manufacturing and engineering in comment and analysis
Leading an Indian giant through a downturn
Comment Energy, utilities and manufacturing are likely to be the leading sectors in terms of business growth for Wipro, as the emerging consumer markets of India and China demand more... [17 Sep 2008]
Richard Rundle
CIO Profile Rundle has a wide range of experience in people management, engineering and logistics across the manufacturing, distribution and retail sectors and he... [06 Jun 2007]
How tech can make us greener
Comment Not only do the products consume precious metals and other resources but the manufacturing processes are energy-intensive and systems or components are rarely sourced locally as cheaper... [24 May 2007]
The Professional CIO: Paul Burfitt, ex-CIO AstraZeneca
Comment There he specialised in process control and was drawn into manufacturing and then distribution as a manager within a European business of ICI. Burfitt graduated from university in 1969... [20 Sep 2006]
Peter Cochrane's Blog: China's a zero-sum game
Comment The buildings, production plant layouts, manufacturing techniques and processes, management structures and methods - everything was standard. Any company manufacturing... [18 Jul 2006]
How China's universities fuel tech growth
Comment We do things such as computer motherboard designs, manufacturing, thermo-analysis and software design. Ten years ago Cheng Peng arrived in Beijing to start an engineering degree at... [20 Jun 2006]
Peter Cochrane's Blog: The GDP threat
Comment If there are, manufacturing the cables and terminal equipment isn't one of them! The good news is the necessary optical fibre technology has been ready to go these past 15 to 20 years,... [05 May 2006]
The Bloor Perspective: BPM, software industry consolidation and Google’s monopoly?
Comment The software industry has high development and low manufacturing and distribution costs so that the bigger the vendor the more they can spend on development. A major reason was that many... [29 Feb 2004]
HP OpenView - managing to grow?
Comment Jolanta Pilecka, marketing director with content management software specialist Gavoa, and former product manager for HP's OpenView, claims HP's manufacturing background has influenced its marketing... [23 Nov 2000]
The Bloor Perspective: Baan finds a buyer, the not-so-printed word, and Siebel 2000
Comment Historically, Baan has been associated with strong manufacturing systems and it is these that would have appealed to companies like i2 and Computer Associates. Finally, after a week of... [05 Jun 2000]
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