full-suite CRM delivers, analyzes global customer information.(Component-Based Customer Management)
  by Fulcher, Jim
• News from the supply chain front.(Signs Of Promise)
• Keep writing those device drivers.(World Batch Forum)
• Baking company "shocked" by SAP's tireless attention.(Enterprise Suites)