http://www.eweek.com Manufacturing - RSS Feeds en-us Fri, 25 Jul 2008 16:55:47 -0400 Fri, 25 Jul 2008 16:55:47 -0400 Wed, 25 Jul 2007 14:49:00 -0400 http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Manufacturing/Will-a-Rising-Yuan-Mean-Rising-Prices/?kc=rss - Policymakers on both sides of the Atlantic are putting pressure on China to stop artificially propping up its currency. While the underlying assumption is that a strong yuan will help the economies of those developed nations, those policymakers should be wary of an old Chinese proverb: be careful...]]> http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Manufacturing/Will-a-Rising-Yuan-Mean-Rising-Prices/?kc=rss Wed, 25 Apr 2007 09:37:00 -0400 http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Manufacturing/Boeing-New-Jet-New-Way-of-Doing-Business/?kc=rss - Almost everything about the new Boeing 787 is different from the cutting-edge materials and electronics used to build the plane, to the technology used during the design and assembly process. It is so different, in fact, that even the Boeing Co. itself a fixture in the global economy for nearly a ...]]> http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Manufacturing/Boeing-New-Jet-New-Way-of-Doing-Business/?kc=rss Fri, 11 Aug 2006 09:35:00 -0400 http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Manufacturing/Gillettes-Fusion-Launch-Makes-a-Good-Business-Case-for-RFID/?kc=rss - After nearly a decades worth of breathless predictions, futuristic fairy tales and the distant promise of super-streamlined global supply chains, the world has finally grown weary of the relentlessly hyped technology known as RFID. Perhaps the fatigue was inevitable. RFID holds great potential, but ...]]> http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Manufacturing/Gillettes-Fusion-Launch-Makes-a-Good-Business-Case-for-RFID/?kc=rss Mon, 31 Jul 2006 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Manufacturing/PLM-Makes-Design-Anywhere-a-Reality/?kc=rss - Design anywhere, manufacture anywhere may be the motto for many global manufacturers. But for Entegris, the maxim has fast become a mission as the company beefs up its strategy to better compete in the fast-paced world of semiconductors and high technology. The $650 million Entegris which sells ...]]> http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Manufacturing/PLM-Makes-Design-Anywhere-a-Reality/?kc=rss Mon, 06 Feb 2006 12:00:00 -0500 http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Manufacturing/Pipemaker-Learns-a-Hard-Lesson-in-Customer-Profitability/?kc=rss - It was late fall of 2002 in Portland, Ore., and Dave Ramsey, owner of United Pipe Supply Co., a $174 million supplier of plumbing and irrigation systems throughout the Pacific Northwest, couldnt believe his eyes. Youve got to be kidding me, he said, staring dumbly at cio Mike Greens computer sc...]]> http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Manufacturing/Pipemaker-Learns-a-Hard-Lesson-in-Customer-Profitability/?kc=rss Tue, 17 Jan 2006 16:54:00 -0500 http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Manufacturing/Autodesk-Taps-New-CEO/?kc=rss - Business software maker Autodesk Inc. announced Tuesday that it has named Carl Bass as its new president and chief executive, promoting him from the role of chief operating officer. The San Rafael, Calif.-based maker of CAD (computer-aided design) applications said that Bass will take over h...]]> http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Manufacturing/Autodesk-Taps-New-CEO/?kc=rss Wed, 26 Oct 2005 18:50:00 -0400 http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Manufacturing/Chip-Maker-Sees-Big-Picture-for-Cars/?kc=rss - Micron Technology Inc., best known for producing computer memory, hopes its latest camera chip for automobiles will catch a ride in new types of safety gear. The Boise, Idaho, chip giant, which has been plowing along in the automotive electronics market for about four years, released a new im...]]> http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Manufacturing/Chip-Maker-Sees-Big-Picture-for-Cars/?kc=rss Fri, 09 Sep 2005 10:39:00 -0400 http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Manufacturing/Katrina-Could-Impact-Chip-Production/?kc=rss - Air Products Chemicals has shut down a hydrogen gas complex near New Orleans, limiting the supply of an obscure but important component in semiconductor wafer production. AP C shut down the plant on August 31 following Hurricane Katrinas landfall near New Orleans. The plant manufactures hy...]]> http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Manufacturing/Katrina-Could-Impact-Chip-Production/?kc=rss Mon, 22 Aug 2005 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Manufacturing/Agilent-to-Refocus-Sell-Semiconductor-Unit/?kc=rss - Agilent is returning to its origins as a testing-and-measuring business. The company, which spun off from Hewlett-Packard in 2000, announced last week that it is selling off several parts of its business so that it can focus on its core competencies. Click here to read about how chip-based se...]]> http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Manufacturing/Agilent-to-Refocus-Sell-Semiconductor-Unit/?kc=rss Mon, 27 Jun 2005 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Manufacturing/Apps-Speed-Product-Development-Cycle/?kc=rss - Two product lifecycle management stalwarts are beefing up their respective suites to further widen the circle around product development a crucial area for engineers and manufacturers as they look to get new products to market faster. UGS Corp. announced last week the latest iteration of its Teamc...]]> http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Manufacturing/Apps-Speed-Product-Development-Cycle/?kc=rss Wed, 22 Jun 2005 13:58:00 -0400 http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Manufacturing/SAP-Buys-Manufacturing-Software-Provider-Lighthammer/?kc=rss - SAP AG announced Wednesday the acquisition of Lighthammer Software Development Corp., an Exton, Pa.-based company that develops manufacturing intelligence and collaboration software. The terms of the deal were undisclosed, but SAP officials said the acquisition is expected to be completed next mont...]]> http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Manufacturing/SAP-Buys-Manufacturing-Software-Provider-Lighthammer/?kc=rss Mon, 23 May 2005 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Manufacturing/WL-Gore-Dry-Goods/?kc=rss - What can a textile manufacturer that still wants to make fabric in America claim as its competitive advantage? If youre W.L. Gore Associates of Newark, Del., its democracy. Gores technology to make plastic-based fabrics and its iconic Gore-Tex brand of outdoor clothing, with its Guaranteed to Ke...]]> http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Manufacturing/WL-Gore-Dry-Goods/?kc=rss Thu, 10 Mar 2005 13:00:00 -0500 http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Manufacturing/Whistleblower-Is-the-Real-Embarrassment-to-Boeing/?kc=rss - There is something troubling about the ouster of Harry Stonecipher at Boeing for violating the companys ethics code. Its not that the ex-CEO is gone, though strictly speaking I dont think employees consensual sex lives are an employers business. What bothers me is that the letter complaining about S...]]> http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Manufacturing/Whistleblower-Is-the-Real-Embarrassment-to-Boeing/?kc=rss Mon, 06 Dec 2004 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Manufacturing/Dell-Opens-Ireland-Support-Center/?kc=rss - Dell last week opened its third Enterprise Command Center, bringing the vendors around-the-clock support for server and storage customers to Europe, the Middle East and Africa. The center, in Limerick, Ireland, joins similar ECCs in the United States and China. Dell officials said the centers impro...]]> http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Manufacturing/Dell-Opens-Ireland-Support-Center/?kc=rss Mon, 15 Nov 2004 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Manufacturing/Dell-to-Build-Third-US-Manufacturing-Plant/?kc=rss - With demand for its desktop PCs growing, Dell last week unveiled plans to build a third U.S. manufacturing facility, in North Carolina, to open next fall. The plant will build computers for Dells commercial and consumer customers on the East Coast. Dells other U.S. manufacturing plants are in Leban...]]> http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Manufacturing/Dell-to-Build-Third-US-Manufacturing-Plant/?kc=rss