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10-08 WEBCASTS NEW THIS MONTH [Live 10/28/08, 2PM EST] Keeping Food Production Profitable Bay Valley Foods is recovering millions in profits across its multi-plant network, as shop floor workers take more control over their efficiency and production. 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ManagingAutomation.com/incuity8 New from the MA EDITORIAL TEAM Read the latest from MA’s editors on The Edge and Lean Matters blogs. 10 Key Ways Discrete Manufacturers Drive Cost Reduction with MES Learn the benefits of moving to a digital shop floor with a manufacturing execution system (MES). ManagingAutomation.com/highjump6 Augmenting the Value of ERP with an Operations Execution System In order to remain globally competitive, manufacturers recognize that a nominal investment in an operations execution system can pay handsome rewards on heavy investments already applied to ERP deployments. ManagingAutomation.com/apriso3 Automating People Deployment For years, software development has focused on creating reusable objects that can be combined in various ways to create applications. Now the idea is being applied to people — their skills, experience, how they use their time, and even whom they meet with and what they say in conversation. Is this an example of technology straying too far in the direction of Big Brother? ManagingAutomation.com/edgeblog3 Questioning Authority I realize that lean often works best when applied in environments where conventional business thinking is accepted unblinkingly. But sometimes the established wisdom holds true. And sometimes the right question to ask isn’t how can this change, but why does this make sense as is? 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Managing Automation - October 2008 Contents Take 1 Systems Integration Market Braces for a Wave of Consolidation Kinaxis Launches Program to Lure i2 Customers Patent May Give Mobility a Needed Shot in the Arm New Group Aims at More Efficient Smart Devices Solar, Life Sciences Will Be the Next Frontier For Robots Notes Cover Story:�2009 Companies to Watch Special Report:�Siemens plus UGS: Is the Merger Working? Transformation:�Driving Energy Efficiency Integration: How Clean is Your Data Industries:�Fed Raises Red Flag on Chemicals Product Scan Advertiser Index Next

Managing Automation - October 2008

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