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Manufacturing Industry standards: ISA releases report on using ISA88 and ISA95 together A new ISA technical report is targeted for industry stakeholders intending to use the ANSI/ISA95 series for enterprise-to-control system integration and the ANSI/ISA88 series for control system integration within a common project. Read more...   Competitive advantage: Green enterprise maturity model seeks to reduce carbon footprint Operations consulting firm The Results Group (TRG) has released the first Green Enterprise Maturity Model to help companies increase revenue and lower costs while reducing carbon footprint. TRG’s Green Enterprise Maturity Model enables companies to assess Green maturity relative to their industry, execute business-focused Green initiatives, and create a road map for building a dominant competitive position. Read more...   Under Armour, Overachiever So what's with the sell-off, folks? On Thursday, the sportswear maker beat estimates with a quarter that featured 24% revenue growth and 76% improvement in per-share earnings. Read more...   IAMRIGHT About IAMGOLD As the miners seek to catch up with gold's ascent, IAMGOLD looks strong. Read more...   The Arch Crumbles Arch Coal braces for a transitional year for coal. Read more...   U.S. Steel Has Some Work to Do U.S. Steel's quarter was hardly impressive, given its year-on-year slide. Read more...   Fast talk: GXS EDI solution connects lighting manufacturer to global partners Osram Sylvania, one of the two largest lighting manufacturers in the world, is using GXS Trading Grid Messaging Service to manage B2B e-commerce transactions with customers and suppliers on a global basis. Read more...   SC optimization: Wincanton standardizes pan-European operations on Manhattan Associates European supply chain services provider Wincanton will standardize its European logistics infrastructure on the Manhattan Associates supply chain solutions platform. The project plan will focus initially on deploying Manhattan's Warehouse Management for Open Systems solution across 15 sites in the Czech Republic, France, Germany, Hungary, Poland, Slovakia, and the U.K. Read more...   The King of Coal Reigns Supreme Peabody Energy is the coziest vehicle in a promising sector. Read more...   Sweet Smells From Stinky Steel A Buffett-inspired wager on the future of American industry. Read more...   Online and in-line: SMBs will benefit from Siemens PLM resource center In a new initiative, Siemens PLM Software shows customers how to reduce customer delivery by 50 percent, reduce engineering change orders by 40 percent, and save 30 percent in physical prototyping costs. Read more...   Service simplified: Axeda merges with Questra; promises next-gen remote service software Axeda very recently consolidated its position as leader in the small but growing remote product services (RPS) market by acquiring No. 2 vendor Questra. The buy seeks to push Axeda into the nascent smart services market. Read more...   A bullish 2009: Seven ways to bring your company out of recession mode; start thriving again Are your weary of trying to exist in recession-inspired survival mode? You’re not alone. Consultant Gayle Lantz, author of the new book, Take the Bull by the Horns, says it’s time for leaders to find inspiration and take action to move their businesses forward. Read more...   Robust VPN keeps apparel maker ahead of the fashion curve The apparel industry, perhaps more than any other, feels the need for speed when it comes to getting new products to market. “Speed is a core competency in the fashion business,” says Fernando Gonzalez, CIO of Byer California, a San Francisco-based manufacturer of clothing that appeals primarily to teenage girls. Read more...   Survey: Manufacturing likely to lag while economy improves Nearly 60 percent of manufacturing executives believe the economy will improve over the next six months, though they are slightly less optimistic about the prospects for the manufacturing sector. Those were among the key findings of a recent survey conducted KRC Research on behalf of the Baker Tilly accounting firm. Read more...   Datamonitor: Green IT gains an upside in the economic downturn Global economic recession has squeezed IT budgets, hindered capital expenditure, and generally slowed IT development growth. A report by independent market analyst Datamonitor, "Can Green IT Bloom in an Economic Downturn," suggests the IT market may like the color green. Read more...   Paper maker erases plant shutdowns with condition monitoring Equipment downtime costs 10,000 Euros per hour at Sappi Fine Paper Europe. Following is an interview with members of the Sappi Fine Paper Europe management team on how its condition monitoring program helps the company avoid costly downtime and maintain its competitive advantage. Read more...   New automation strategies can transform how-and where-products are made Companies have made great strides in improving how they design, build, and manage their product supply networks, but there have been no transformational changes to physically manufacturing products. It's time to think radically about how to manufacture in a "dark" site, where you have little to no labor. Read more...   Servigistics and Click Commerce say merger forms the largest service lifecycle management company Servigistics and Click Commerce's Service Network Solutions division, both recently acquired by private equity firm Marlin Equity Partners, have been merged. The new company will retain the Servigistics name and deliver a solution  for managing all aspects of the post-sale service process. Read more...   << Start < Prev 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Next > End >> [ Back ]