Manufacturing Business Technology

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Articles in March, 2005 issue of Manufacturing Business Technology

• Technology, data, relationships underpin successful partner/customer strategies.(Collaborative Supply Chains)
• Software Engineering Consultants, a LANSA business partner, says its GTIN Builder--a Windows-based tool for Global Trade Item Number (GTIN) management--eases data aggregation problems that companies face when preparing data for publication to the UCCnet G
• IBM first in line for trusted I/O device.(Security/Wireless)
• China and India push to compete with divergent approaches.(Global Dominance)
• Sun wants users to see grid technology as a business tool.(Grid Computing)
• Acquisition gives Cisco upper hand in both wired and wireless networking.(Enterprise Networks)
• Bar codes: not dead yet: instead of RFID, Werner and others have confidence in improved scanning, mobile printers.(Security/Wireless)
  by Abramic-Dilger, Karen
• Microsoft.(Integration and Infrastructure in brief)
• Zebra, SAP and Wavelink simplify secure wireless system management.(Partners For Progress)
• A&D giant leverages DoD experience in a developer's kit.(RFID Tools)
• Stop saying, "that's what I should've done": real-time performance information helps, but must be carefully filtered for relevance.(Business Performance)
  by Baer, Tony
• Supply chain management vendor TECSYS will acquire Application Solutions Inc. (ASI), a warehouse management systems (WMS) provider.
• Hardware advances have potential to raise software license costs.(Software And CPU Capacity)
• Demand-driven model keeps best-of-breed vendors in the black.(Finite Capacity Scheduling)
  by Smith, Frank O.
• Contract manufacturer turns to PLM supplier for data cleansing solution.(Case-In-Point)
  by Hill, Sidney, Jr.
• An open question: can open-source software help--or hinder--a manufacturer's IT operations?(Integration & Infrastructure)
  by Wheatley, Malcolm
• Infor buys MAPICS; SAP acquires TomorrowNow.(Market Consolidation)
• Accu-Sort Systems.
• Users unconcerned with open-source lawsuits, but welcome "insurance policies".
• Applistructure: hard to say, but of general interest.(In perspective)
  by Keller, Erik
• Prescient Systems and The viaLink Company have merged as Prescient Applied Intelligence to deliver Web-enabled solutions that allow business trading partners to collaborate across all elements of the supply chain.
• Instrument maker follows the rules to ease complex configurations.(To-Order Manufacturing)
• Intentia aligns with Cognos to bring BI to the midmarket.(Enterprise Performance Management)
  by Fulcher, Jim
• Informance International.(Business performance in brief)
• China up; Japan up; OEMs down.(Operations)
• FullTilt Solutions.
• Plant-floor security, by the numbers: count the ways to secure your plant-floor data, networks, and operations.(Applications & Services)
  by Bartels, Nancy
• Arena Solutions.
• Next on the horizon: the bill of process.(Product Life-Cycle Management)
  by Michel, Roberto
• What makes for best-in-class?(Ask Aberdeen Group)
  by Jones, Chris
• Think outside the box using tools in a box.(Support For Innovation)
  by Smith, Frank O.
• Be it Linux or UNIX, IBM says, "just buy our servers".(Information Technology)
• Companies understand the value--and cost--of good employees.(Corporate)
• Why there's no need to fear China.(Back talk)
  by Hill, Sidney, Jr.
• Demand-driven model embraces product innovation and regulatory compliance.(In perspective)
  by Caruso, Dave
• Supply chain management vendors Exel and RedPrairie will jointly develop solutions for creating efficient supply chain networks, including inventory control, tracking and tracing, and warehouse and labor management technologies capabilities, as well as mu
• Johnson Controls levels schedules in a lean manufacturing environment.(Case-In-Point)
  by Bury, Scott
• Crystal reports now a full part of the Business Objects family.(Platform Integration)
• MatrixOne.(Business performance in brief)
• NAM wrestling with members' divergent views on global trade.(Manufacturing And Politics)
• Adobe almost embraces Linux.(Document Management)
• Metro Group DC achieves 99-percent tag-read rate using Intermec solutions.(RFID Rollout)
• U.S. A-TEAM looks first at the plant floor in collaboration with NIST.(Big Three Auto)
• RedTail Solutions'.(Integration and Infrastructure in brief)
• ZigBee standard could be automation future force.(Plant-Floor Wireless)
• ABB upgrades 800xA framework using IBM WebSphere.(Plant-Floor Integration)
• Will the falling dollar make American software vendors targets?(Mergers & Acquisitions)
• Uniform Code Council (UCC) has certified Liaison Technologies' Content Director UCCnet Services Edition as compliant with UCCnet Data Pool Services subscribers.
• Reality meets radio-frequency identification: radio tagging the supply chain unfolds slowly, but CHEP and others keep eye on business-case goals.(Cover Story)
  by Michel, Roberto
• Headwater Technology Solutions has acquired Delfour, a third-party logistics supplier to warehousing facilities.
• Financial firm ventures into logistics with Vastera acquisition.(Trade Management)
  by Smith, Frank O.
• Production and the product life cycle.(In perspective)
  by Fraser, Julie
• QAD seeks gain from Oracle's technology focus.(Connecting With Lean)
• Invistics.(Business performance in brief)
• A bridge from personal productivity to the enterprise.(Up front)
  by Parker, Kevin