July 4, 2009
				Technology Across the Globe  Where Are Your Tools?  Technology for IPD  Automotive Safety ALL OF TODAY'S HEADLINES       When compared to 2007, which best characterizes your company's plans for technology spending in 2008?       Our IT budget will remain the same in 2007 and 2008     We will decrease our IT budget in 2008     We will increase our IT budget in 2008     Vision for the Future As the demands of the manufacturing world continue to evolve and the lines between supplier, manufacturer, and customer continue to blur, we will... Table of Contents Is Your IP Safe? Walk down any major tourist avenue in New York City and you’re likely to be offered one. Thousands reside on vendors’ tables and line store shelves... Table of Contents Manufacturer of the Year: 2007 What does it take to be the Manufacturer of the Year? It certainly requires more than market share or name recognition, although those often come... Table of Contents
Hottest Companies 2008 What makes a company “hot” as opposed to “not so hot” or “not hot at all”? The short answer is probably: marketplace acceptance. Sometimes it is technology, sometimes something more intrinsic to... (More) Building an Automation Framework If you are driving on U.S. 12 along Canyon Ferry Lake just south of Helena, Mont., you might want to stop and check out the historical marker. On it you’ll find the memorialized words of prospectors... (More) Reducing Costs and Improving Supply-Chain Performance through B2B Outsourcing The benefits of B2B (business-to-business) outsourcing have been acknowledged and examined in a number of studies, but only some have attempted to quantify the technical and business benefits of... (More) Supply Chain Physics and Football A few years back, David Romer, an economics professor at University of California Berkeley, www.berkeley.edu, Berkeley, Calif., did a rather novel analysis of football performance using a Bellman... (More) M2M and the Future During my 20-plus years as a journalist I have had the pleasure to watch many industries rise and fall. I guess you could say during my tenure as a writer I have witnessed many markets contract... (More) A New Beginning During the past several years I have promised you quality editorial that will help you succeed in a highly competitive manufacturing environment. When I launched the magazine in 1997, it was my hope... (More) Layoffs across Multiple Industries  -  March 23, 2009 Layoffs continue to be one of the most visible results of the economic crisis. As businesses seek to cut expenses and remain profitable, layoffs have been on the increase in the United States. (More)		Streamlining the Design Process -  April 2, 2008 Merger and acquisition activity continues in the manufacturing IT (information technology) industry as SolidWorks Corp., www.solidworks.com, Concord, Mass., announced its purchase of Priware Ltd.... (More) The Lean Supply Chain This podcast is the first in a series of podcasts with Microsoft. In it Editorial Director Peggy Smedley of START-IT magazine and Sharon Ward, worldwide ERP and supply chain industry director of Microsoft discuss the importance of a lean supply chain to manufacturers. Forthcoming podcasts will cover topics such as industrial manufacturing, high tech., and process manufacturing. To hear more podcasts, please click here