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Manufacturing Computer Solutions' Reference Zone provides editorial features classified into key technology and industry topics. The latest 25 articles are displayed below. Use the Site Search or click the categories on the left to get to manufacturing IT, engineering IT, ERP/MRP systems, supply chain systems. production systems, MES, CRM, CAD/CAM/CAE systems, PDM/PLM systems, plant and factory systems, systems for lean and agile manufacturing, and IT and network infrastructure.
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Tradition maintained by full PLM
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10/08/2010
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| Tom Shelley reports on how every CAD and robotic aid is employed to maintain competitiveness and quality at Bentley Motors. |
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Co-ordinated effort reaps rewards
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16/06/2010
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| From the humble spreadsheet to fully integrated supply chain software, manufacturers across the globe are tapping into technology to support lean manufacturing, as Malcolm Wheatley reports |
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Bridging the dimension gap
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13/05/2010
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| Paul Fanning takes a look at a software package designed to help companies make the leap to 3D design. |
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The human face of design
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13/05/2010
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| Integrating human factors into any design may sound an obvious consideration, but it has hitherto proved expensive and complicated. |
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Designing to win
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13/05/2010
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| Tom Shelley finds out what it takes to overcome complex design problems to build world beating products. |
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Driving up efficiency
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20/04/2010
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| Lean processes and IT are together helping some manufacturers to steer past their limitations and achieve demand-driven operations. Brian Tinham reports |
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Smart decisions
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17/02/2010
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| Advanced planning and scheduling has been bounding up the IT rankings over the last couple of years. Brian Tinham talks to
manufacturers about what works best and where |
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Analysis pushes the envelope
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09/02/2010
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| Tom Shelley reports on how advanced analysis has turned projects that might otherwise not be feasible into business successes |
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Shaping up
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20/01/2010
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| Behind the scenes, ERP systems are changing – in terms of both scope and underlying technologies. Brian Tinham examines what matters and what enlightened manufacturers are implementing today |
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Implementing the Machinery Directive
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07/12/2009
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| A report on the updated Machinery Directive and the software developed to assist conformance with it and other regulatory requirements |
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Seeing is believing
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07/12/2009
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| Tom Shelley reports on latest advances in interacting with virtual worlds to design better products. |
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Dodging the puppy syndrome
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19/11/2009
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| With the pressure on to cut costs, yet improve business and system agility, 2010 looks like a difficult year for
manufacturing IT. Brian Tinham finds solutions with Andy Kyte, research fellow at analyst Gartner |
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Being able to say 'Yes'
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19/11/2009
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| How can manufacturing companies make the most of any upturn when it comes? Brian Tinham examines the
IT needed to support better business processes – and how to get there |
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IT Strategy 2009
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17/11/2009
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| A definitive guide to IT for manufacturing operations |
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Better models need better data
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09/11/2009
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| Tom Shelley explains how advances in physical understanding are making the modelling of mainstream products much more realistic |
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The trouble with S&OP
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22/09/2009
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| One man's meat is another man's poison – and so it is with sales and operations planning. The shape of successful S&OP is bound to depend somewhat on your industry and scale. However, the technologies you choose and the behaviours you enable are critical throughout, says Brian Tinham |
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Siemens axes feature-trees
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10/09/2009
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| Solid Edge from Siemens PLM is now equipped with what the company calls Synchronous Technology 2, which does away with the feature tree – a standard feature of parametric 3D CAD software - that allows the designer to browse and change selected features from any point in the design history of a 3D model. |
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