MA-AM: E-Manufacturing

Expert Predictions

Experts say Web will transform industry

There's no shortage of experts and consultants willing to guess about how the Internet is going to evolve.

Manufacturing

Manufacturers shift it into high gear

Manufacturers that only put corporate brochures online are missing the point, and might miss the boat.

Buying online

Supply chain key to e-procurement gains There are new opportunities for e-procurement cropping up daily: trading exchanges, aggregate buyers gaining volume discounts, and online auctions for new and surplus goods and even for excess capacity. But what's sometimes forgotten in the rush to find new people to buy from, is the benefit of forging better links with your existing suppliers. The devil-you know versus the one you don't argument applies well here. Supply chain management has been a critical issue for manufacturers to manage for years, and while many...

Selling online

Ready and willing, but are you able?

You must first build a solid foundation before you open your operations to the outside world

Privacy and security

Protect yourself from the World Wild Web

A former RCMP officer reveals what companies must do to improve their online security and ensure privacy.

Tips and Training

Search tips to help you find your way Strategies, options and developments in searching for manufacturing information on the Internet

Anyone can do an Internet search. By simply putting a word or two into a search engine, you will get something back out. What you won't necessarily get are those sites most relevant to what you want, and you may well miss the best ones. To search efficiently and effectively, you need a strategy. Jim Corlett helps oversee one of the most impressive collections of resources for manufacturers that exists online or anywhere...

Technology

Interconnectivity the key to wired future

Before long, devices connected to the Internet will be as routine and mundane as the electrical outlets in our homes.

Internet Primer

Brush up on your Internet knowledge There's no getting around the fact that you'll have to learn a new language to join the online world

Wander down to your IT department, ask a straight question, and you'll get answers in some obscure new techno-code-language. So what do you do? If you are like most managers, you nod your head, pretend you understand, and just let them do whatever the heck they were doing before. Fear not, here we present you with an Internet primer that will put you on equal footing with that 20-something Bill Gates look-alike who is now...

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Internet Primer

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