The article A Lean Supply Chain Manufacturing Model, written by our own Gary Marzec and Jennifer Hauge, has been featured in the June 2011 edition of AIST's Iron & Steel Technology magazine.  This is an in-depth look at the challenges of managing manufacturing, and the different opportunities...

Northrop Grumman was recently featured in the article April 2011 Metal Center News article ERP Software: A Positive Leading Indicator.  Please check out the article over on their website for more details on how Northrop Grumman has perceived the bounceback from the subsiding recession.

I was reading a Q&A session regarding the steel industry, and it piqued my interest to write on how the industry has progessed since the beginning. I have the originial transcript linked for you to enjoy.

I was curious of how the IT industry has changed in the last decade or so, particuarly with SaaS and cloud computing. I found several relative articles that i've linked for you to look at as well. It will be really interesting to see how cloud computing develops for manufacturing in the next couple of years.

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With the start of the New Year approaching, here is some food for thought on supply chain strategy that can help to set some goals for 2011.

Ever get those production schedules mixed up? Thus having to deal with an angry boss? Look at OpenTrac Director to help fix those supply chain discrepancies.

With the industry creeping out of the recession, this is a look at 2011 in terms of production, technology and raw material prices for steel.

10 more reasons to look at cloud applications over on-premise systems.