Manufacturing Executive :: Technology Strategies for European Industry Leaders Sign in or register  |  Advertisers & Press  |  Subscribe to ME Magazine  |  My Profile

Managing Automation® Magazine

From the June 2010 issue issue of Managing Automation Magazine

June 2010 issue

No Image Found

Cover story

DeepDive: Integration Management: Aiming for Agility

by Jeff Moad
In a post-recession climate, manufacturers are focusing on plant-to-enterprise integration projects that will move them closer to the long sought-after goals of strategic decision making and real-time adaptability

Features

Look, Up in the Sky … It’s Cloud Computing!
by Chris Chiappinelli
An apt metaphor, the cloud remains hazy and undefined to many business leaders in manufacturing and the broader economy. Here is a primer on cloud computing’s formation and its industrial forecast

Commentary

Take 1
The “New” SAP
by David R. Brousell
Following a tough recession, customer relations issues, and a management upheaval, SAP is trying to get its groove back

    Notes
    Still Analytics-Challenged
    by Joshua Greenbaum
    Manufacturers must finally become analytics-savvy in order to keep up with the pace of change in a real-time business environment

      Next
      Democracy’s Arsenal
      by Robert Malone
      Manufacturing supremacy is the sine qua non of any society that sees itself as a superpower. To lose the manufacturing edge is to court political disaster

        Methods
        The Many Faces of Quality Data
        by Julie Fraser
        With quality data dispersed throughout manufacturing organizations, a host of software vendors are vying to become the system of record for quality information

          Product Scan

          Manufacturing Technology Product Scan, June 2010
          A round-up of some of the latest tools available to help you run your manufacturing business, from the shop floor to the top floor and beyond

            Monthly Web Exclusive