Manufacturing Business Technology

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Articles in January, 2005 issue of Manufacturing Business Technology

• Is India the next manufacturing export powerhouse?(Globalization)
• Gartner says growth in IT offshoring no cause for panic.(Information Technology)
• Symbol Technologies hopes to put past behind with RFID acquisition, new technology.(Focus On The Future)
• Kronos adding functionality to help companies improve employee performance.(Not Just Marking Time)
• Correction.(Views from the front)(Correction Notice)
• UHF Generation standard sparks RFID royalties suspension at Intermec.(Inside The RFID Rush)
  by Wheatley, Malcolm
• I made Larry Ellison say, "I don't know.".(Upfront)
  by Parker, Kevin
• 3PLs looking for fair shake in global trade.(Operations)
• Oracle looks beyond acquisition.(Back talk)
  by Hill, Sidney, Jr.
• Catalyst International and Babush Material Handling Systems.(Laudable RFID launches)
• Survey predicts Linux the next major ERP platform.(Open Source)
• Dassault gets closer to Microsoft.
• Quality application focuses on product, not process.(Outsourced Manufacturing)
• Motorola picks up operations award.(High Honors)
• NASA Dryden Flight Research deploys Oracle-based HazMat management program.
• Hang on: we're in for a bumpy ride.(Transportation & Logistics)
• Food manufacturer blends internal benefits with RFID compliance.(Outside The Mandate)
• Vendor initiative forges RFID-based processes for shipment tracking.(Port Operations Tracking)
• Electronics industry institutes code of conduct.(Social Responsibility)
• Sun, SeeBeyond deliver practical SOA solutions.
• Microsoft and PLM vendors team up on collaborative blueprints.(Collaborative Coalition)
• MARC Global.(Business performance in brief)
• QAD will use a key offering in ILOG's Business Rule Management System (BRMS) to streamline business-rules management within MFG/PRO, QAD's flagship ERP suite.(Business performance in brief)
• GXS teams with VeriSign for EPC enhancements to TradingGrid.(Electronic Commerce)
• On-demand gets down to business: supply chain agility concepts, consulting engagements bring gains for NIBCO.(Infrastructure)
  by Michel, Roberto
• Manhattan Associates and eBusiness Solution Pros (eSP) have released Wireless Application Access, a host-based system that supports the RF functions of Manhattan's warehouse management solutions for iSeries and Open Systems.(Security/Wireless in brief)
• WhereNet.(Security/Wireless in brief)
• Culture wars: can the plant floor and IT bridge the language gap and learn to love each other?(Applications & Services)
  by Bartels, Nancy
• No touching! RFID and bar codes may be better apart.(Pack Expo 2004)
• Procurement processes the next candidate for outsourcing's gains.(Business Process Outsourcing)
  by Smith, Frank O.
• Lenox refines IT support/plant-floor interaction.(IT In The China Shop)
• Metreo adds enforcement to optimization; steers clear of ERP.(The Price Is Right)
• Perfect Commerce--which offers on-demand supplier relationship management solutions (SRM) and The Open Supplier Network--has completed its merger with Pantellos Corp., which offers The Pantellos Marketplace for online ordering, and associated marketing se
• Better to put the balance back in balanced scorecard.(Too Many Metrics)
• New IBM WebSphere releases extend edge of computing.
• Savi Technology recently received both the National Infocomm and the Frost & Sullivan Leadership awards--for enhancing global supply chain security and homeland security respectively.(Security/Wireless in brief)
• Code Red Systems.(Security/Wireless in brief)
• Up and running.(Implementations)
• SAP using NetWeaver to snare partnerships with shop-floor software vendors.(Exchange Infrastructure)
• Can Autodesk take PLM mass market?(Designs on SMB)
• Brewing a new kind of connection: Green Mountain Coffee Roasters joins ranks of companies saving money, improving business processes by working with Web services.(Integration)
  by Baer, Tony
• Inter-enterprise emerges with a need for its own transaction engine.(In perspective)
  by Fraser, Julie
• Can new GXS service revive the trading hub concept?(Electronic Commerce)
• "Perfect storm" rains on transportation managers.(Transportation & Logistics)
• Third parties eye ERP vendors' golden goose: maintenance.(Application Support)
  by Michel, Roberto
• Jump-start your RFID program: Boeing, Airbus among manufacturers finding solutions for accelerated RFID deployments.(Security/Wireless)
  by Hill, Sidney, Jr.
• How to run a global supply chain: technology advances set stage for further disruption of ingrained management practices; electronics industry, Solectron are good examples.(Cover Story)
  by Parker, Kevin
• Voice communication technologies gaining in-house control.(Corporate)
• CEOs expect bigger bite as two big tax breaks end.(Taxation)
• Inevitable surge in RFID proves out in EPC memberships.(RFID's Tipping Point)
• Best-of-breed apps: still viable after all these years.(In perspective)
  by Caruso, Dave
• Why are enterprise engines running in reverse?(In perspective)
  by Keller, Erik
• Checkpoint Systems.(Laudable RFID launches)
• Bombardier Transportation finds great value in having quality data.(Case-In-Point)
• Rules promulgation said to be simplified with new technology.(Product Development Tools)
• Get the ducks in a row, please: to purchase even needed software, you must still address ROI.(Business Performance)
  by Smith, Frank O.
• Hunt for more users leads to new, prepackaged BI solutions.(Business Intelligence)
• Forrester recommends corrective-action program to protect freight transportation.(Supply Chain Security)
• SAP and HP team for midmarket hosting model.(Application Hosting)
• Wireless device monitoring made possible through low-power, low-cost network capabilities.(The Internet Of Things)