Manufacturing Business Technology

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Articles in September, 2006 issue of Manufacturing Business Technology

• Boston Consulting report identifies emerging masters of competition.
• VP Buildings fabricates better inventorymanagement with SOA.
• SAP enhances trade services suiteout of new GRC business unit.
• Manufacturing intelligence vendor tapslean components to ease production bottlenecks.
• Manufacturers exposed to RoHS risk.
• Google, Microsoft on collision course,but users could benefit.
• Autodesk practices moderation in marketing.
• Search technology supports self-service on Delphi plant floor.
• Survey data portrays a risk-adverse,tech-savvy SMB market.
• Symbol foresees a single management infrastructure.
• Historians now boosting performance in real time.
• Container security gettingmore than standard attention.
• Translating IT's business impactis a four-step process.
• In brief.
• More than $10 billion saved.
• PLM keeps manufacturer on right sideof the law.
• Harvard study maps IT investment to enterprise growth.
• IBM centralizes SOA solutions in one online catalog.
• Exostar gathers A&D players to develop compliance best practices.
• Wireless finds its way to the wrist.
• Tax credit program offers welcome optionto expanding manufacturers.
• Offshore DCS development takes on local feelfor Hercules Chemical.
• Cleaning products maker sweeps up new sales using Web-based business intelligence.
• ABB using machine-to-machine sensortechnology to corral robots.
• Survey says employees feel obligated 24/7.
• Infor acquires financial software vendors Extensity, Systems Union.
• When ERP isn't enough.(Company overview)
• UPS continues hub expansions.
• Oracle quietly evolves execution system to match complex manufacturing scenarios.
• Value models and informed legislation lookto grow technology adoption rate.
• Public key infrastructure technology simplifies identity management.
• Microsoft and Astea integrate ERPand service-management suites.
• Mainframes have solid future, but not without pain points.
• IBM to fold MRO Software into Tivoli.
• A winning strategy.(Company overview)
• Production scheduling system leads steelmakerto $70-million revenue gain.
• Security breaches on the rise at all organizational levels.
• The paradoxes of ERP-based productivity.
• Integrated business planning tightenssupply chain for wireless supplier.
• Market growth moves away from planning segment.