Breaking New Ground with MES
Editor David Blanchard takes a look at manufacturing execution
systems as they move beyond the buzzword stage and into commonplace
implementation among manufacturers.
Sara Lee Puts a New Spin on MES
Sara Lee Knit Products moves its manufacturing operations into the
21st Century with MES.
News in Brief
A compilation of newsworthy items of interest to manufacturers.
InfoTEST Launches Net-Based
Manufacturing
InfoTEST, an alliance of high-tech companies and organizations,
aligns with the U.S. Government to develop a means of allowing
manufacturers to perform certain operations via the Internet.
Ford Turns to Virtual Prototyping for
Concurrent Engineering
In order to improve communication across Ford Motor's design groups
and reduce product development time, the company has begun using
virtual manufacturing software as part of its C3P concurrent
engineering initiative.
Sherpa Develops New PDM
Technology
The Sherpa/Explorer advanced product data management technology is
being designed to allow users to access and manage product
information wherever it is stored or needed within the
enterprise.
Monsanto Gets Its Info
"In-Time"
Monsanto uses HP's Enterprise Link software to unify its
manufacturing processes with SAP's R/3 business system.
Supply Chain Model Proves
Successful
The Supply Chain Council, a manufacturing industry consortium,
releases a cross-industry framework for improved supply chain
management.
Products
A round-up of recently released manufacturing products.
Manufacturer's Library
Summaries of recently released books, videos and CD-ROMs of interest
to the manufacturer.
Calendar
A listing of upcoming intelligent manufacturing-related events.
David
Blanchard, Editor
David
Greenfield,Managing Editor
John Llewellyn,
Publisher
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