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Other submitted technologies with a notable potential are: aPriori Cost Management Platform (aPriori Technologies Inc., Concord, Mass.) targets the need for real-time, predictive cost assessments throughout product development. Use the […]

Maintaining efficient communication and smooth workflow is a major challenge in extended enterprises. Operations may be dispersed among numerous geographically distributed facilities, supply chains, strategic partners, business allies and virtual […]

Tire manufacturers are now utilizing new information-based systems designed for dealer use and direct fleet application, such as tire-leasing to improve tire management. Tire leasing is designed to cut operating cost of truck fleets through outsourcing the management and handling of tire works without relinquishing the ownership of equipment assets. Moreover, the installation of a programmable microchip or electronic tags inside a new tire would be implemented within ten years. These electronic tags would monitor the tire's air pressure, temperature and data for tire management.

As children, we were told to share our toys. Now, as lofty managers in mature corporations, we're pressed by competitive forces to share our information. The lesson we're learning from [...]

Computer memory systems have changed radically in recent years. A decade ago, desktop computers were a new phenomenon, and only large computers costing tens of thousands of dollars had large [...]

A contemporary production infrastructure must support multiformat production workflows for multiple distribution channels to a myriad of consumer devices. Traditional, non-networked production islands might get the job done, but with [...]

Using information technology means accepting the unexpected Fifteen years ago I spent most of my time writing about fuel economy. Advanced technology was a roof-mounted air deflector and leading-edge research [...]

Like many local governments, Tuolumne County, Calif., possessed a mishmash of IT systems that worked okay, but not well. As the county began preparing for Y2K two years ago, IT [...]

ASPs, short for Application Service Providers, are another part of the Internet revolution that is dramatically affecting business operations. ASPs are a new class of information technology (IT) vendors designed [...]

SUPER SLEUTHS DIG FOR DATA The typical business executive today faces a daunting array of sources and an unfathomable volume of available data. Ever in search of the competitive edge, [...]

GRAPEVINE, TEXAS -- Restaurant information technology executives are inspired to innovate from without as well as from within their own organizations, some of those professionals recently indicated. To stay ahead [...]

IBM's ALAN GANEK (ABOVE) WANTS TO evolve computing infrastructures to be as self-regulating as the human body's autonomic nervous system. "There is a business necessity to reduce the complexity and […]

Advances in information technology, predicts Frank Feather, "will make the industrial Revolution pale into insignificance." Forget your worries about what to wear on casual Friday and what to put on […]

AS INFORMATION technology grows to larger, more complex systems, maintaining control becomes the problem--too much data and not enough information. Even visualization of a company's global IT resources becomes a […]

You'd think that RFID (radio frequency identification) had suddenly become the saving technology of the future to hear some of the players tell it. This was particularly evident at ScanTech [...]

Stores Face Electronic Marketing Data Glut A key challenge facing retailers with electronic marketing programs is how to handle the volume of data collected. Electronic marketing multiplies the amount of [...]

Micrographic systems do not require the electronics needed to create an image from a digital recording. As a result, the learning costs and the acquisition and service costs of micrographic systems are lower than for digital systems. Reader printers are generally sufficient for situations in which no updating of information is required. Considerations in choosing a reader or a reader-printer are whether or not paper output is required, and the amount of paper output. Microfiche is the preferred choice for micrographic work stations where random access is required. Organizations should try to integrate micrographics into newer storage technologies, rather than replacing micrographic systems.