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03-08 CONTENTS Managing Automation OPINIONS BY STEPHANIE NEIL Vol. 23 No. 3 Technology Strategies For Progressive Manufacturers 6l Take 1 By David R. Brousell Is it possible to achieve the “perfect plant” in which shop-floor-to-topfloor integration lives? It is, if an SAP-backed group has anything to say about it. 16 l Notes By Joshua Greenbaum Before you pay good money for the latest in performance management software, think about how you might use the information. A RARE BREEDF F BY JE 18 l COVER STORY: MOAD 50 l Next By Rober t Malone Despite the difficulties of integrating plant floor systems with enterprise business systems, Celestica, Dairy Crest, and Portucel Viana are making significant headway. WHERE ARE CONTROL ARCHITECTURES HEADING? Standards-based control architectures are pushing open the factory doors and driving manufacturing data out into the mainstream of enterprise activity. 28 l SPECIAL REPORT DEPARTMENTS NEWS in PERSPECTIVE Technology has given us nearly instantaneous access to information, but we don’t seem to have figured out how to act on it quickly. Mailbox l 8 l Product Scan l 44 l Advertiser Index l 48 l Transformation TechWatch Integration Industries 10 l Mitsubishi, IBM, and ILS Team Up to Make Integration Easy for Automakers 34 l TRANSFORMATION Back to Reality By Chris Chiappinelli 41 l INDUSTRIES The Quest for the Perfect Order B y M a r t y We i l 11 l Former Agile Exec Takes the Reins at Arena Solutions Manufacturers forging ahead with sales and operations planning would do well to remember that a realistic view of the business goes a long way. 38 l INTEGRATION Getting Standards Under One Roof By Stephanie Neil Saddled with a mishmash of systems, many manufacturers see perfect order performance as an impossible dream. New order management and integration tools, however, can help bring improvements. 12 l The Next Phase for 2006’s PM Award Winner 13 l Integration Firm Boomi Redesigns for On-Demand Standards organizations are cooperating under initiatives, such as OpenO&M, that allow for sharing information. Such efforts promise to ease application integration for manufacturers. 14 l Ex-Wonderware Chief Takes Helm at Apprion Cover Photo: Gino Santa Maria MANAGING AUTOMATION magazine (ISSN 0895-3805) is published monthly by Thomas Publishing Company, LLC. 5 Penn Plaza, New York, NY 10001. J.E. Andrade, Chmn. of the Board; C.T. Holst-Knudsen, Pres.; R.J. Anderson, V.P., Planning.; E.V. Dillon, V.P., Mkg.; M. Peipert, V.P., Finance; I.J. Molofsky, V.P., Human Resources. Executive Office: 5 Penn Plaza, New York, NY 10001. Tel: 212-695-0500. Managing Automation: 5 Penn Plaza, New York, NY 10001. Canadian Post Publications Mail Agreement No. 40010541. Return undeliverable Canadian addresses to: Station A, P.O. Box 12, Windsor, ON N9A 6J5 No charge for subscriptions when requested by qualified readers in the U.S.A. and its possessions. Subscriptions to others in the U.S. are $60/year. In Canada, $75/year. All other countries, $125/year. Single copies within the U.S. are $10.00. Periodicals postage paid at New York, NY, and additional mailing offices. MANAGING AUTOMATION (USPS 001-181). Postmaster: Please send address changes to MANAGING AUTOMATION, P.O. Box 1156, Skokie, IL 60076-9794. ©2008 by Thomas Publishing Co. 3 March 2008

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Managing Automation - March 2008 Contents Take 1 Mailbox Mitsubishi, IBM, and ILS Team Up to Make Integration Easy for Automakers Former Agile Exec Takes the Reins at Arena Solutions The Next Phase for 2006’s PM Award Winner Integration Firm Boomi Redesigns for On-Demand Ex-Wonderware Chief Takes Helm at Apprion Notes Cover Story: A Rare Breed Special Report: Where are Control Architectures Heading? Transformation: Back to Reality Integration: Getting Standards Under One Roof Industries: The Quest for the Perfect Order Product Scan Advertiser Index Next

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