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08-08 WEBCASTS NEW THIS MONTH [On Demand] IT as a Strategic Advantage ONLINE MANAGINGAUTOMATION.COM KNOWLEDGE CENTERS Articles & News ● Technology Solutions For Progressive Manufacturers VISIT AND EXPLORE THESE KNOWLEDGE CENTERS AND DISCOVER TOPIC-SPECIFIC NEWS, PRODUCTS, RESOURCES, AND MORE: Case Studies ● Product Listings ● White Papers ● Webcasts ● Expert Forums FEATURED KNOWLEDGE CENTERS: Learn how industry leaders create agile supply chains that connect faster to more partners, run smoother with fewer order errors, and enable strategy and process changes. Managingautomation.com/sterling9 Perfect Plant Automation Lifecycle Management Business Process Integration Manufacturing Execution Systems Operational Excellence MANUFACTURING EXECUTION BY VISIPRISE Perfect Plant Progressive Manufacturing Quality Management RFID [On Demand] Deliver Products to Market Faster Want to learn how to beat your competition to market? Discover how Oracle’s Agile PLM can help you reduce time to market and improve product quality and regulatory compliance. Managingautomation.com/oracle6 [On Demand] Leverage the Power of Pricing How do you improve your company’s profits in these difficult market conditions? Learn practical fixes that you can quickly leverage. Managingautomation.com/vendavo FOR A COMPLETE LIST OF KNOWLEDGE CENTERS, VISIT: MANAGINGAUTOMATION.COM/KNOWLEDGECENTERS WHITE PAPERS Continuous Availability for SAP Perfect Plant Environments Stratus describes best practices for the IT infrastructure required to deploy SAP Perfect Plant solutions. Managingautomation.com/stratus5 E BROCHURES IBS: Automotive Solutions Automotive solutions help manufacturers streamline processes across the entire automotive value-added chain. Managingautomation.com/IBS2 On-Demand Applications in Supply Chain Interviews with 455 companies inform this report on supply chain applications, managing risk, and adapting to change. Managingautomation.com/sterling11 Wireless Value Unleashed Honeywell’s OneWireless solutions offer an evolutionary opportunity to turn more information into knowledge across the plant, leading to optimized productivity and improved safety, compliance, and asset reliability. Managingautomation.com/Honeywell2 Meeting the Challenge of Three Global Manufacturing Imperatives In today’s global economy, it is critical that manufacturers address all global issues immediately or they are unlikely to survive over the long term. The solutions must integrate existing manufacturing and enterprise business systems because these are the primary sources of the data that will ultimately drive the solutions. Managingautomation.com/incuity2 New from the MA EDITORIAL TEAM Read the latest from MA’s editors on The Edge and Lean Matters blogs. The Perfect Plant Center of Excellence See firsthand how the Perfect Plant initiative provides a collaborative environment where SAP and solution partners join forces to create tightly integrated manufacturing and intelligence solutions. Managingautomation.com/stratus8 i2’s (37th) Turnaround As unlikely as it may seem, one-time supply chain software kingpin i2 Technologies Inc. is showing some signs of life. Recently, the company reported that it had received $66.4 million in order bookings during its first fiscal quarter. That was i2’s highest bookings level in the past three years Managingautomation.com/edgeblog1 Everyday Value-Mapping Since I had two computers crash on me yesterday and can safely be described as angry at anything with a motherboard, I’d like to apply some value-stream mapping to a couple of technologies that have swept us up in their cloying tentacles Managingautomation.com/leanblog1 4 August 2008 http://www.managingautomation.com http://Managingautomation.com/sterling9 http://Managingautomation.com/sterling9 http://Managingautomation.com/oracle6 http://Managingautomation.com/oracle6 http://Managingautomation.com/vendavo http://MANAGINGAUTOMATION.COM/KNOWLEDGECENTERS http://Managingautomation.com/stratus5 http://Managingautomation.com/vendavo http://Managingautomation.com/stratus5 http://Managingautomation.com/IBS2 http://Managingautomation.com/sterling http://Managingautomation.com/sterling11 http://Managingautomation.com/incuity2 http://Managingautomation.com/IBS2 http://Managingautomation.com/Honeywell2 http://Managingautomation.com/incuity2 http://Managingautomation.com/Honeywell2 http://Managingautomation.com/edgeblog1 http://Managingautomation.com/leanblog1 http://Managingautomation.com/stratus8 http://Managingautomation.com/leanblog1 http://Managingautomation.com/stratus8 http://Managingautomation.com/edgeblog1

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Managing Automation - August 2008 Contents Take 1 After 18 Months, the Oracle/SAP Suit Has Little Effect on Maintenance Sales At 100, Foxboro Reinvents Around Its Customers New Private Equity Firm Eyes Software A Software Suite Just for Manufacturers i2 Chief Focuses on Services Plan Notes It's Time for Action Examining U.S. Competitveness Leveling the Field An Unhealthy Situation Exploring Alternatives Math and Science: Key to the Future Product Scan Advertiser Index Next

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