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Monthly Archives: April 2011
M2M and Enterprise Mobility
The machine-to-machine market is one of the fastest-growing areas within the wireless landscape. To gain a competitive edge, manufacturers should map out an enterprise mobility strategy that includes connecting “things” as well as people. If you haven’t thought about how you will incorporate machine-to-machine (M2M) technology into your company’s enterprise mobility strategy, you [...]
Posted in Enterprise Mobility Tagged AT&T, Enterprise Mobility, iPhone, M2M, machine-to-machine, mobile workforce, parking app, Sprint, Streetline 2 Comments
Sustainability Loses Its Stigma
Manufacturers enacting sustainability programs no longer wear a scarlet letter. The stigma has worn off sustainability. No longer does a corporate sustainability program brand a manufacturer a traitor to its peers. Manufacturers can fight the EPA with one hand and tweak their sustainability programs with the other. A recent KPMG study, titled “Corporate Sustainability: [...]
On-Demand Integration
Manufacturers won’t make the move to cloud computing until they can easily integrate off-site edge applications with on-premise legacy data. Now, it appears there are some easier ways to do just that. Earlier this month, Jitterbit released a new version of its enterprise integration tool that it says makes connecting on-premise systems with cloud-based applications [...]
Posted in Enterprise Integration Tagged Boomi, Cast Iron, cloud computing, cloud integration, CloudSwitch, Dell, enterprise integration, hybrid cloud, IBM, Jitterbit, middleware 2 Comments
Microsoft Seeks to Enable Lean Manufacturing
Microsoft technology may not be readily associated with the manufacturing floor, but the folks in Redmond hope to change that. I’m willing to bet that most Managing Automation readers do not associate Microsoft strongly with the manufacturing shop floor. Microsoft wants to change that perception, and to do so, it has developed technology focused [...]
Gaming Our Way to Better Plant Management
Siemens’ online game, Plantville, is an innovative approach to educating the masses on how to operate a plant at peak performance. I think Siemens is on to something with its new approach to improving plant management. The industrial automation company has created an immersive online game called Plantville, in which you and your avatar interact with [...]
Posted in Product Innovation Tagged industrial automation, Innovation, key performance indicators, KPI, Plantville, quality, Siemens, sustainability 2 Comments
Cloud Computing and the ERP Customer
Existing ERP customers may be hesitant to move their software to the cloud not because of the oft-heard worries about security or control, but because it seems like paying twice for the same software. Today I spent some time at Lawson Software’s annual CUE user conference in Boston, where company handlers did their best [...]
Posted in Cloud Computing Tagged Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud, cloud, cloud computing, EC2, ERP, Lawson CUE, Lawson ERP, M3, manufacturing 3 Comments
One Throat to Choke in the Cloud