Manufacturing Business Technology

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Articles in July, 2005 issue of Manufacturing Business Technology

• Microsoft partner says "Axapta's just right" for verticals customization.(EXTENDING ERP)
• Brooks Software looks to enterprise interoperability.(CONNECTIVITY)
• Oracle and SAP battle for ERP dominance: from petty skirmishes to applistructure strategies.(ACQUISITION & COMPETITION)
• Customer management vendors in heated battle to meet user demand.(HOSTED SOFTWARE)
• Revenue growth in 2004 seen as widespread across sectors.(PROFITABILITY REPORT)
• Adobe contributes to RosettaNet and iNEMI efforts aimed at high-tech and electronics industries.(Alert: An advertising insert)(Advertisement)
• P&G's turnaround proves listening to customers pays.(Back talk)
  by Hill, Sidney, Jr.
• Construction project for the creative thinker: building out a PLM road map is foremost step in taking control of the product development and ideation process.(Product innovation)
  by O; '; Marah, Kevin
• ClearOrbit improves Colorcon's inventory picture.(CASE-IN-POINT)
• Putting the Global 100 in context: market data, user surveys complete IT players profile.
• Pharma expo puts stress on performance, security, and compliance.(INTERPHEX 2005)
• Oracle upgrades J.D. Edwards World; says it wants to keep those users.(APPLICATION SUPPORT)
• Optimization technology evolves process-industry tool set into business solution.(ADVANCED PROCESS CONTROL)
• Finding the right solution for system performance problems.(APPLICATION MANAGEMENT)
• Manhattan Associates means more than warehouse management.(SUPPLY CHAIN EXECUTION)
• Users on IQMS: not your typical ERP company.(ENTERPRISE SYSTEMS)
• RFID just wants to be free--or at least open.(OPERATIONS)
• Forward-thinking 3PL folds in lean Six Sigma.(LOGISTICS)
• GE Fanuc's upgrade to Proficy puts spotlight on MES.(Plant-floor ops)
• Hands on the controls: savvy manufacturers make enterprise performance management a core competency.(Business performance)
  by Caruso, David
• Manufacturers finding deals on eBay.(ONLINE SOURCING)
• Biggest offshoring wave set to break.(THE GLOBAL WORKFORCE)
• Software pricing preferences may be self-fulfilling prophecy.(CORPORATE)
• Microsoft, CoCreate say solutions act as umbrella for "perfect storm" in automotive.(PLM INITIATIVES)
• Big things on a somewhat distant horizon.(In perspective)
  by Fraser, Julie
• The Global 100.
• Speech technology boosts the business case for a voice-directed WMS.(DC EXPO)
• User may know best when it comes to reducing risk in enterprise systems projects.(IT PROJECT MANAGEMENT)
• Where to go for that all-in-one VPN/security device.(SECURITY HARDWARE)
• Interface A standards could be the window to better chip-making processes.(PROCESS MANAGEMENT)
• New standard may send Bluetooth into the plant.(WIRELESS NETWORKING)
• Introduction to the 2005 Global 100: profile of an IT industry driving manufacturing productivity gain at twice the rate of the general economy.(100)
• Too many "phish" in the corporate pool.(INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY)
• Amidst the outsourcing boom: services firms grow by carrying out processes for others, but can they truly transform the model?(Services)
  by Michel, Roberto
• Beyond the buzzwords: manufacturing performance software leverages plant information in pursuit of the real-time enterprise.(Plant-floor ops)
  by Gorbach, Greg; Resnick, Craig
• Webplan to Kinaxis: supply chain planning to "response management".(SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT)
• Many a conflicting priority: security and information access, open source, and the future of applistructure are contention points in your next IT purchasing decision.(Computing infrastructure)
  by Keller, Erik
• The norm perform: raise your business intelligence and your performance--with the industry's only combined Production and Performance Management software solution.
• Intelligent Documents in the manufacturing enterprise: platform integrates heterogeneous data sources, disperses information to interested parties, manages its use.(Alert: An advertising insert)(Advertisement)
• You can't Google product data.(PRODUCT INFORMATION MANAGEMENT)
• Strategize at the source: emerging micro-markets call for harmonizing the global supply chain with dynamic local demand.(Enterprise/Supply chain apps)
  by Elbaum, Stanley D.
• An unbeatable combination, bar none: Hewlett-Packard/Microsoft partnership delivers globalization-age manufacturing solutions.
• Siemens, SAP embrace ISA S95 standard to tie business and production processes.(MANUFACTURING EXECUTION)
• Personalized Web pages lure customers, give sales staff instant feedback.(E-FULFILLMENT)
• Brand-aware QMS vendor changes its name.(Business performance)
• Paper payment still reigns, but electronic solutions are gaining favor.(INVOICING SYSTEMS)
• What does it take to move the organization?(In perspective)
  by Caruso, Dave
• Inaugural publication reveals secrets to success in China.(Views from the front)
• SOA figures prominently in SAP transformation.(SAPPHIRE 2005)
• Product quality is looking up, thanks to PLM adoption.(PRODUCT LIFE-CYCLE MANAGEMENT)
• Online engine said to boost odds of finding reliable suppliers.(SUPPLIER MANAGEMENT)
  by Fulcher, Jim
• Intuit makes bid as enterprise player for small manufacturers.(MULTI-USER ACCOUNTING)
• The Manufacturing Business Technology Global 100, and how it works.(The Global 100)
• Why SIMATIC stands out.(Views from the front)
• SAP's Lighthammer purchase points to the problem with plant floors.(Up front)
  by Parker, Kevin