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Articles in October, 2004 issue of MSI

• Features and functions: the PLM market as a reaction to midmarket CAD competition.(Product Life-Cycle Management)
  by Teague, Paul
• Stinger database software automates routine tasks.(This month: Linux in the enterprise)
• Study finds executive-level interest in BPM lacking.(Business Process Management)
• Where do you draw the line?(In perspective)
  by Turbide, Dave
• Japanese investment in supply chain security solution.
• IT's backbone system: portfolio management aids technology choices for LifeScan and others, but is it right for everyone?(The Corporate project in manufacturing & supply chain)
  by Michel, Roberto
• Open-source entries may raise eyebrows.(Free Software)
• Upcoming technology broadcasts.(MSI Online)(Calendar)
• Microsoft and its ISVs put product data in offices.(Product Life-Cycle Management)
• Profitable growth based on product-centric systems: accelerate time-to-market; exert control over regulatory, material sourcing, warranty, and other concerns.(Product Life-Cycle Management)
  by Michel, Roberto
• Open-source features for mobile computing line.(This month: Linux in the enterprise)
• Hurdles to adopting IT standards.(IT By The Numbers)
• Alien Technology uses licensed production method to reduce RFID tag price.(Tag Unit Costs)
• Manufacturing prosperity: it's just around the corner.(Prognostications And Projections)
• Shell International Exploration and Production BV.(Up and running)
• Vendors regroup around new CEOs.(Supply Chain Planning)
• Eliminate barriers to distributed product development.(Product recap)
• Database sets performance record for non-clustered systems.(This month: Linux in the enterprise)
• IFS has got the West Coast covered.
• Multinational alliance delivers MES for CNC environment.(Machine Control And Execution)
• McKinsey champions offshoring "value add".(The Goals Of Globalization)
• Talk about your tempest in a teapot.(Microsoft Longhorn)
• Former JDE customers taking latest chapter in PeopleSoft-Oracle saga in stride.(Oracle Ruling)
• Tools turn digital design data and content into something real.(Product recap)
• Virtualization can take many forms, many beneficial.(Back talk)
  by Heaton, Jim
• There's no such thing as "enterprise" technology.(In perspective)
  by Tanner, Michael
• Beaver Street Fisheries stands to benefit from Wal-Mart's RFID mandate.(Case-In-Point)
• The technology of international trade compliance: legal and financial penalties threaten manufacturers that operate outside the law.(Operations: opportunities & constraints)
  by Wheatley, Malcolm
• Can product life-cycle management boast direct tie to lean?(Product Data On Plant Floors)
• To upgrade the Westinghouse WDPF distributed control system at its Holyrood Thermal Generating Station.(Up and running)
• October newsletter alert: issues in Automotive Supply Chain--a semimonthly e-mail newsletter.(MSI Online)
• Transforming the process of innovation.(Product recap)
• Free database version for building, testing.(This month: Linux in the enterprise)
• White paper from Epic Data looks at manufacturing challenges.
• Does plant intelligence require its own database?(The Annals Of Lean Manufacturing)
  by Michel, Roberto
• Detailed traceability without the overhead.(Case-In-Point)
  by Michel, Roberto
• A message about the medium: a survey of the continuing IT advances driving globalization and perhaps leading to fundamental changes in business processes.(25 Leading global IT players)
  by Heaton, Jim
• PeopleSoft to standardize enterprise apps on IBM WebSphere.(Views from the front)
• The medium becomes the manager: global listing points to future of IT as much more than just bits and bytes.(Up front)
  by Parker, Kevin
• New kids on the block: up and coming PLM vendors test limits of tried and true.(Product Life-Cycle Management)
  by Castor, Amy
• One that stuck: product life-cycle management is here to stay; much else remains undecided.(Product Life-Cycle Management)
• Thin client's new 2.6 kernel runs faster Linux.(This month: Linux in the enterprise)
• Data warehouse architecture is key to performance management.(BPM Strategies)
• Unit-level RFID tagging tried in pharmaceutical supply chain.(Project Jumpstart)
• Tools capture unstructured service data.(Text Mining)
• Codelco.(Up and running)
• When it comes to RFID, vendor rhetoric doesn't quite match reality.(Inventory & Warehouse Management)
• Managing the product record to drive innovation.(Product recap)
• Handheld computer offers batch data collection.(This month: Linux in the enterprise)
• With Web services security, there's nothing to fear but fear itself.(Emerging Standards)
• Fastest-growing private business upgrades systems.(Sell It, Ship It)
• China economy hurts Mexico manufacturing employment.(The Balance Of Trade)
• Microsoft SP2 upgrade impacts manufacturers.(Plant-Floor Security)
• The SOA is real.(Information Technology)
• Collaboration tools and solutions bring design freedom.(Product recap)
• Partnership gives Linux benefits to CRM customers.(This month: Linux in the enterprise)
• Embedded Wi-Fi market undergoing shift to mini PCI card.
• The 80/20 rule for performance indicators.(Metrics That Matter)
• National Institute opens "world's most stringently engineered laboratory".(Levels Of Accuracy)
• Using Intentia's Movex financial solution.(Up and running)
• Why Siemens raised its bet on execution space.(Operations)
• Looking to the future of the manufacturing world in 3D.(Product recap)
• Server marks step forward in Enterprise Linux.(This month: Linux in the enterprise)
• Why even corporate execs need to know something about metadata.(Data About Data)
• Knowledge is power: National Semiconductor finds easy answers to customer problems with knowledge management platform.(Information technology: innovation & insights)
  by Sussman, Dan
• Open source is the next big disruptive technology.(In perspective)
  by Keller, Erik
• Adexa gives a gift that keeps on giving.(Supply Chain Education)
• NAM capitalizes on WTO breakthrough.(The Balance Of Trade)
• Presenting the case study/white paper forum: real world examples, real fast.(MSI Online)
• Manage specs, then source: in CPG, PLM drivers lean toward specifications & sourcing.(Product Life-Cycle Management)
• SUSE support; one server for multiple locations.(This month: Linux in the enterprise)
• Auto parts maker says network traffic device eases global business.(Network Management)
• Capture standard attributes to reduce materials spend.(Tempers, Grades, And Alloys)
• Move to GTIN standard challenges the masses.(A Mini-Y2K Snafu)
• Bruce Foods will leverage RedPrairie's warehouse management system.(Up and running)
• Big three and suppliers need IT to maintain market share.(Corporate)